2 [January 



on each side and a simple terminal joint, the basal joint beneath testa- 

 ceous. Wings hyaline, iridescent; nervures and base of stigma dusky, 

 the former pale at base; posterior wings slightly dusky. Legs whitish, 

 tarsal claws blackish. Abdomen ovate, depressed ; the extreme apex, 

 above and beneath, ferruginous. Length 31 lines ; expanse of wings 

 62 lines. 



Female. — Robust, depressed, shining; head and thorax ferruginous; 

 antennae nearly as long as the thorax, black. Wings tinged with fuli- 

 ginous, slightly iridescent ; nervures black. Legs whitish ; middle of 

 femora, apical half of tibiae and most of the tarsi, black. Abdomen 

 broad, ovate, depressed; dorsal segments black, their sides whitish; the 

 two apical segments ferruginous; ventral segments pale, varied on each 

 side with blackish. Length 4] lines; expanse of wings 9J lines. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. 3 % and 3 $ specimens. 



This species feeds on the leaves of the Pine. The cocoons are oblong- 

 oval, of a pale cinnamon color; those of the 9 being 5 lines long by 2i 

 broad, those of the % 4 by 2. 



Fam. UROCERIDJE. 



Genus TREMEX, J urine. 

 Tremex cubensis. n. sp. 



Yellowish; mesothorax, scutellums, pleura, anterior portion of metathorax. 

 femora, and several uneven bands on abdomen, brown or blackish ; apical seg- 

 ment of abdomen dull ferruginous: wings deep yellowish-hyaline, dusky at 

 tips. 



Female. — Head roughly punctured, slightly pubescent, yellow, tips 

 of mandibles black; antennae yellow (broken oif beyond the 3rd joint). 

 Prothorax large, covered with small, brownish tubercles, yellow, some- 

 what shining, with a deep brown puncture on the middle, lateral ante- 

 rior angles rounded and prominent; collar brownish; mesothorax small, 

 flat, very densely and confluently punctured or finely scabrous, brown- 

 black, with a light brownish stain; scutellum and side pieces sculptured 

 and colored like the mesothorax ; whole under surface of the thorax 

 bronze-black, pubescent, densely punctured, shining; basal portion of the 

 metathorax blackish-brown, margined posteriorly with light brown, pos- 

 terior portion yellow, the dorsal suture blackish. Wings deep yellowish- 

 hyaline, the apex dusky; nervures pale ferruginous. Legs bright yel- 

 low, flattened, especially the basil joint of the posterior tarsi, which is 

 dilated, lobed at tip and as long as the femora and tibiae together; 

 femora rugose, bronze-black, their base and the coxae tinged with ru- 

 fous. Abdomen robust, velvety, pale yellowish, tinged with fulvous ; 

 basal segment, apical margins of the 2nd, 5th, Gth and 7th segments 



