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cheeks considerably incurved. Face from in front lound, the eyes not pronii- 

 uent; no anteunal basin; mandibles reddisli-yellow, roughened, .41 mm. from 

 base to base; sides of the clypeus without a limiting suture; cheeks separated 

 from the face by a distinct carina, extending from the upi)er angle of the base 

 of the mandibles outward to the base of the eyes, then inward jiarallel to and 

 but slightly removed from the inner margins of the eyes to just above the alti- 

 tude of the insertion of the antenuse; clypeus and face not gibbous; face reticu- 

 late, the reticulation somewhat transverse; forehead and vertex with regular, 

 not very deep punctures, evenly placed at about their diameter's length apart; 

 temples with about two rows of punctures; cheeks with confluent punctures; 

 head rounded behind the eyes, posterior margin not sharp, indistinctly carinate; 

 no carinee between the antennae. Posterior ocelli .24 mm. apart, .07mm. from 

 the compound eyes, small; the latter of medium size, rather broadly ovate, 

 widest above, the inner margins j-aiallel, .48 mm. long. Antennse in.serted .05 

 mtu. apart, .17 mm. from the compound eyes; the flagelluni .somewhat thickened 

 beyond its base; scape three-sixteenths as long as the flagelluni, one-fifth longer 

 than joints 3 -|- 4, pedicel four-fifths as long as long as the first joint of the fla- 

 gellum. Alitruuk short, 1.08 mm. long, .55 mm. wide, 1.01, mm. high, markedly 

 tapering toward the propodeum. Propodeum not forming a visible collar, the 

 humeral angles sharp; mesonotum and scutellum convex, without sign of ante- 

 rior, lateral or parapsidal grooves, a distinct transverse suture between the meso- 

 notum and the scutellum; entire dorsum punctured like the vertex; a large 

 rhomboidal. highly polished, inipunctate area occupies the entire mesopleurse. 

 traversed mesally by an oblique broad fossa, in front of which it is considerably 

 swollen ; the venter is much narrowed ; a suture on the posterior margin of the 

 polished area .separates the mesopleurie fiom the metapleurje; the latter separa- 

 ted from the propodeum by a distinct carina, behind which is an oblique de- 

 pressed smooth polished area, with a few elongated reticulations anteriorly and 

 posteriorly; behind these is a second carina with a smooth area behind it; the 

 metapleurae are coarsely covered below with a few large very shallow round 

 punctures; the propodeum laterally and posteriorly is very shallowly reticulate. 

 Middle coxa' about .31 mm. from the front and .12 mm. from the hind coxse. 



The tibial spur is one-half the length of the metatarsus; the latter is three- 

 fifths longer than joints 2.-4 together; the claw is very small, with a tooth 

 within about as in reticulata; tibiae and tarsi without spines. 



The distance from the metanotum to the point of insertion of the petiole is .24 

 mm., the petiole is .53 mm. long, longitudinally carinulate; the abdomen is' 

 round, smooth, polished ; the second segment large, taking up three-fourths of 

 its entire length : the apical segments are somewhat exposed. Length 2.8 mm. 



Tliis is the .smallest species of Evaniid thut I have .seen, although 

 several recently described species are slightly smaller. It is quite 

 distinct from all the other species in our fauna, and seems more 

 closely related with the Neotropical than the Nearctic species. Dr. 

 Ash mead erroneously states that the types are males. 



Hab. — Florida (Biscayne Bay and Jacksonville). 



Types.— (Two females), U. S. Nat. ^Nfiis., Catalogue No. 6078. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. .SOC. XXXIV. MAY, 1908. 



