1012 FAMILY XXXIII. — SALDID^E. 



each cell and a small one on outer margin; legs dull yellow, tips of tibia 

 and third tarsal blackish. Joints 1 and 2 of antennas brownish-yellow, 3 

 and 4 blackish; their relative lengths as in confluenta. Upper surface 

 thinly clothed with fine appressed yellow hairs. Length, 3.8 — 4.2 mm. 



England (British Mus. Coll.) ; "abundant everywhere in suit- 

 able places" (China). Recorded in this country from southern 

 New England, New York and Illinois. 



1152 (1329). Saldula separata (Uhler), 1878, 432. 



Oblong-oval. Dull black, clothed with both erect blackish hairs and 

 fine appressed yellow ones; tylus and basal joint of beak dull yellow; 

 membrane sordid white, veins and a vague spot in each cell fuscous- 

 brown, a larger spot opposite apex of outer cell blackish; legs dull yel- 

 low, coxae, tips of hind femora and tibia? and third tarsal more or less 

 fuscous; beak dark brown, reaching behind middle coxae. Joint 1 of an- 

 tennae yellow, 2 — 4 blackish; 1 as long as width of vertex, 2 almost twice 

 as long as 1, 3 slightly longer than 1, shorter than 4. Eyes of male very 

 large. Length, 4 — 4.5 mm. 



Nahant, Mass., July 7 (Olsen). Recorded from "Canada," 

 New England and Pennsylvania. 



1153 (1335). Saldula OPACULA (Zetterstedt), 1838, 268. 



"Elongate-oval. Black, sides of thorax strongly impressed. Scutel- 

 lum and clavus with golden hairs, the latter with an obscure pale spot 

 near apex; corium with a few obscure pale markings, its lateral margin, 

 except at base and apex, narrowly testaceous ; membrane obscure, its 

 outer margin testaceous, nerves black, legs testaceous, apex of tibiae and 

 tarsi black; antennas obscure. Length, IV2 lines (3 mm.)." 



The above is a copy of the original description. It is a 

 palaearctic European species recorded in this country from 

 Maine and Massachusetts. 



1154 (1330). Saldula reperta (Uhler) , 1877, 447. 



Oblong-oval. Dull black, thinly clothed with a fine yellowish pubes- 

 cence; costal area black on basal fourth, a long yellowish spot on middle 

 third and a shorter one near apex, the extreme tip black; clavus and 

 corium with vague yellowish spots, the latter with a small oval white 

 spot opposite the middle of the subapical yellowish one of costal area ; 

 membrane dirty white, its veins and base dusky, a brownish oblong spot 

 in each cell; legs in great part brownish-yellow, knees and tarsi darker; 

 under surface black, thickly clothed with rather long grayish hah-s. 

 Joint 1 of antennas pale above, remaining joints brown, their relative 

 lengths as in interstitialis. Pronotum with sides straight and converg- 

 ing from base to apex, the callus of front lobe shorter, wider and with a 

 more distinct median impression than in interstitialis. Length, 4 — 4.5 mm. 



Marion Co., Ind., Sept. 9. Dunedin, Lakeland, Utopia and 

 Canal Point, Fla., Dec. 4— March 26 (W.S.B.). Frequent 



