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like a Y with the two upper points touching the eye margin; antennse 

 brown, the first joint of the funicle distinctly longer than the pedicel; 

 dorsum of thorax and abdomen black; pronotum with two broad 

 yellow stripes on disk and on each extreme side, so that they are 



not visible from above, a narrow 

 yellow stripe; mesoscutum and 

 scutellum, except broad lateral 

 margins, yellow; parapsidal areas 

 inwardly and axillae each with a 

 small yellow spot ; outer margin of 

 parapsidal areas yellow; two small 

 Fig. 2.— zagrammosoma FLAvoLiNEATA. FoKE spots on basal segment of abdo- 



■WTNG OF FEMALE WITH STIPPLE TO SHOW IN- . J„ „ X^ ^ -I- „^1 -^^^-^ 



„„^ .^,..0 men and one on each lateral mar- 



FUSCATED AKEAS. 



gin and venter of thorax, yellow; 

 legs yellow, hind femora with a dusky band near apex; fore wings 

 maculate (see fig. 2); thoracic notum finely reticulate. 



One specimen labeled "Colo., 1589." 



Type.— Cat. No. 15390, U.S.N.M. 



The face of the specimen is collapsed and sunken in, and face 

 markings other than those described above, if any, can not be seen. 



ZAGRAMMOSOMA CENTROLINEATA, new species. 



Female. — Length about 2 mm. Pale yellow, pedicel with a dark 

 brown spot above, distinctly shorter than the first joint of the funicle, 

 second joint of funicle shorter than first; a spot at top of eyes, one 

 at base of eyes continued on rear of head, two vertical lines extending 

 from lateral ocelli down rear of head, a broad median line from front 

 of pronotum to tip of abdomen, two narrow lines on each side of 

 pronotum, one continued on mesopleurse, the other continued on the 

 disk of the parapsidal areas; disk of forewings each with a broad 

 longitudinal brown stripe starting on the posterior margin near base 

 and ending at the tip of the stigmal vein; apicad of this a narrow 

 transverse stripe extending across wing; entire dorsum of thorax with 

 minute thimble-like punctures ; marginal vein almost colorless, stigmal 

 vein brown. 



Type-locality. — Los Angeles County, California. 



Type.— Cat. No. 15391, U.S.N.M. 



Two specimens from the type-locality with the additional data 

 ''Aug., (No.) 108°"; the note gives the host as Gracilaria elongata 

 Linnaeus; also one paratype labeled "Sonoma Co., Calif. (No.) 576"; 

 the note gives the host as Liihocolletes mediodorsella Braun; all col- 

 lected by Mr. Koebele. 



In all the specimens the head is collapsed and the face sunken in, 

 and the face markings, if any, can not be made out. 



