158 \V. H. ASHMEAD. 



and at sides two distinct parapsidal grooves; niesopleurse smooth, polished ; scu- 

 tellum conic, very rugose ; metathorax scabrous. Abdomen ovate, not conjpressed 

 nor ornate, the petiole very long, slender, smooth ; the second and tliird abdom- 

 inal segments are about equal. Legs yellowish, all coxae black. Wings hyaline, 

 veins brownish, the marginal cell large, closed, the marginal vein being straight 

 and stouter towards apex. 



Described from one 8|jeeimeii captured at large. 



A]\A('HARI!i Dalman. 



59. Anachari»« melanoiieura n. sp.— 'J, . Length .10 inch. Stature of 

 Anacharis euchnroides Dalni. Black, shining; antenna} 14-joiiited, brovvnish 

 yellow, first two joints black. Legs browni.sh yellow, coxse black, femora with 

 a dusky streak or blotch above. Wings hyaline, veins yellowish, the costal and 

 marginal vein black. 



Described from one specimen taken in ^larch. 



]»IEL..\NIPS Haliday. 



60. JVIelaiiips loweiisis n. sp. — 9- Length .10 inch. Black, shining. 

 Head as broad as thorax, microscopically punctate : antennas 13 jointed, filiform, 

 reaching to tip of mesothorax, dull yellowish brown, first two joints black, ter- 

 minal joint dark; thorax with surface finely punctate, subopaque, parapsidal 

 grooves very delicate ; me.sopleurge smooth, polished ; scutellum finely rugose ; 

 metathorax pubescent. Legs brownish yellow, femora and tibite obfuscated, 

 coxse black. Abdomen slightly longer than head and thorax combined, com- 

 pressed, ovate, smooth, black and shining, a hairy girdle at ba.se, all segments 

 visible, second and tliird nearly equal, others short, slightly subequal, excepting 

 the seventh, which is prolonged, triangular. Wings hyaline, marginal cell large, 

 triangular. 



■J) . Length .06 inch. Head and thorax smoother than in 9 > aiitennte 14- 

 jointed. paler than in 9 , the three terminal joints dusky. Abdomen short, oval, 

 not compressed, and not as long as thorax ; otherwise as in the female. 



Hab. — Keota, Iowa. Described from five specimens (2 S , 3 9 ) 

 kindly sent me by Mr. A. S. Van Winkle. 



L,0]¥€HIDIA Thomson. 

 L. Abbe Provancher, in " Le Naturaliste Canadien" has recently 

 described a species in this genus, Loiichidia hlrta, which should have 

 been credited to us, the species having been identified for him under 

 that name, while MS of same was in the hands of the American 

 Entomological Society. We have, consequently, been compelled to 

 suppress our description. 



