240 EDWARD NORTON. 



Antennx O-joiuted, mostly slender and bristle-shaped. 

 BoiJi/ as in Xemutas. 



1. Dineura linitus, n. sp. - 



Black: pr(>thorax, side lobos of mesothorax, pleura and legs yclIo\v-ri'(l. 

 Length 0.18. Br. wings 0.4U inch. 



9 . Body rather slender, shining black; antennae slender, about two- 

 thirds the length of body, third joint a little longer than fourth ; head 

 polished, rounded, with little or no depressions about ocelli; nasus 

 slightly incurved, edge of labrum rufous; tegulac, prothorax, the two 

 side lobes of mesothorax, pleura and apex of abdomen yellow-red; mid- 

 dle of pectus black ; legs paler than thorax, apical tarsi fuscous; claws 

 apparently with no inner tooth. Wings hyaline, ample; stigma pale, 

 marginal nervure received in middle of third submarginal cell, which 

 is small and square. 



Brunswick, Me., (A. S. Packard, Jr.) One 9 . 



2. Dineara lateralis, n. sp. 



Blaok; the pleura, venter (in part) and legs rufous. Length 0.16. Br. wings 

 0.36 inch. 



9 . Body short and stout, shining black ; antennae slender, more 

 than half the length of body, joints decreasing very gradually in length; 

 head polished, no depressions about ocelli; nasus not deeply emargi- 

 nate, labrum piceous ; tegulae, collar, a large spot on pleura, apical 

 segment of tergum, apical two-thirds of venter and legs yellow rufous, 

 basal half of stigma whitish; second recurrent nervure received very 

 near the junction of second and third submarginals ; third submargi- 

 nal longer than wide; lower under wing middle cell much the largest. 



Brunswick, Me., (A. S. Packard, Jr.) One 9 . 



3. D. litura. 



Tenthredo (all) litura, Klug. Berl. Mag. vii, 1814, 2d Fam. 83, 73. 

 "Luteous. The head and a longitudinal dorsal vitta black. Length 21 lines. 

 Br. wings b\ lines. 



Antennae bristle-shaped, somewhat longer than thorax, black ; cly- 

 peus truncate, on the edge red-yellow; the tips and mandibles are like- 

 wise red-yellow, the latter brown at tip ; mouth yellowish ; a broad 

 black vitta extends over the back of thorax as far as the scutel ; the 

 abdomen and legs are of one color ; wings perfectly clear ; nerves and 

 eosta yellow-brown, costal space not filled up; the tliird cubital space 

 which receives no recurrent nervure is unusually small and penta- 

 gonal." 



Not seen, and hence the section to which it belongs is not certain. 



