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curvetl, received between middle and apex of third subniai'ginal, se- 

 cond subniarginal twice as long as first. 

 Farniington. Conn. One % . 



1 i. S. fumipennis. 



Selandriafimiipennis, Norton, Bost. Proc. viii, 1861, 222, 9. 9 'S • 

 Black, with long subviolaceous wings. Length 0.24 — 0.28. Br. wings 0.5G — 

 0.6S inch. 



$ % . Shining black; abdomen of 9 nmch compressed, at the apex 

 acute; antennas nearly as long as body, somewhat resembling those of 

 Ciaditts, all the joints of nearly equal length, suddenly enlarged at tips 

 and contracted at base and flattened ; labrum slightly incurved, man- 

 dibles large, the second tooth widely separated from the first; legs 

 black; anterior tibia) faintly whitish; inner tooth of claw large; wings 

 very long, subopaque, violaceous, color equally distributed, nerves and 

 stigma black. 



Farraington, Conn. 



J. 3. Selandria nubilipennis, n. sp. 



Black, a pale stripe down the anterior legs; wings violaceous, subhyaline at 

 apex. Length 0.22—0.24. Br. wings 0.44—0.60 inch. 



9 . Body not so stout as S. fumipennis, abdomen flattened. An- 

 teunse not two-thirds the length of body, third joint longer than fourth, 

 apical joint as long as preceding, nasus hardly incurved ; palpi black ; 

 legs black ; anterior legs before and all the knees whitish; claws with 

 no perceptible inner tooth ; wings subviolaceous, growing clearer to- 

 ward apex. 



% . The male has the flagellum in some lights piceous ; the four an- 

 terior legs and posterior I'emora at tij) ferruginous. 



Maine, (A. S. Packard.) Mass., (Coll. Am. Ent. Soc.) Two 9 , one % . 



This appears much like S. fumipr'nnis, but the wings are not so ob- 

 scure, the antenmc are shorter, the body smaller and the claws simple. 



Section 2. {Iloplocampa), Hartig. 

 Lanceolate cell contracted in the middle. Antennaj short, the third joint 

 hardly longer than the fourth and the end joint frequently thickened. Un- 

 der wings with two middle cells. 

 10. S. halcyon. 



litlaudria halcyon, Harris' Cat. 



Norton, Bost. Proc. viii, ISO], 222, 10, 9 % . 

 Ochre-yellow; a large black spot on tergum. Length 0.16 — .18. Br. wings 

 0.48— .54 inch. 



9 % Short, moderately stout, abdomen acute, color ochre-yellow ; 

 autcnme, third joint longer than fourth, apical joint a little longer than 

 the preceding, obtuse and as thick as the other joints, color pale, the 

 joints tipped with black above, apex black, nasus not emarginate; man- 



