194 WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD. 



It is very distinct from any otlier of our described species of 

 Limneriu. 



Ijinineria acrotiyelse n. sp. 



% . — Length 4 mm. Wholly black ; face and body covered with a sparse white 

 pubescence ; two basal joints of antenuse ferruginous ; mandibles and palpi pale. 

 Legs ferruginous; the base and apex of posterior tibijp black, their tarsi more or 

 less fuscous ; tibial spurs of middle and hind legs large, divergent, pale; meta- 

 thorax ai'eolated ; the abdomen is a little longer than the head and thorax to- 

 gether, but slightly compressed, black, the venter yellowish, with a longitudinal 

 fold its whole length, tegulse. yellowish white. Wings hyaline, subiridescent ; 

 stigma and veins pale brown ; the discal areolet is small, petiolate, the cubital 

 nervure bent a little before the middle, the second recurrent uervure about two 

 and a half times the length of the first. 



Described from one s})ecimen reared from Acronyda ohlbiafa. 



This s{)eeies apj)roaches nearest to L. obliterata Cress., but can be 

 at once distinguished from it by the distinct, petiohtte areolet. 



Liinineria lieliie n. sp. 



"J,. — Length 7 mm. Black; mandibles and jialpi pale ; face covered with glit- 

 tering white pile; antennte entirely black. Legs ferruginous; posterior coxje 

 and first joint of trochanters black, the second joint pale, femora with a dusky 

 spot at apex above, tibife and tarsi dark fuscous ; metathorax areolated, its disc- 

 covered with some long white pubescence. Abdomen only slightly compressed, 

 the extreme apical margins of all the segments beyond the petiole ferruginous, 

 that on the second segment being the widest, the third has a large red spot at 

 sides connected with a line above, the fourth also has a blotch at the sides, and 

 the fifth with a very small one ; the sheaths of the penis are exserted, and are some- 

 what curved and hook-like, their tips being bluntly rounded. Wings hyaline ; 

 the stigma and veins dark brown, piceous; discal areolet rather large, triangular, 

 subsessile ; the cubital nervure is bent a little before the middle, the second re- 

 current nervure not more than twice tlie length of the first. ^ 



Hub. — Washington, D. C. 



Described from one specimen hibcled No. 3288'^'', reared Ai)ril 28, 

 1884, from ITelia amula 111. 



This species appears to be closely related to L. o.rijlus Cress., but 

 in that species the areolet is distinctly i)etiolated. 



Liiiiiieria iie|>liel4»(li!>» n. sp. 



% . — Length 4 mm. Black, covered with a white pubescence, the face especially 

 so; mandibles and palpi pale; antennte, except the two basal joints, beneath 

 which Hre ferruginous, black. Legs entirely ferruginous, the posterior tarsi alone 

 dusky; metathorax areolated, the disc not pubescent. Abdomen about half again 

 as long as the liead iind thorax together, black ; the apical half of second seg- 

 ment, apical two-thirds of the third, the fourth wholly, and a spot on the sides 

 of fifth along the venter ferruginous. Wings hyaline : stigma and veins brown ; 

 the discal areolet of moderate size, petiolate; the submediiin cell is a little longer 

 than the mi'dian, and tlu> second recunvnt nei'vure is half again as long as the 

 first. 



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