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iTi;irsin:d cell is about as broad as louji, the second abscissa of tlie radius slifilitly 

 curved outwardly and but si ijrlitly longer than thefii'st: there is a distinct sub- 

 median nervure connecting; with and extending slightly beyond the basal nervuri'. 

 % . — Length 1 nun. In structural and coloratiunal detail the male agrees with 

 the female very closely, except in its smaller size atid tlie following difl'erences : 

 The anteiuue are lo-jointed, black, all the joints but tiie third being round, or 

 moniiiform ; the third Joint is twice as long as thick, narnAvcd towards hhse, 

 while the tibiie are obscured or brownish. 



Hub.— We^t Point, Neb. 



Described from two speciiueus, one S one 9 , received by tlie 

 Department of Agriculture from Prof. L. Bruner and labeled 

 "Reared from l)lackberry gall, DhtKtrojihiix (■ii.scKfdj'orniis (). S. 



I» I KZ<» It It I A 1 orster. 

 Piezobria floriditiia s]>. n. 



9.' — Length 1.2 mm. Polished black; antennie 13-jointed, the two basal and 

 the six enlarged terminal joints black, the intermediate joints Itrownish or yel- 

 lowish, the last joint of club much the largest, globose : cup of scutellum broadly 

 oval, nearly round, perfectly fiat above, with a row of punctures surrounding 

 the margin, the margin piceous. The legs are reddish brown or dark red, the 

 femora more or less obfuscated. Wings hyaline, iridescent, pubescent and ciliated, 

 the veins pale, only slightly tinged with yellow, the marginal cell all along the 

 fore border and at base, as in genus A-spicera. Abdomen as long as the head and 

 thorax united, black, highly polished, along the venter basally it is more or less 

 piceous or brownish ; the ovipositor i)rotrudes slightly, but jirohably unnaturally. 



Hal). — Archer, Fla. 



Described from four specimens, collected by Mr. E. A. Schwarz, 

 May 3, 1882. 



Subfamily VI. All()Tkiin.k. 



A I.IiO'r K I A Westwood. 

 Allotria .YantIioi>Ni<« s]i. n. 



% . — Length 1.2 mm. Polished black, very finely sjjarsely pubescent. Face 

 and cheeks from middle of eye downwards, the clypeus, the paljii and the legs, 

 including all coxse, bright warm yellow ; antennae 14-jointed, as long as the body, 

 yellowish, the scape only a little longer than the second joint, joints 4 and 5 very 

 slightly longer and thicker than the third or any of the following joints, a little 

 narrowed basally, and. when viewed from the side, ajjpearing slightly curved, 

 the joints beyond these very gradually and imperceptibly shortening, tlie last 

 joint being the shortest. Wings hyaline, strongly iridescent, ciliated, the veins 

 pale yellowish, the marginal cell a little shorter than in A. brussicse, closed, 

 scarcely twice as long as wide. 



Hab. — Crescent City, Fla. 



Described from a single specimen received from Mr. H. G. Hub- 

 bard, and reared by liim from the orange ajdiis, kSiphonophora 

 eitrifolii Ashm. 



The species ap])ears to aj)proach closely to the European .1. xan- 

 thoci'pluthi Thoms. 



TKANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. (24) JUNK, 1896. 



