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as broad as high; all veins in front wing except at. base dark, in 

 hind wing somewhat darker than in female. Otherwise like female. 



Host. — Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders). 



Tyjie.—U.S.'NM. No. 42901, from Mokpo, Korea. 



Two females and two males reared by T. Kambe in 1928. 



These are from the same source as three males that appear to 

 differ from the allotype only in the entire or practically entire lack 

 of white at the base of the abdomen. These are not included in the 

 type series, although I believe they are of the same species. 



In husseyi Viereck the occiput is more deeply impressed, with the 

 arc of its curvature fully a quarter circle, eyes slightly convergent 

 below; rugose area of mesoscutum with longitudinal rugae much 

 stronger and nearly regular; scutellum rugose except narrowly in 

 middle; carapace more coarsely, longitudinally rugose, in middle 

 with about 16 rugae; front and middle legs darker than in pecti- 

 nophorae, even the front femora largely piceous. 



Genus FORNICIA BruUe 



Foniicia Beuli.e, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., vol. 4, p. 511, pi. 44, fig. 3, 1846. 

 Oduntofornica Endeblein, Ent. Mitteil., vol. 1, p. 260, 1912. 

 Fornicia, Wilkinson, Bull. Ent. Research, vol. 19, pp. 261-265, 1928. 

 Fornicia Cushman, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 40, pp. 234-237, 1929. 

 Odontofornica Cushman, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 40, pp. 234-237, 1929. 



"VVlien I wrote the paper cited above, I had not seen Wilkinson's 

 paper in Avhich Odontofornica is synonymized, nor had I seen an 

 American specimen of this genus, and, though I expressed some 

 doubt of the distinctness of Odontofornica^ I was content to let it 

 stand. 



Before the appearance in print of my paper, however, I had 

 become convinced that the characters employed by Enderlein for 

 distinguishing his genus from Fornicia are purely specific and that 

 the two genera are identical. The reason for this conclusion is the 

 receipt of a specimen, with the supposed generic characters of 

 Odontofornica^ captured in Costa Rica by F. Nevermann. This 

 specimen is described below as a new species. 



FORNICIA PILOSA, new species 



Female. — Length, 5 mm.; antennae, 5.5 mm. Clothed with long 

 white pile that is especially dense on temples, sides of scutellum, and 

 metapleurum. 



Face shining, with minute piliferous punctures; temples more 

 densely punctate and pilose ; vertex with few hairs ; temples strongly 

 sloping, straight; pronotum medially convex, densely punctate, and 

 pilose, not produced at sides; mesoscutum obscurely punctate, more 

 or less rugose in positions of the notauli, median carina low and fine ; 

 scutellum rugulose-punctate, roundly emarginate at apex; post- 



