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only faintly indicated; an elongate depression in front of the an- 

 terior ocellus ; antennal furrows nearly obsolete below the ocelli ; 

 postocellar area strongly convex, sharply defined laterally, with a 

 punctiform fovae in the anterior middle; postocellar furrow obso- 

 lete; antenna rather long, sharply tapering apically, the third joint 

 distinctly shorter than the fourth; the apical joint slightly longer 

 than the preceding; stigma narrow, broadest at base, sharply taper- 

 ing to the apex ; first intercubitus obsolescent ; the second and third 

 cubital cells subequal on the radius; radiellan cell with a short ap- 

 pendage; sheath straight above, obtuse apically tapering from the 

 broad base. Black; trochanters, the four anterior tibiae and tarsi, 

 posterior tibiae except their apices, the four basal joints of the pos- 

 terior tarsi, white ; wings hyaline ; venation dark brown, stigma pale 

 brown. 



Type locality. — Profile House, New Hampshire. 



Described from three females (one type) reared from larv£e col- 

 lected on cherry by Dr. H. G. Dyar, and recorded under his Num- 

 ber 6H. 



Type.— Ciit. No. 21597, U.S.N.M. 



This species has also been collected at East River, Connecticut, ir 

 the larval stages on Planus serotina^ by Chas. E. Ely. 



Larva. — " Spun within a day or two, before I had a chance to 

 described it in detail. It was, however, strikingly colored, being 

 reddish or brownish above and greenish below." (Ely.) 



Host. — Prunus serotina. 



Seasonal History. — A larva collected August 15, spun its cocoon 

 August 17, emerging as an adult September 20. 



PRIOPHORUS PETRINUS (Cockcrell). 



Cludius petrinus Cockerell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (1914) 1915, p. 641. 



A study of the original description and subsequent notes from the 

 type kindly supplied by Professor Wickham, indicates that this 

 species is more properly referred to the genus Priophorus. 



This species was described from the shales of Florissant and the 

 type is in the collection of Professor Wickham. 



PRIOPHORUS INFUSCATUS (MacGiUivray) . 



Craterocermis infuscatus MacGilli\tiay, Bull. 22, Coun. Geol. Nat. Hist. 



Surv. 1916 (1917), p. 106. 

 Priophorus infuscaUis (MacGiUivray), Rohwer, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 



20, 1918, p. 165. 



Type. — Collection of A. D. MacGiUivray. 



Although the senior author examined the type of this species he 

 is unable to definitely associate it with any of the species here de- 



