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Legs, iucludiug all cox.tb, yellow, the anterior femora iimcli swollen; 

 wings hyaline, the i)arastigma and stigma i)iceons. 



Abdomen longer than the thorax, pointed at apex, smooth and pol- 

 ished, the venter sometimes pieeons towards base. 



The male is the smaller and agrees ])erfeetly with the female, the only 

 noticeable difference being in the shape of the abdomen, which is ob- 

 long-oval, slightly depressed, not j>ointed at apex, and scarcely as long- 

 as the thorax. The llagellnm is more distinctly brown, the joints very 

 slightly longer than in the female. 



Types in National Museum. 



Bred by H. G, Hubbard at Crescent City, Fla., from riatynota ros- 

 ti'cma, and by myself at Jacksonville, Fla., from the orange case-worm, 

 Platoeceticiis GJoi'erii Packard. 



Note. — The following geuus has not been recognized: 



Notwithstanding tlie fact that the autenna3 are described as 26-joiuted, the genus 

 evidently belongs in this group. I merelj^ copy Stefano's description with the hope 

 that it may some day aid in its identification. Were it not for the 26-jointed an- 

 tenna> I should say the genus was identical with either Pristovera or Scleroderma. 

 It is possible, though, the antenme will be found to be only 13-jointed, each joint 

 being constricted and having the; appearance of forming two joints. Such mist.ikes 

 have frequently occurred in systematic entomology. 



SCLEROGIBBA. Stefano. 

 Nat. Siciliano, 1887-'88, p. 145. 



Scler. caput depressum, ocelli nulli. Antenme crass;e cum 2G articulis. Os inferior. 

 Thorax oblongns distincte divisus; prothorax cyliudricus autice rotundatns posti- 

 ceque emarginatus; mesothorax antice atteuuatus postico incrassatus; meta thorax 

 supra planus, dilatatus. Femora et tibite antice crassissima. Abdomen sessile. 

 Ovipositor brevissimus. 



Scler. crassifemoraia, Tav. i, Figs. Be, 3((, h c, p. 146, Hab. Ustica. 



Subfamily II— EMBOLEMIN.^. 



Head globose. Ocelli 3 in a triangle, close together; in apterous 

 females very minute. Mandibles oblong-quadrate, 3-dentate. Antennte 

 porrect, filiform, in S 10-, in 9 13-jointed, inserted on the middle of the 

 face. Maxillary palpi 3- to 5-jointed ; labial palpi 2- or 3-jointed. Prono- 

 tura usually well developed, triangular or quadrate; mesonotum trans- 

 verse, or at the furthest not longer than wide, the scaiHila' not sepa- 

 rated; scutellum transverse, quadrate, or subtriangular; metathorax 

 large, quadrate. Front wings with a lanceolate stigma, a closed costal 

 cell, two l)asal, two discoidal cells, and an open radial cell; hind wings 

 distinctly lobed, veinless, except along the costa to two-thirds its 

 length, the tip of this vein being furnished with G booklets. Abdomen 

 subpetiolate, ovate or oblong oval, depressed, composed of 7 segments, 

 the second and third being very large. Legs long, the anterior femora 

 much swollen, the middle and posterior pairs obclavate, the tibi;e sub- 

 clavate, their spurs 1, 0, 2, tarsi 5 jointed, claws simple. 



The shape of the head, the difference in the numbers of joints in the 

 antennae, and non-chelate anterior tarsi in the females, sufficiently dif- 



