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subequal dorsally, rami longer than half the dorsal length of joint; 

 prescutum and scutum shining, with small, distinct separate punc- 

 tures; scutellum shining, rounded posteriorly, angulate anteriorly, 

 with large well-separated punctures which are closer posteriorly; 

 mesepisternum with separate large punctures on a shining surface; 

 abdomen smooth shining; pad-like brush of sheath very narrow, 

 remote from middle, the distance between brushes greater than their 

 length so the sheath is broadly truncate when seen from below; 

 lance serrate on dorsal apical margin; lancet with nine rows of 

 teeth, the seventh from end armed with thirteen teeth, the medium 

 ones being larger. Ferrugineous and brown; head ferrugineous, 

 antennae, antennal furrows and postocellar furrow brownish-black; 

 thorax dorsally brownish with lateral margins of prescutum and the 

 scutellum sordid whitish; mesosternum and episternum below brown- 

 ish; pronotum, upper part of mesipisternum, metaplura, sides of 

 abdomen sordid whitish; tergurn brownish; nates and eight sternite 

 rufous; sternites brownish-f errugineous ; wings hyaline, viterous; 

 venation black, middle of stigma pale. 



Male. — Length, 5 mm. Head shining, with w T ell-separated punc- 

 tures which are closer near the mouth; postocellar area convex its 

 median length about one-third its anterior width; antenna 16- 

 jointed, short the basal ramulus nearly as long as flagellum; pre- 

 scutum and scutum shining, with separate small punctures; scutel- 

 lum with large separate punctures; mesepisternum shining with 

 separate punctures which are somewhat larger and closer dorsally; 

 tergites shining; hypopygidium short broadly rounded apically. 

 Black; apical part of clypeus, labrum, palpi, legs below bases of 

 coxae, and apical sternite rufo-f errugineous ; wings viterous hyaline; 

 venation brown. 



Some of the paratype males have most of the sternites rufo- 

 ferrugineous but they were probably killed before they matured. 



Type locality. — Montgomery County, Texas. 



Described from eight (one type) females reared from cocoons sent 

 in by G. M. Del Curte, assistant entomologist of Texas, and recorded 

 under Bureau of Entomology No. Hopk. U. S. 10779<>; and from 

 two females and eleven (one allotype) males sent in by G. M. Del 

 Curte, assistant State entomologist of Texas, as coming from eastern 

 Texas. 



Type.— Cut. No. 22389 U.S.N.M. 



Subfamily Allantinae. 



TAXONUS ATTENATUS, new species. 



Apparently allied to Allomorpha pulchripes Cameron, but can easily 

 be distinguished by color and different antennae. In the relation of 

 the antennal joints it is more like Allomorpha incisa Cameron, but 

 that species has the head marked with yellow. 



