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curved inwardly; between them not coarse!} sculptured; the apical 

 pari of inclosure smooth, the median carina not reaching apex; 

 abdomen sparsely punctured, nol reticulate 



Manila. P. I. (R. E. Brown, collector.) 



Type. Cat. No. 12825, U.S.N.M. 



TIPHIA SEGREGATA, new species. 



M<il>. Length 6 mm. Closely related to the two species described 

 above; head and thorax not reticulated; joints two and three of an- 

 tennas subequal; clypeus not produced, with small, well-separated 

 punctures; punctures along inner orbits not (dose; punctures of 

 thorax, including scutellum and postscutellum, sparse; metathorax 

 with three carinas, the outer ones straight, converging toward apex, 

 between them coarsely sculptured; truncation sculptured all over; 

 tegulse smooth; mesopleurae not reticulated; abdomen sparsely punc- 

 t ured, not reticulated. 



Female. Length 6.5 mm. Similar to the male, below antennae 

 finely roughened and with scattered punctures, the clypeus apically 

 smooth; above antennas with sparse coarse punctures; metathoracic 

 carinas, as in male: sculpture of metathorax, entirely fine. 



Manila. P. I. (R. E. Brown ami W. A. Stanton, collectors.) 



Type. Cat. No. 12826, C.S.X.M. 



Super-family PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 

 Family DIAPRTTIXK. 



LOXOTROPA TRICORNUTA, new species. 



Fiimth. Length 2.5 mm. Deep mahogany brown, head black, 

 the fair blown: antennae, legs, and abdomen apically lighter brown: 

 head in front of ocelli with lateral and a median processes; the lateral 

 ones larger; all the prominences with sharp points; from the median 

 one a carina runs downward between antenna': prominence on which 

 antenna' are inserted large, front of prominence with a median carina 

 extending down to mouth parts; antenme about '_' mm. long; scutel- 

 Inm ai base unifoveate; prothorax and metathorax covered with 

 pubescence; metathorax with a median carina and lateral carinas, 

 forming two depressed areas; median carina at base elevated into an 

 angular prominence; metathorax at apex produced, emarginate; 

 wings slightly yellowish; first segment of abdomen occupying most 

 of surface. 



.!/</// . Length 2.5 nun. Similar to the female; antenna' over 3 

 nun. long. 



Manila. I\ I . I II. I'.. Brown, collector.) 



Type. Cat. No. 12888, U.S.N.M. 



