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longitudinally striate, between the striae with punctures, the second 

 segmenl near base with a semicircular row of large pits; venter longi- 

 tudinally striate and punctured between the stria'. 



Manila. P. I. T\\«> specimens. 



Type. Cat. No. L2894, U.S.N.M. 



Named in honor of FatherR. E.Brown, who collected the specimens. 



PLATYSCELIO ABNORMIS, new species. 



Male. -Length about 3.5 nun. Black, shiny, greatly flattened, 

 the antenna- 1 welve jointed, filiform, ruf o-testaceous ; scape flattened, 

 enlarged toward apex, pedicel short, not longer than wide: joints of 

 the flagallum elongate, the third with a short carina on one side; 

 three ocelli present, the ocellar triangle longitudinally striate; head 

 with a strong median carina bifurcated at each end. the bifurcations 

 at the posterior end embracing the anterior ocellus, those at the 

 anterior end running to each antenna: head smooth, polished, a 

 single row of punctures along the anterior orbits of the eves: middle 

 lobe of mesothorax longitudinally punctate-striate, the lateral lobes 

 punctured only anteriorly, the disk smooth hut with a short indistinct 

 furrow; scutellum near apex with a single transverse row of punc- 

 tures, interrupted medially: metathorax striate laterally, the median 

 area smooth, with a longitudinal furrow which posteriorly bifurcates; 

 wings slightly dusky, reaching beyond the apex of the fourth segment, 

 the marginal vein long, the stigma! short, the postmarginal wanting; 

 legs testaceous ; abdomen closely longitudinally striate-punctate; the 

 lateral carina' distinct to the middle of the fifth segment. 



Manila. P. 1. One specimen collected by R. E. Brown. 



Type. Cat. No. 12895, U.S.N.M. 



MACROTELEIA STRIATIVENTRIS, new species. 



i'i mali . Length 5 mm. Black, the scape of antenme and the leu-. 

 including the coxae reddish-testaceous; pedicel brown, the apex 

 lighter, funicle brown, the club black: head and thorax with rather 

 close, coarse punctures; meso- and metapleurae longitudinally striate, 

 the striae of the anterior pail of the mesopleurae with punctures in 

 the inter-ticc-; winus slightly dusky reaching bevond the middleof 

 the fourth segment; veins brown, the postmarginal about twice as 

 long a- the marginal; abdomen longitudinally striate, the third 

 ment distinctly longer than second, the fourth about as long as 

 the second and longer than the fifth; sixth segmenl longer than fifth, 

 \iewrd in profile, slender, the line of the dorsum straight. 



Mali . Length 1.5 mm. Similar to t he female, the wings reaching 

 almost i" the apex of fourth segment; sixth and seventh segments 

 short, the seventh segment without prongs at apex. 



Manila, 1'. I. (\[. I'.. Brown, collector.) Four specimens. 



Type. Cat. No. 12896, I ,S \ M. 



