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margin of mesepisternum and apical margins of second to fifth tergites 

 yellowish; a band across vertex, thoracic sutures and base of first 

 four tergites blackish; antennae ferruginous, dusky at base above; 

 legs ferruginous with the hind femora somewhat piceous and the 

 tibiae somewhat yellowish; wings subhy aline, more or less brownish 

 basally, along the veins and the apical margin brownish; venation 

 dark brown, stigma somewhat more ferruginous. 



Fig. 1. — Female of Labena confusa Rohwer. 



Paratypes have the ferruginous color brighter andlthe black and 

 yellow markings more sharply contrasting and the wings almost 

 completely brownish. 



Type locality. — Texas. Described from fourteen females, three 

 (one type) reared by F. M. Webster as parasites of llirincopyge 

 alacris LeConte. Other Texas specimens come from the B elf rage 

 collection, from Paris (F. C. Bishopp) and DallasJ(Schwarz); Meta- 



