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with the first and second; third transvei-se cubitus angulate near 

 middle, with a spurious vein; sheath narrowing apically, straight 

 above, gently rounded below. Black, rather densely clothed with 

 gray pubescence; %vings infuscate, iridescent; venation black. 



Dane County, Wisconsin. Female collected, May 20, 1909, by 

 W. S. Marshall. 



Type.— Csit. No. 14756, U.S.N.M. 



Genus PARACHARACTUS MacGillivray. 



PARACHARACTUS NEVADENSIS (Cresson). 



Selandria (Monophadmcs) nevadensis Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 8, 

 1880, p. 13. 



Female. — Length 8 mm. Anterior margin of the clypeus sUghtly 

 incurved, shining; malar space very narrow; middle fovea large and 

 joining the ocellar basin; antennal furrow present, but not continu- 

 ous; postocellar fuiTOW distinct, broadly V-shaped; lateral oceUi on 

 the supraorbital line; antennae rather slender, the third and fourth 

 joints of equal length; head and thorax shining; scutelluni with 

 some large punctures, the lobe at the sides indistinctly granular; 

 hind basitarsis equal to second, third, and fourth; stigma rounded, 

 broader in the middle; the lower margin of the sheath rounded; 

 claws with an erect inner tooth; the third cubital cell longer than 

 first and second, receiving the transverse radius near the apex; vena- 

 tion of hind wings normal. Color black; labrum white; tegulae, 

 upper part of pleurae and the mesonotum rufous; legs below the 

 knees yellowish-white, the tarsi infuscated. Wings dusky, iridescent; 

 venation black. 



The above is a description of Cresson's type. This species also 

 occurs in southern California. 



PARACHARACTUS LEUCOSTOMUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 8 mm. Very robust. Anterior margm of the 

 clypeus nearly truncate, shining, covered with sparse punctures; ocel- 

 lar basin and middle fovea confluent, but immediately around the 

 anterior ocellus is a depressed area; postocellar area well defhied, 

 the postocellar furrow curved; lateral ocelli on the supraorbital line; 

 head behind the supraorbital line shining and impunctate, the front 

 with fine punctures; the third antennal joint slightly longer than 

 the fourth, the fourth and fifth equal; mesoscutum highly polished; 

 scutellum with separate punctures, the lobe polished, but with a few 

 large punctures; sheath very broad, rounded strongly beneath; claws 

 with a large inner tooth; stigma rounded on the lower margin, 

 broader in the middle; third cubital cell as long as the first and sec- 

 ond, receiving the transverse radius near the apex; radial cell of 

 hind \vings appendiculate. Color black; labrum, knees, and legs 



