rUOCEEDIXGS OF THE XATIoyAL MUSEUM. 643 



ANTHEMUS, new genus (Ho\A^ard). 



2[ale. — Anfeniiit', 9-jointed; scajjc and bulla ])lain]y diflereiitiated, 

 pedicel longer and broader than first funicle joint; fiinicle joints sub- 

 equal in length an<l breadth, about twice as long as broad, each with a 

 single whorl of very long hairs. Club attenuate at tip, as long as three 

 ])receding funicle joints together, undivided, and furnished with long 

 hairs like the funicle joints — the hairs, however, being irregularly 

 placed. Eyes distant, naked; ocelli large, jdaced in a nearly straight 

 line; abdomen sessile, tarsi 4-joiuted, wings as with Anaf/yrm. 



Female. — Antennae 8 jointed, pedicel swollen, two and a half times as 

 long as wide, first funicle joint one-third as long as pedicel, much nar- 

 rower, subcylindrical; second, third, fourth, and fifth funicle joints 

 increasing gradually in length and width; club long ovate, longer than 

 three preceding funicle joints together, slightly wider than fifth funicle 

 joint, undivided; funicle and club with very sparse and short hairs; 

 ovipositor slightly extruded; in other respects resembles male. 



ANTHEMUS CHIONASPIDIS, new species (Howard). 



j\[ale and female. — Length, 0.53G mm.; expanse to tip of wings, l."5 

 mm.; expanse to tips of cilia, 1.72 mm. General color yellow brown; 

 darker at sides and base of abdomen and at sides of metanotum; eyes 

 dark purple, ocelli lighter, reddish. Legs honey-yellow, hind femora 

 darker. Funicle joints of male antenuic somewhat flask-shaped, the 

 swelling of each joint at the insertion of the whorl of hairs giving a 

 slightly constricted api)earance to the distal half of the joint; hind 

 wings with no discal cilia, except a single row of about six, extending 

 from the end of the vein halfway to ti[> of wing; discal cilia of fore 

 wings dense and strong. 



Types. — Xo. 3262, U.S.N.M. Maiij^ male and female specimens reared 

 by E. Ernest Green, Punduloya, Ceylon, from Ghionasjjis graminis. 



Siablarnily G-O^^T^^TOCERHSTJE. 



Genus LITUS, Haliday. 

 Litns, Haliday, Ent. Mag., I, 269, 1833. 



LITUS ENOCKI, new species (Howard). 



Female. — Length. 0.270 mm.; exi)anse to tip of wings, 0.79 mm.; 

 expanse to tips of cilia L02 mm. Scape and pedicel swollen, funicle 

 joints attenuate, first and second subequal in length, ea(;h about as 

 long as pedicel; third and fourth a little shorter, fifth and sixth still 

 shorter, slightly swollen; club longer than three preceding joints 

 together, slightly broader, elongate ovate in shape. Color dark brown, 

 legs, antennal sca])e, and ])edicel lighter, abdomen lighter near base 



