Dec, 1910.] GiRAULT : On THE FAMILY MyMARID^. 243 



In the table of species given in a recent paper on this genus 

 (Girault, 1908a) these specimens run to icerycc Riley and are typical 

 ■specimens of that species, only they differ from the type specimens 

 •of the species in having an additional discal cilium in the fore wings 

 and in being somewhat different in size, smaller, and in general 

 coloration. The characteristic shortening of the second funicle joint 

 in the male readily differentiates this species from all others of 

 which the male is known. There is great difficulty in accurately 

 determining the character of the body sculpture and other obscure 

 "body markings in these minute and very delicate mymarids but it is 

 not of extreme difficultness to select differentiating characters in 

 species whose habiti have already indicated their distinctness. In 

 spite of the seeming difficulties reasonable care and discrimination 

 will not fail in recognizing those species already described if the 

 descriptions include such characters as wing ciliation and antennal 

 structure. As far as I know sculpture of the body varies but little 

 with the species of this genus. 



Habitat. — Centralia, 111., and see Girault (igoSrt). I have since 

 captured two female specimens on the glass side of a greenhouse on 

 the campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., April 30, 1910. 



2. Alaptus caecilii Girault. 



Girault, 1908a, pp. 189-191, fig. 3. 



In the original description of this species (p. 190, paragraph i, 

 line 2) it is stated that the second funicle joint of the antenna is 

 nearly a third larger than the third funicle joint; length was intended 

 rather than general dimension, for the second joint is a third longer 

 than the third joint but not as broad. 



I have an additional female specimen of this species captured at 

 Centralia, 111., September i, 1909, on a window. Its distribution in 

 tlie United States must be wide. 



3. " Alaptus pallipes Ashmead." 



An examination made of the type of this species through the 

 kindness of the authorities of the U. S. National Museum, formerly 

 inaccessible, shows that the tarsi are 4-jointed and the fore wings 

 densely ciliated ; the shape of the wings and antennae further pre- 

 clude its position here. It was described as a species of Alaptus by 

 Ashmead in 1887 (Ashmead, 1887; Girault, 1908a). I shall not 

 attempt to place it at present other than without this genus and 



