lie, INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 



Hypopygium. Side pieces bulbous, constricted at base, sim- 

 ple, hairy. Clasper slender, longer than the side piece, en- 

 larged at base and slightly on the outer half ; terminal spine 

 very short, pointed, inserted inwardly just before the apex. 

 Tenth stemites large and prominent with four or five long 

 teeth at the tips. Aedoeagus conical, pointed. Ninth tergites 

 large, with about six very long equal spines on each. 



Types, female and male, No. 23715, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Los 

 Banos, P. I., February 16, 1915, bred from Nepenthes. 



Hodgesia ampyx, new species. 



Head with flat dark gray scales behind, the anterior third 

 of the vertex silvery white, forming a triangular spot, border- 

 ing the eyes, and widening on the sides. Prothoracic lobes 

 with flat white scales and dark bristles. Mesonotum dark 

 brown in the middle and behind, the anterior angles lighter in 

 the integument ; vestiture of sparse narrow hair-like scales of 

 bronzy brown, and coarse blackish bristles. Metanotum dark 

 brown, nude. Abdomen dark brown above, paler brown 

 below, with a greenish reflection in some lights, without any 

 markings. Legs dark brown, with bronzy luster below, the 

 femora extensively whitish both above and below, nearly to 

 the tips. Wing scales dark, the outstanding ones long and 

 linear. 



Types, two females. No. 23716, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Ace. No. 

 18399, Coll. of Agr., Univ. P. I. 



Near Hodgesia niveocapntis Ludlow, but without any me- 

 tallic scales on the abdomen. 



Rachionotomyia monetifera, new species. 



Female. Proboscis very long, black. Palpi rather long, 

 though less than one-sixth of the proboscis, black. Clypeus 

 and tori light testaceous. Head with a broad band of violet 

 blue scales on the anterior two-thirds, the nape black. Integu- 

 ment of mesonotum pale, the vestiture of prothoracic lobes 

 and mesonotum of dense narrow curved pale golden scales ; 

 scutellum with flat light blue scales ; pleura with a large cen- 

 tral silvery patch. Metanotum yellowish, nude. Abdomen 



