INSECUTOR INSCITI^E MENSTRUUS 203 



bearing the fringes ; apex obtusely conical. Fore wing tri- 

 fasciate, 1 from thickening of submarginal, 2 from apex 

 stigmal, 3 fainter, largest, apical third ; color as semifusci- 

 pennis but scutum with a long mark on each side, this narrow. 

 Antennae black. 



Meringa, Cairns, November 26, 1918. 



Xenufens tennysoni, new species. 



Antennae near mouth, scape thick, nearly twice the short 

 pedicel. One ring-joint. Marginal about as long as thick- 

 ened part of submarginal. Black, wings indefinitely dusky at 

 base. Vertex, median line and lateral margins scutum orange. 

 Funicle somewhat wider than long, half the pedicel, latter 

 half the club in length. Tarsals not elongate. Twelve lines 

 discal cilia. Clubs 1-2 transverse, 1 smaller, tibial tips pale. 



Watsonville, March 12, 1919. 



Haeckeliania domestica, new species. 



Half smaller; abdomen conic-ovate, longer than thorax, 

 ovipositor inserted at base ; scape (at least at apex) pallid ; 

 marginal vein equal thick distal part submarginal ; discal cilia 

 less regular, the lines more crowded. Head yellow, two setae 

 on surface of submarginals thickening (in a longitudinal line) 

 with distinct length (very minute in other). Trochanters 

 white. 



Nelson, April 23, 1919, kitchen window. 



Tennysoniana gemma, new species. 



Like Oligosita, but fringes fore wing minute as if absent, 

 club 2-jointed, unarmed ; fore tibia armed with sinne-Hke 

 teeth above. Resembles Ptery go gramma. Black; vertex, 

 dorsal thorax except paraspide, a spot on axilla, cephalic half 

 •of scutum (all along meson to apex), marks on pleura, orange. 

 Knees, tips of tibiae, first tibia and tarsi pale. A distinct sub- 

 stigmal spot. Eighteen lines discal cilia, two cephalic in hind 

 wings. Discal cilia fore wing in regular lines. Hind femur 

 stout, coarsely scaly. 



Nelson. 



