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closely as can be expected and although the tarsi in the figures are 

 shown to be five-jointed in some instances, hence the proximal joint 

 not comparatively long and slender, it is quite evident to me that in 

 this respect a mistake was made, the proximal joint of the tarsi being 

 divided in the figures or else the distal joint extended to indicate 

 claws and pulvillus. So although my specimen differs perhaps in 

 having two short rows of discal ciliation in the cephalic outer portion 

 of the paddle-like wing blade" and also in having a longer proximal 

 tarsal joint, nevertheless the likeness to the figures and description 

 is so striking and feels so true that I give up my former intention of 

 describing this species as new, substituting my impression that it is 

 identical with Myniar pulchellum Curtis. This is the first European 

 species of Mymaridre to be found in North America." 



The following descriptive notes were made from the specimen in 

 my possession, given especially for the reason that we may have a 

 distinct species here after all, and that my identification may be 

 wrong :^ 



Female. — Length, 0.90 mm., slender, visible to naked eye with difficulty; 

 the species described and figured by Curtis excepting as may be pointed out. 

 Body uniformly gamboge, the eyes dark reddish, the abdomen with a large 

 fuscous area distad. Legs and antennae uniformlj' lighter, the club of antennae 

 fuscous, the distal tarsal joints dusky. The figure given by Curtis shows 

 some greenish on the thorax and bluish on the head not present here but 

 which may be ascribed to the drawing. 



Legs slender, the tarsi 4-jointed, the joints long, the proximal joint 

 lengthened, twice the length of the distal joint, a third longer than the 

 second joint. Strigil present on cephalic legs. Ovipositor not exserted. 

 Parapsidal furrows complete. No apparent sculpture or pubescence. 



Petiole of abdomen two-thirds the length of the body of abdomen, nearly 

 twice longer than the short, obconic caudal coxae; trochanters 2-jointed. 

 Tibial spurs single. Vertexal carina present. 



Fore wings longer "than the body, petiolate, the petiole very long, uni- 

 formly slender, like a thick hair, as long as the body, distinctly more slender 

 than the petiole of the abdomen, clothed along each edge with short, minute 

 spines pointing distad and separated from each other in the line for some 

 distance Cdistal two-thirds of the wing petiole) ; at the end of this long 

 petiole is a comparatively small wing blade, slightly over a third as long as 



- Probably omitted by Curtis, inadvertently. 



- 1 will give evidence elsewhere, showing that the species is new, however. 

 It may be called Mymar vemistnm. Its characteristics will be given later. 

 ^ See previous footnote. 



