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LiMKEKIA ELEGANS, sp. 11, 



Cocoon. — Length 6 mm. White, thin, sub-cylindrical. 



Imago., ?. — Length, 4.5 mm. Black, somewhat shining; 

 mandibles straw-yellow, tipped with brown; palpi, white; four 

 anterior legs rufous, with coxse and trochanters whitish, and 

 tips of tarsi dusky; posterior legs rufous, with coxae (except 

 tips) and proximal portion of trochanters black, and tips of 

 trochanters, together with apical portion of tarsi dusky; ven- 

 trum of abdomen pale yellow anteriorly and darker posteriorly. 

 Antennae a little more than half as long as body, piceous, ex- 

 cept ventral surface of the two basal joints, which are yellow- 

 ish. Tegulae whitish. Wings with nervures and stigma dull 

 yellowish brown, former pale at base, and latter with a pale 

 spot on proximal portion; areola entirely wanting. Scutum 

 and scutellum of metathorax finely aciculate. Scutellum of 

 metathorax very finely granulate; carinas only slightly devel- 

 oped anteriorly, wanting posteriorly. First joint of abdomen 

 smooth and shining, suddenly enlarging transversely about two 

 thirds of the way back, the remaining segments having the 

 appearance of being very finely squamulate. Ovipositor nearly 

 half as long as abdomen. 



Described from two specimens. The only other American 

 species that has been described under the genus Limneria, hav- 

 ing no areola, is L. rufipes Prov. (Nat, Can,, Vol, VL, p, 149), 

 from which the present species differs in the color of the 

 stigma, ventral surface of the abdomen, anterior coxa?, etc, 



Limneria teratis, sp, n. 



Cocoon. — Length 7 mm. Thin, white, nearly cylindrical 

 in form. 



Imago., ?. — Length, 6 mm.; alar expanse, 8 mm. Black; 

 mouth parts honey-yellow; first pair of legs pale rufous; second 

 pair of same color, except tarsi, which are whitisb tipped with 

 dusky; coxa? and upper part of trochanters of third pair of legs 

 black, femora pale rufous tipped with dusky, tibia? whitish at 

 base, then an imperfect dusky ring, then whitish again, and 



