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Genus Habromma Forster. 

 HABROMMA NIGRUM sp. nov. 



Male. — Length 3 mm. Polished black ; apices of front femora and 

 their tibiae and tarsi yellowish ; middle tibiae and tarsi and hind tibiae 

 obscure ferruginous, the tips of the hind tibijE and their tarsi fuscous. 

 Antennae 20-jointed, the third joint the longest, fully thrice as long as 

 thick, a little longer than the fourth. Eyes faintly hairy. Thorax 

 with the parapsidal furrows distinct anteriorly, obsolete at the middle, 

 the metathorax wrinkled, completely areolated except that the basal 

 lateral and the middle lateral areas are confluent Abdomen clavate. 

 highly polished, except that the petiole is wrinkled and carinate, 

 nearly of a uniform thickness throughout, only a little narrower before 

 the spiracles, the dorsal carina parallel and extending clear to the 

 apex. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5600, U. S. Nat. Museum. From St. Paul Island 

 (Fur Seal Commission). 



Genus Algina Forster. 



ALGINA ALASKENSIS sp. nov. 

 Female. — Length 4 mm. ; ovipositor half the length of the abdomen. 

 Polished black, except the metathorax and the first and second dorsal 

 segments of the abdomen which are finely coriaceous ; sutures of tro- 

 chanters, knees, tibiae and tarsi testaceous, the hind tarsi and tibiae 

 toward apex fuscous. Head large, quadrate. Antennae 21 -jointed, 

 fuscous toward apex, blackish toward base, the apices of joints 2 to 5 

 narrowly testaceous. Metathorax squarely truncate posteriorly, the 

 metanotum completely areolated, the petiolar area confluent with the 

 apical middle area. Petiole of abdomen stout, at apex nearly as wide 

 as long. Wings hyaline, the stigma, except a spot at base, and the 

 veins brown ; spot at base of stigma, tegulae and epiteguls yellowish- 

 white. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5601, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Popof Island. 



Genus ^noplex Forster. 



^NOPLEX RUFIPES sp. nov. 



Male. — Length 6 mm. Rather robust, black and shining, although 



sparsely and distinctly punctate, the face below the antennae opaque, 



closely confluently punctate, the pronotal depressions lineate, the meso- 



pleura rugulose, the metathorax very coarsely rugulose and deeply exca- 



