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Studies on :he North American PROCTOTRUPID/E, 

 with Descriptions of New Species from Florida. 



(PART I.) 



By William H. Ashmi 

 Jacks* 



(Continued from p. ioo, vol. III.) 



(XXXIV. PROSACANTKA N« 

 Prosacantha mandibularis n. sp. 

 . Length .07 inch. Robu t, black. Thorax finely punctate and covered with 

 letathora d. Head, smooth, polished. Ant irt, en 



tirely black, the club stout, 4 ; jointed. curved, with one long tooth 



I ].. lips and tooth bLtck. 1'; uri bdomen ] oli h d L • pale 1 rown. 



Wings fi t-hyaliue, 1 bul flight ,1 ; there is no stigmal vein, 



[lab. Florida. 



59 3. Prosacantha macrocera n. sp. 



Length .07, O .10 inch. Kla fine punctate, pubescent. Anten- 



'- j ' nil: '< onger tin i , ufbus, coxa- black 



at base ; al donien hort, bi oad. Win 

 Hab. Floiida. 



lilt 4. Prosacantha fuscipennic n. sp. 



. Length .09 inch. Black, punctate and pubescent H ad on 



polished. Antennae 12-jointed, ^ong bla 1 ifous at b Legs rufous. 



n :n longer than thorax and head < larrowed at base, firsl and 1 nd 



m I ate. Methathorax spined. Wings dark fuscous, 1 in black. 



Hab. — Florida. 



!>1 5. Prosacantha minutissima n. sp. 



.. Length .03 inch. Entirely black, polished. Les red, femora pale al 

 Abdomen slightly longer than the head and thorax combined. Metathorax spined. 

 Wings sub-hyaline, the hind marg of an 1 1 win with Ion 

 I [ab. - Fli i] ida. 



XXXV. TRISACANTHA n. g. 



This genus is easih I d from Prosacantha to which it is 



most closely allied by having three spines on the metathorax, and I 

 polished, alutaceous surface. 

 >2 1. Trisacantha americana n. sp. • 



. Length .10 inch. B d. Antennae i2.jointe 



than body, pedicel annular, following joints Ion . cylii I li joint 



1 than filth, other j <• ' irax w ithout ;roo< Scul 



ex. Metathorax with a large central spine, and and two sin 

 red. Wing - fus h) I in typi il / bul \\ ith .; 



veinlel | nal vein. 



Hab. Fl< 

 Enti hi. is 



