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Pacific, becomes less remarkable upon learning that Tehnatoge- 

 foii alasli-en^is Coq. is recorded from Alaska, Oregon and Cali- 

 fornia. Strangely enough the only other recorded representa- 

 tives of this allied genus (T. sanctipauli Schin.) occurs on the 

 island of St. Paul (j^ew Amsterdam) in the South Indian 

 ocean. 



Charadroniyia nov. gen. 



Type C. iorrenticola. 



This genus is evidently allied to TcJinatof/ctfin, differing in the fol- 

 lowing characters: Front not deeply excavated; palpi normally two- 

 jointed, the basal large and bulbous, the apical smaller and more 

 elongate. Apex of each tarsal joint bears a pair of minute ventro- 

 lateral spines; claws not furcate at extreme tip, either simple in 

 both sexes or bearing a peculiar spatulate comb in the male; 4th 

 tarsal joint equal to 3rd. Wings only slightly longer than abdomen; 

 auxiliary vein starting from wing base, but not reaching the costa; 

 3rd and 4th longitudinal veins connected by oblique cross-veins; 

 furcation of 5th longitudinal vein before the middle of wing; 6th 

 well defined, 7th obsolescent. 



i>rA(;x()sis OF species. 



1. C. iorrenticola. Large, black or rusty l)lack; claws of 

 male simple, basal antennal joint longer than broad, terminal 

 joint much longer than tlie three preceding. 



2. C. ahnormis. Small, pruinose ; claws of male complex ; 

 basal antennal joint not longer than broad, terminal joint not 

 longer than the tliree preceeding. 



Charadronnjia forrenfirola sp. nov. 



Length o.^nnn. ; wing 5mm. 



^ Head, thorax and abdomen velvety black, the body moderately 

 pruinose especially the pronotum; legs, scutellum. postscutellum and 

 wings rusty-black, humeral angles often dull testaceous. The small 

 cubital head deeply inserted and hidden by the projecting mesonotum. 

 Eyes small, oval, non-emarginate and widely separated by the project- 

 ing face, ocelli absent. Antennae short and simple, about equal to 

 width of head, (identical in both sexes), 7-jointed and a basal ring- 

 joint, 1st very large and thickened, length about one and the breadth, 

 bearing several stout hairs and setae; 2nd much smaller and showing 



