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SubUxmily EMBOLEMINiE, 



IX. EMBOLEMUS Westwood. 

 ID I. Embolemus nasutus n. sp. 



c^. Length .08 inch. Robust, black, subopaque. Head finely jiunctate , 

 ocelli prominent ; eyes large, arched, giving the insect a peculiar appearance, as the 

 head is short, vertically-; the black mandibles are long, strongly curved, with a long 

 tooth near tip. Antennre lo-jointed, black, pubescent, the first two joints short, third 

 longest, following joints subequal. Abdomen sessile, black. Legs black, knees and 

 tarsi, pale or whitish. Wings hyaline, veins hyaline, almost invisible ; there is one 

 basal cell and a clear space in the stigma. 



Hab. — Florida. 



Described from one specimen taken in a low marsh. The mandible^ 

 project shghtly in the form of a Httle snout, which suggests the name. 



X. PEDINONEMUS Foerster. 



Subfamily BETHYLINiE. 



XI. SCLEROCHROA Foerster. 



11 I. Sclerochroa gallicola n. sp. 



'^ . Length .07 inch. Smooth, polished, honey-yellow, including legs and an- 

 tennce. The oblong head is smooth without ocelli ; the eyes small, round, placdl 

 well forward near Ihe anterior corners. The antennae issue from the forward part of 

 the head, just above the mouth, are 12-jointed and about as long as the head ; the 

 first joint long, somewhat dilated, the second much shorter, while the following joints 

 are very small, sub-moniliform. Abdomen, pointed ovate. No wings. 



Hab. — Florida. 



Described from one specimen, reared from cynipidous oak gall 

 Andrictis foliatiis Ashm. 



12 2. Sclerochroa cynipsiphila n. sp. 



O. This species, in size and general appearance, exactly resembles the pre- 

 ceding, but the head, thorax, and legs are reddish or rufo-testaceous ; the metathorax 

 waxy-white, while the abdomen is black. 



Hab. — Florida. 



Described from one specimen, reared from cynipidous oak gall 

 Holcaspis ovinivora Ashm. 



13 3. Sclerochoa macrogaster n. sp. 



2- Length .12 inch. This species, which was taken at large, differs from the 

 others, in color and in its much larger and more elongated form. The head is black, 

 polished ; antennje honey-yellow ; metathorax, knees, and tarsi honey-yellow ; legs 

 and thorax rufo-piceous. The abdomen, which is about two and a half times longer 

 than the thorax, is elongate, pointed ovate, black and polished, with a few hairs at tip. 



Hab. —Florida. 



Described from one specimen. This genus seems to be identical 

 with genus Microps Haliday. 



XII. SIEROLA Cameron. 



14 I. Sierola maculipennis n. sp. 



O. Length ,08 inch. Black, polished. Mesothorax without grooves. Antennae 

 and legs honey-yellow (antennte? 15-jointed). Wings hyaline, veins brown. The 



