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> COMYS, F6rstei. 



9. Comys cyanea, n. sp. 



9 . Lengtli .04 inch. Dark blue, the thorax and abdomen with a metalHc luster 

 in certain lights. The antenna is variegated with red, yellow and brown. On the 

 scutellum towards the tip, are two erect clumps of black hairs. Legs blue, all the 

 tibicB annulated with white at base and tips, tarsi pale yellowish-white. Wings 

 hyaline, the marginal vein rather thick, and a little longer than the delicate stigmal vein. 

 MIRA, Schellenberg. 



10. Mira longipennis, n. sp. 



O. Lenyth .c6 inch. Robust, dark blue ; abdomen black. The head is very 

 thick, stout, transverse, broader than the thorax ; cheeks red ; face deeply emargin- 

 ated for the reception of the antennee. The anteiinse as in genus Cerapterocerus, 

 broadly dilated, seneous-black, the flagellum joined to the scape before the tip, the 

 scape in consequence projecting as a sharp point off to one side. The anterior and 

 middle legs are brown, thighs and tibiae, black, tarsi brown. Wings, except a narrow 

 hyaline streak at tips, entirely smoky-black. 



Described from one specimen. This is the firsc species in this genus 

 to be described from our fauna ; there is but a single other species 

 known — Mira macrocera, Schell., peculiar to Europe. 



PH^NODISCUS, Forster. 



11. Phaenodiscus armatus, n. sp. 



5. Length .08 inch. A rather slender form. Head blue, the lower part of face 

 and surrounding mouth parts, antennal scape, mesothorax, pleura, sternum, legs, 

 .coxae, and venter, brownish yellow. The flagellum, the scutellum, the upper part 

 of abdomen, the upper surface of posterior femora, and the apical two-thirds of 

 posterior tibiae brown. The first funicle joint is a little longer than the pedicel, about 

 three times at long as thick, the other joints becoming gradually shorter, but widened 

 out toward the club, the latter stout, 3-jointed, obliquely truncate at apex. The ab- 

 domen is compressed and ends in an ovipositor more than half its length. The wings 

 are hyaline, with a dusky blotch across the center, veins brown, the marginal vein 

 about twice as long as the stigmal vein. 

 Described from one specimen. 



DINOCARSIS, Forster. 



12. Dinocarsis pulcher, n. sp. 



Q. Length .05 inch. Head and thorax red, finely pubescent ; abdomen black ; 

 legs pale yellowish, immaculate. Eyes dark brown. The antennae are black, except- 

 ing a white annulus at the apex of the abnormally broadly dilated scape and the 

 white club. Wings hyaline, veins brown, the marginal vein about as long as the 

 stigmal vein, postmarginal, shorter. 



Described from one specimen. 



CHOREIA, Westwood. 



13. Choreia flavicincta, n. sp. 



O . Length .08 inch. Head brown ; thorax and a band across the abdomen at 

 base, brownish-yellow. The scutellum, metathorax, pleura and posterior legs, fus- 

 cous. Abdomen greenish-blue, Eyes large, black, the space between them broad 

 and sparsely punctate. The antennos are slender, subclavate and not long. Wings 

 rudimentary. 



Described from one specimen. 



