5(i Psyche [April 



In the male of Lauella the last dorsal segment is broadly and 

 triangularly impressed. In the female seven abdominal segments 

 are visible from above. 



Genotype. — Lauella vitiensis sp. nov. 



Lauella vitiensis sp. nov. 



Length 2.50-2.75 mm. (Fig. 1.) 



Dark bro^m, border of abdomen and appendages paler. Head, 

 pronotum and elytra strongly shining, abdomen moderately so. 

 Head, thorax and elytra sparsely and finely punctate; hairs widely 

 separated, long and erect. Abdomen above densely, though super- 

 ficially punctate ; with a covering of fine, short and silky recumbent 

 hairs, most sparse on the dorsum, and a series of long hairs which 

 are suberect on the margins and nearly recumbent on the middle 

 of dorsum. 



Head less than half as broad as pronotum. Pronotum about one 

 and one-half times as broad as long, broadest behind, sides little 

 convex. Elytra together twice as broad as long, broadest in front, 

 sides nearly straight, posterior border straight. Abdomen gradually 

 tapering, a little longer than the anterior part of the body. 



Described from several specimens taken at Vunisea, Kadavu 

 (type locality) ; Waquava and Tuvuca, in the Fiji Islands. 



The accompanying drawing of the under side of the head and 

 the terminology of the same were kindly prepared by Dr. A. 

 Bovinsf. 



NEW DIPTEEA FEOM TEXAS AND MEXICO. 



By Cpiaeles W. Johnson, 



Boston Society of Natural History. 



Lepidostola perpolita sp. nov. 

 Male. Black, face shining, nearly perpendicular, with a slight 

 middle convexity, sides of the face depressed, the depressions and 

 orbits yellowish pruinose, inferior orbit yellow, frontal triangle 

 shining, the upper angle yellow, in a certain light, a narrow orbital 

 line is seen, expanding and forming a spot on each side, narrowly 



