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slender, broacll}' curved, the apical portion but little widened : the 

 inner margins short, not contiguous, the outer angles but little pro- 

 duced ; the anal segment hood-like, rounded on the apex, which is 

 strongly deflexed, almost touching the apex of the median tooth. 



Color : General color blackish fuscous, the wings strongly infus- 

 cated, veins darker, finely punctate ; f rons blackish fuscous, the carime 

 but little paler ; clypeus ruf o-f uscous ; carina? distinctly paler ; venter 

 and femora fuscous, with tibia testaceous brown, with fuscous rings; 

 abdomen black, the segments narrowly bordered with pale yellow, 

 male genital pieces brown. 



Length, apex of head to apex of abdomen 5.00 mm. ; to the tip of 

 the wings 7.20 mm. 



Holotype S . Black Mountains, N. C. 



Allotype 9 . Ilerndon, Virginia. 



Paratype 1 S . Craggy Mountains, N. C, and 1 S , Makanda, 



Oliarus vitreus n. sp. 



Fig. 574 



This species may be recognized by its large size, glossy blackish 

 color and distinct male genitalia. 



Vertex narrow, triangularly narrowevl anteriorly ; frons narrow 

 between the eyes, broader below ; pronotum deeply notched pos- 

 teriorly; mesonotnm with five distinct carinie; fore wings uniformly 

 punctate ; male pygofer Avith a long median tooth, genital styles 

 slender with a distinct elevated ridge, their apices much reflexed 

 appearing coiled. 



Color: General color dark, glossy; head, thorax and abdomen 

 black, clypeus not distinctly paler than the frons; legs uniform dark 

 tawny ; fore wiugs glossy much inf uscated and marked with blackish, 

 there is usually a broad distinct transverse band from the middle of 

 the costal margin diagonally across the wings to near the apex of the 

 clavus, this band nearly paralleling the lateral borders of the 

 mesonotum. 



Length, male, apex of liead to apex of abdomen 6.00 mm.; tips of 

 wings 8.00 mm. ; female, apex of head to apex of abdomen 7.00 mm. ; 

 tips of wings 9.00 mm. 



Holotype 6 . Southern Pines, N. C. May 29, A. IL .Mauee. 



Allotype 9 . Southern Pines, N. C. May 29, A. IL j\Ianee. 



Paratype 1 9 . Southern Pines, N. C. June 4. A. II. ]\Ianee. 



