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peculiar .sculpture, the tirst three segment.s being more or less striato- 

 rugulose and punctate, the second and third with a transverse impres- 

 sion or furrow near the middle, similar to the Trj'phonine genus 

 Bass us. 



Ti/j)e— Cat No. 8047, U.8.N.M. 



Manila. (W. A. Stanton.) 



Genus BATHRYTHRIX Forster. 

 BATHRYTHRIX STRIATUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 5 ram. Ovipositor hardl}- as long as the abdomi- 

 nal petiole. Head black, the thorax and abdomen, except segments 4 

 to 0. pale ferruginous; the third segment above is more or less duskv; 

 the fourth and following, except narrowh' at apex, are black; the face 

 and clypeus are clothed with silvery white hairs; the first and second 

 joints of the antenntv and flagellar joints 1 to 7 beneath are honey- 

 3'ellow, the rest of antennie brown black ; legs pale ferruginous, the 

 hind tibiae with a white annulus at base; the rest of tibia?, the apex of 

 hind femora, and the hind tarsi black or dark fuscous. Wings hyaline, 

 with a broad fuscous fascia across the front wings from the stigma; 

 the stigma and veins dark brown or blackish, the parastigma whitish. 

 The abdomen is longitudinaih' striated. 



Ti/2)e.—C?it. No. 7917, U.S^N.M. 



Manila. One specimen. (W. A. Stanton.) 



Genus PARAPHYLAX Forster. 

 PARAPHYLAX FASCIATIPENNIS, new species. 



Male. — Length 3. .5 mm. Polished black, shining; the first joint of 

 the antenni\? and the legs, except as hereafter noted, honey-yellow; 

 palpi and trochanters ivor^'-white; hind coxa- black, the apical two- 

 thirds of hind tibiiv and more or less of their tarsi fuscous. Wings 

 hyaline, with a broad fuscous band across the front wings from the 

 stigma. 



Type.—Q^i. No. 7918, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (W. A. Stanton.) 



Genus DIATORA Forster. 

 DIATORA PRODENI.(E, new species. 



Female. — Length 2.5 mm. Head, thorax, and first segment of abdo- 

 men polished black, shining; the metathorax above rugulose, com- 

 pletely areolated; the rest of the abdomen ferruginous, dusky at sides 

 toward apex, the second and third dorsal segments yellowish; the 



