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antennae, curve<l line from superior orbits to occiput, tegulag, scutel- 

 lum and legs below micUUe of femora sulphur-yellow. Wings hyaline, 

 vitreous; venation black. 



Type-locality. — Japan. One female bearing the following numbers: 

 28, 912, 424, 28. 



Type.— Cut. No. 13315, U.S.N.M. 



Family SIRICID^. 



SIREX MATSUMURiE, new species. 



Separated at once from other species of Sirex by second cubital cell 

 receiving both recurrent veins. Otherwise related to gigas Linnaeus, 

 Jlavicornis Fabricius, and japonicus F. Smith, but differs from all of 

 these. 



Female. — Length to apex of abdominal appendage 4 to 40 mm.; 

 length of ovipositor 21 mm. Plead entirely coarsely granulato- 

 punctate; clypeus with a narrow median notch; lateral ocelli distinctly 

 below the supraorbital line; the postocellar line slightly longer than 

 the ocellorbital line; antennae 20 jointed, the apical joints somewhat 

 angular; pronotum large, well developed laterally, smooth, with sepa- 

 rated, small tubercules over the surface; mesonotum and scutellum 

 with close usually distinct punctures; the second cubital cell long, 

 receiving both recurrent veins; cross- vein in the anal cell distantly 

 basad of the transverse median; caudal appendage long, smooth, the 

 apical lateral margins with sharp teeth; ovipositor about as long as 

 the abdomen. Black; head except a spot between the orbits and apex 

 of mandibles, basal part of the antennae, pronotum, legs below femora 

 (posterior legs wanting), and abdomen except the apical margins of the 

 segments, ovipositor and appendage yellow; wings yellowish hyaline, 

 costa and stigma yellowish, venation dark brown; hair of head and 

 thorax mostly black. 



Type -locality. — Sapporo, Japan. One female collected by Mr. 

 Matsumura. No. 42. There is also a label which bears some Japanese 

 characters on the pin. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13316, U.S.N.M. 



Named for the Japanese entomologist. Doctor Matsumura, who 

 collected the specimen. 



Family ARGIDiE [olim Hylotomidae]. 



ARGE NIPPONENSIS, new species. 



Differs from the description of Arge semicserulea (Kirby) in entirely 

 pale hmd femora, a character which will also separate it from A. 

 pagana (Panzer). 



Female. — Length 8 mm. Clypeus and labrum gently arcuately 

 emarginate; median carina strong, sharp; middle fovea narrow 

 elongate, extending from level of antennae to anterior ocellus, pomted 

 below, with a pit below the middle, and nearly parallel-sided above 



