NO. 1777. ON JAPANESE SAWFLIES—ROHWER. 107 



peclicelliim subequal in length with the scape, longer than wide, third 

 joint longer than fourth; mesopleur^e without a praspleurse; meso- 

 sternum with a distinct prsesternum ; scutellum of the metathorax 

 well defined; venation normal; transverse radius and third trans- 

 verse cubitus at different angles, third cubital cell large, transverse 

 median in about the middle of the cell, hind wings with a closed 

 discal cell, anal cell longly petiolate; hind basitarsis much shorter 

 than the following joints; tarsal claws cleft, and with a basal tooth; 

 last ventral segment in the middle produced; sheath of the normal 

 type; hypopygidium normal. 



This genus can be recognized by the tarsal claws, the short, basi- 

 tarsis, the normal antennae, the absence of the prsepleur^ on the 

 mesopleurse, and the presence of a meso-prsesternum. 



^larlatt's description of the tarsal claws should be corrected. The 

 male has the head mostly black. 



MONOPHADNOIDES CRASSICORNIS, new species. 



Black; wings strongly dusky; antennae thickened in the middle. 



Male. — Length 6.5 mm. Clypeus truncate, irregularly punctured; 

 antennal fovese well defined above; middle fovea wide, elongate, 

 extending from near ocellar basin to near base of clypeus, open 

 above and below; ocellar basin triangular, poorl}^ defined below; 

 ])ostocellar area well defined laterally; postocellar furrow wanting; 

 postocellar line slightly shorter than the ocellorbital line; antenna3 

 short, thickened in the middle, the third joint nearly as long as 

 fourth plus fifth; thorax normal; third cubital cell as long as one 

 and two on the radius; hypopygidium broadly rounded apically. 

 Black, rather densely clothed with gray hair; trochanters and base 

 of hind tibise dirty white. Wings dusky hyaline; venation black. 



Tyjje-Jocality . — Wakasa, Japan. One male collected by Mr. T. 

 Fukai. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13322, U.S.N.M. 



PARACHARACTUS LEUCOPODUS, new species. 



Clypeus, labrum, and legs entirely straw-white; mesonotum marked 

 with dark red. 



Male. — Length 6 mm. Eyes distinctly converging to the clypeus; 

 clypeus truncate; antennal foveas small; middle fovea circular in 

 outline, rather well defined; ocellar basin nearly wanting; post- 

 ocellar area bounded laterally by punctiform fovea; postocellar 

 furrow well defined, slightly bent, longer than the postocellar line; 

 postocellar line slightly shorter than the ocellorbital line; antennae 

 fiUform, the third joint but little longer than the fourth, apical joint 

 slightly longer than the preceding; stigma rounded on the lower 

 margin, third cubital cell about the same length as the second on the 

 radius ; hypopygidium broadly rounded at the apex. Black ; clypeus. 



