506 rUOCEEDINOS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



33. LOPHYRUS JAPONICUS, new species. 



Female. — Lengtli, 7.5 mm.; expanse, 10 mm.; very short, robust; 

 antcniiiii 21-jointo(l, tlie Joints after tlio first two armed on the inner 

 edj^e witli two ray.s, th(^ lower row of rays being much longer than tlie 

 upper, and the longest of them being Iong(;r than the llrst two Joints 

 of the antennae togetlier; liead and thorax coarsely punctured, the 

 general siir-faee, howevciiv, shining; tlie abdomen polished, shining. 

 Color bla«;k, with bluish lellections on abdomen; edge of pronotnrn, 

 scutellum, tibise for the most part, and tarsi, pale; apical (quarter of 

 posterior tibiic- black: Avings hyaline, veins black or dark brown. 



Male. — Somewhat smaller than f(5mal(5, and less lobust; the rays of 

 the antenuii', are very much longer than in th(i femah;, and liner, dis- 

 tinctly featheied, the longest rays ecinaling half the antennse in length. 

 Color as in female, except that the scutellum is of the geueral black of 

 the body. 



Ti/pe.—^o. ;{8;{9, IJ.S.N.M. 



Described from two females and nine males, mounted in some cases 

 with the brownish silkcni cocoon, labeled as haviug been collected or 

 reared on pine. (Cifu), (No. 9). 



