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median cell is a little longer than the median, the upper apical angle of 

 the first discoidal cell obtuse, the first recurrent nervure being very 

 short, the third discoidal cell very long and contracted at base. 



Habitat. — Fort McLeod, British Columbia. 



Described from one specimen. 



To this Forsteriau genus also belongs Anomalon melleum Cr. 



PANISCUS Gravenhorst. 

 Paniscus texanus sp. nov. 



Female.— Length 9 mm . This species has probably been confused in our 

 collections with P. geminatus Say ; but besides its much smaller size it 

 can be readily separated by the following differences : 



The third joint of the antennae is only slightly longer than the 

 fourth ; the mesouotum is smooth without parapsidal grooves j the 

 lateral keels of the scutellum become delicate posteriorly ; the spiracles 

 of the petiole are placed just anterior to the middle ; the second abdom- 

 inal segment viewed from above is trapezoidal but slightly longer than 

 wide and only half the length of the petiole ; the basal joint of hind 

 tarsi only twice the length of the second ; the submedian cell is as long 

 or slightly longer than the median cell, the length of the trans- 

 verse median nevure ; while whereas, in P. geminatus there is always a 

 distinct stump of a vein at the middle of the cubitus, in P. texanus it is 

 entirely wanting or only the base remains. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Described from one specimen in Belfrage Collection. 



Paniscus nigripectus sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 16 mm . This species is much more closely allied to 

 P. geminatus than is P. texanus, and structurally it is almost identical, 

 but the mesonotum, mesopectus, stigma, and veins are black; the 

 lateral ocelli touch the eye ; the stump of the vein at the middle of the 

 cubitus is wanting, and the submedian cell is only one-third the length 

 of the transverse median nervure longer than the median cell ; 

 the second abdominal segment is two-thirds the length of the petiole, 

 the spiracles situated at about one-third its length. 



Habitat.— Texas. 



Described from one specimen in Belfrage Collection. 



CHAROPS Holmgren. 

 Charops amiulipes sp. nov. 



Male. — Length 7 mm . Head and thorax black, opaque, minutely 

 densely punctate, covered with white pubescence. Antennae black, the 

 scape pale beneath. Eyes emarginate within. Anterior and middle 

 legs, including coxae, pale-yellow, tibiae and tarsi white ; hind legs 

 black, the sutures between trochanters and an anuulus at base of tibiae 



