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following table of females, which includes all of the North 

 American species except pallipes Ashm. and tepicensis Ashm., 

 shows the differences and indicates the location of a new 

 species : 



TABLE FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES — 



FEMALES. 



1. Antennae with three ring joints 5 



Antennae with two ring joints 2 



2. Marginal vein distinctly longer than postmarginal 3 



Marginal vein not distinctly longer than postmarginal 4 



3. First joint of funicle shorter than second, not longer than the 



pedicel (West Indies) vulgaris Ashm. 



First joint of funicle longer than second, longer than the pedicel, 



hunteri, n. sp. 



4. ^neous cerealellce Ashm. 



Green anthonomi Ashm. 



5. /Eneous, with purplish or bluish tinges 7 



Greenish 6 



6. First joint of funicle one and one-half times as long as the second; 



dull green (West Indies) carinatus How. 



First joint of funicle only slightly longer than the second; brighter 

 green incertus Ashm. 



7. Cceliodis Ashm. and nigroceneus Ashm. run here and are very close 



together. 



Catolaccus hunteri, n. sp. 



§. — Length, 2.5-4 mm. Head and thorax aeneous, with sparse white 

 appressed pubescence ; abdomen more bronzy or greenish ; punctures 

 of head and thorax deep; neck of metathorax set off by a furrow; 

 metathorax with a median longitudinal carina and near base a trans- 

 verse elevated fold, almost a carina in some specimens ; metathorax 

 between the lateral folds with fine thimble-like punctures, dull, laterad 

 of the folds and the neck more shiny, finely reticulated; femora aeneous, 

 tarsi and tibiae testaceous, the tibiae apically more whitish. 



c?. — Length, 2-2.5 mr"- Similar to the female, abdomen near base 

 with a whitish spot. 



Mineola, Tex. (?) ; Waco, Tex. {(^) ; bred from Anthom- 

 mus grandis Boh. 



Type. — No. 10063, U. S. National Museum. 



