1916] 



Brues — A New Species of Lepidopria 



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a little longer than the preceding joints of the flagellum taken 

 together. Eyes very small, less than half as long as the cheeks; 

 ocelli large, in an equilateral triangle. Palpi very short, scarcely 

 projecting from the mouth opening, the maxillary apparently 

 with three very short joints and the labial with a single joint. 

 Metathorax clothed with woolly hairs, its upper surface slightly 

 raised behind; ^^^ 



the posterior /^ \ 4. 



surface excava- 

 ted to receive 

 the convex base 

 of the nodiform 

 first abdominal 

 segment, the 

 latter elevated 

 into a large erect 

 scale-like node 

 which is curved 

 backward so 

 that its anterior 

 surface is con- 

 vex and the pos- 

 terior one con- 

 cave, its surface 

 woolly. Second 



segment comprising over two-thirds of the abdomen, following 

 segments very short. Legs stout, tibiae, especially the anterior 

 ones, strongly swollen apically; tarsal claws stout, simple. 



Described from one female, mounted in balsam, reared as men- 

 tioned above from a Tachinid pupa, probably Cryptomeigenia 

 theutis, found in an adult Phyllophaga (Lachnosterna) inversa at 

 Hagerstown, Md., August 15, 1913. 



This species differs from L. pedestris Kieff. by the three-jointed 

 antennal club. 



Fig. 1. Lepidopria aberrans sp. nov. 9 • A, antenna; 

 A^, lateral view of petiole of abdomen shown in position 

 between the metathorax (M) and the second abdominal 

 segment (2). 



