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equal length, llie one knobbed al the apex, the other pointed and 

 both dentieulate. 



EclJirodclpJuix Fail rluldii — New species : 



r>lack ; the head (except the eyes and a transverse band enclos- 

 ing the ocelli) the prothorax, tegulae, wing nervures, the legs 

 entirely or almost so. a median transverse abdominal liand 

 beginning- on the apical part of the second segment, all pale in 

 color, from yellowish to rufo-testaceous. Head above, mesotho- 

 rax and abdomen shining; propodeum transversely strigose. gen- 

 erally more regularly so posteriorly. Antennae dark, base and 

 tips. Length 2.5 mm. (but variable. Female onlv known.''' 



n.\r.. If\WAl]AN ISLANDS. 



(Obs. — This inseci would, under the latest scheme of classifi- 

 cation of the ffyiaciiortcra proposed 1)\- Ashmead, be placed with 

 the Sphccoidca, since the wings are remote from the prothorax. 

 It has, however, no relationship witli that group.) 



Note IV. Dcscrithiou of Coiic Lcaf-Hoppcr. 



The f(jllowing is a brief technical descri])tiou of the cane leaf- 

 liiipper, Pcrkiiisiclla saccluvicidd. Tl is condensed from Kirk- 

 aldy's original description (Entom. up3. ]). 179). 



Second segment of the antennal peduncle about one-half longer 

 than the first, which is mucli wider at the apex than basally, flat- 

 tened and explanate. 



Long-w'inged form both sexes. Tegmina elongate, narrow, ex- 

 tending far beyond apex or abdomen, interior half of clavus and 

 cerium more or less smoky, a long dark smoky stripe on the mid- 



* Since the above description twas .icnl to ^jrr.s.v T Iiurt: Jind uiany inales of this parasite 

 These have not the peculiar characters seen in thr th'unx awl lajs of the female, and seem 

 very similar to the Hawaiian Labeo, .so t-hat I have some snspicion that tite latter will prove 

 to be the male of Gonatopus. 



