86 KING AID [346] 



Two females and one male, Sitka, Alaska, June 16, 1899. 



Type no. 5282, U. S. National Museum. 



Named in honor of Wm.H. Ashmead, of the U. S. National Museum. 



MONOPHADNUS INSULARIS sp. nov. 



Male : Length 6 mm. ; head broad, constricted immediately be- 

 hind the compound eyes; clypeus slightly emarginate; antennae ro- 

 bust, of moderate length, slightly compressed at base, third joint 

 equal in length to fourth ; antennal fovea large and deep, bounded on 

 each side by a strong ridge ; a deep excavation behind each antenna ; 

 a short ridge extending forward from each of the posterior ocelli ; 

 stigma rounded beneath, tapering at apex. Color black, shining; 

 apices of anterior and medial femora, and a spot anteriorly on front 

 tibia?, testaceous ; wings slightly smoky, nervures black. 



One male, Metlakahtla, Alaska, June 4, 1899. 



Type no. 5283, U. S. National Museum. 



PARASELANDRIA RUFIGASTRA sp. nov. 



Female: Length 5.5 mm.; clypeus emarginate; antennas elon- 

 gate, slender, tapering, third joint shorter than fourth ; frontal area of 

 head with a heart-shaped depression surrounded by a clearly raised 

 ridge; lateral portions of the head finely roughened; frontal ridge 

 sharp and unbroken ; antennal fovea broad, rather deep, surrounded 

 by a distinct wall ; region behind each antenna with a deep irregular 

 pit; middle lobe of mesothorax sharply keeled posteriorly; stigma 

 narrow, tapering from near base to apex. Color black; clypeus, 

 labrum, angles of prothorax, tegulae, and legs except base of coxae, 

 testaceous ; tips of posterior tibiae and all the tarsi more or less inf us- 

 cated; abdomen except basal plates and first segment rufous, with 

 some black infuscations towards tip ; wings hyaline, nervures brown. 



One female, Kukak Bay, July 4. 



Type no. 5284, U. S. National Museum. 



PCECILOSTOMIDEA MACULATA. 



Pcecilostomidea maculata NORTON, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vill, p. 157, 

 1 86 1. (Emphytus.) 



Six females and eighteen males taken at Sitka, June 1 5 ; Yakutat, 

 Alaska, June 20; Virgin Bay, Alaska, June 25. This species is 

 widely distributed throughout the United States and Canada, and is 

 recorded by Mr. Harrington from Vancouver Island. 



