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examined, but no Lipeurus was found on it. The new 

 species shows no special resemblances to any of the 

 described Lipeurl of allied hosts. 



Female. Body, length 4.06 mm., width .78 mm.; 

 slender, transparent whitish with distinct black mar- 

 ginal markings on the head, thorax, legs, and abdo- 

 men, broad transverse bands of dark chestnut showing 

 through the dorsal surface of the abdomen. 



Head, length 1. mm., width .59 mm.; elongate, con- 

 ical, sides nearly parallel, clypeal front rather narrowly 

 rounded, with five marginal hairs, four of which arise 

 from the anterior part of the clypeus, being about equi- 

 distant, the fifth hair is in front of the very small 

 trabeculas; two dorsolateral hairs, one near the first 

 anterior marginal hair and the other between the third 

 and fourth marginal hairs; antenna3 with segment 2 

 longer than the other segments, segments 1, 2 and 3 

 uncolored, segment 4 dark brown, segment 5 lighter 

 brown; eye distinct, with a short prickle; temporal 

 margins nearly parallel, with one hair and four short 

 prickles; anterior margin of the clypeus uncolored; a 

 wide, distinct signature with convex, posterior margin; 

 color even chestnut-brown; antennal bands broad, 

 black, sharply defined, except at the anterior portion 

 where they extend indistinctly toward the median line 

 of the head; temporal margin distinctly bordered with 

 black, narrowing posteriorly; occipital blotches black 

 and angular. 



Prothorax quadrangular, sides parallel; a short prickle 

 in the posterior angles; pale transparent brown, with 

 broad black lateral borders following the margins of 

 the anterior and posterior angles. Metathorax longer 

 than broad, widest at the posterior angles; posterior 

 margin straight; ground color slightly darker brown 



