April, '06] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



121 



PANORPINA (MECAPTERA. 

 PANORPID^). 

 The venation of the Panorpidce is quite typical , save for the 

 fusion of veins near the base of the wing, due to narrowing of 

 this region, and the development of a few accessory veins. 

 In Panorpa confusa, Fig. 14, r 2 branches once. 



Fig. 14. — Panorpa confusa. Wing. 



In Bittacus strigosus, Fig. 15, m and Cu 1 coalesce for some 

 distance. 



Fig- I 5- — Bittacus strigosus. Wing. 



An Interesting New Genus and Species of Encyrtidae* 

 By L,. O. Howard. 

 The newspapers have given an account of how the State 

 Board of Horticulture of California sent an orange or lemon 

 tree to China in charge of Mr. George Compere, in order to 

 stock it with Chinese parasites of the red scale and then return 

 it to California. Mr. Compere has been good enough to send 

 me specimens of the parasites reared in China, one of which 

 proves to be a small variety of Aphelinus diasphidis mihi, and 

 the other is the remarkable form described below. 



GOMPERIELLA gen. no v. 

 Female : Body robust, abdomen slightly shorter than thorax; 

 head not oblong; antennae flattened, broad; tip of scape, 

 pedicel, funicle joints and club of equal width, pedicel tringu- 



