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eyes large, narrowed oblong, reaching almost to the base of the mandi- 

 bles, sinuated within opposite the base of the antennae; mandibles oblong, 

 bidentate at tip; maxillary palpi long, 5-iointed, the second joint swollen 

 two-thirds the length of the third, the following joints slender, cylindrical, 

 the third and fifth about equal in length, the fourth a little longer; labial 

 palpi 4-jointed; metathorax completely areolated, with linear spiracles; 

 areolet in front wing large, rhomboidal, subpetiolate; the second and 

 third discoidal cells about equal in length, the second abscissa of the cu- 

 bital nervure strongly curved upwards; transverse median nervure in hind 

 wing broken below the middle; tibial spurs i, 2, 2, large, those on the 

 middle and hind tibiae subequal; claws strongly pectinate. 



P. paniscoides sp. nov. cJ". — Length 13 mm. Pale yellow ferruginous, 

 polished, impunctured; the head above the insertion of the antennae and 

 the cheeks, the last two abdominal segments and the two long anal styles 

 black; antennae as long As the body, slender, tapering and involuted at 

 tips, pale at base, but becoming fuscous toward tips; the first flagellar 

 joint is the longest, the following subequal. Thorax very slightly trilobed 

 anteriorly, but the parapsidal furrows not distinctly impressed; scutellum 

 convex, connected with a mesonotal ridge or carina at the sides, but with 

 a transverse fovea at base; metathorax smooth, but distinctly areolated. 

 Legs very long and slender. Wings clear hyaline, iridescent, the stigma 

 and venation pale yellowish; the stigma is lanceolate, with the radius 

 springing from a little before the middle. Abdomen slender, subclavate, 

 subcompressed beneath at tip, twice the length of the thorax; petiole 

 long, slender or subclavate, the spiracles situated at the middle; second 

 segment a little shorter than the petiole; third, two-thirds the length of 

 the second; the following segments subequal. 



Had. — Massachusetts. Type in coll. Ashmead. 

 Described from a single specimen received from Mr. Samuel 

 Henshaw, and labeled as having been collected by " Bowditch." 



Astiphromma Forster.— Head very broadly transverse, the frons deeply 

 impressed, the clypeus not separated; ocelli large, close together in a 

 triangle, the laterals their width from the eye margin; eyes large, oblong- 

 oval, extending to the base of the mandibles; mandibles stout, bidentate 

 at tips; maxillary palpi ver>' long, 5-jointed, the second joint clavate, the 

 third the longest joint, the following subequal; labial palpi 4-jointed, the 

 second joint the shortest and stoutest, the last the longest; metathorax 

 with a median and a posterior area; areolet of wings large, subsessile, 

 rhomboidal; the second and third discoidal cells equal in length; the second 

 abscissa of the discoidal nervure strongly curved upwards and not broken 

 by a "stump of a vein" at the middle; tibial spurs i, 2, 2, large and equal; 

 claws pectinate. 



A. pectoralis sp. nov. rj'. — Length 7 mm. Black, shining, impunctured; 

 scape and pedicel beneath, the face and mandibles, except the teeth, yel- 

 low; palpi and tegulae white, prothorax and meso- and meta-pleurae pale 



