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thorax. .16 mm. long and J3 mm. wide; mcsothorax. j6 mm. wide: 

 abdnmcn. .14 mm. wide: antemiae: I, ?3; a. 38: 3. 72; 4 41; 5. 30; 6^ 

 28; 7. 15; 8, 17: 9, 19 microns. 



Head as in //. saiicis ShuU. but the eyes are dark rrddish browm. 

 pri>jccting prominently, spines between the facets very short OcHH 

 vcllow. posterior ones contiguous with the margins of the eyes, top- 

 «hapc<l with the pointed end directed posteriorly. Mouth cont as in 

 H. saiicis. Antenmat, segments I and s ctmsiderably lighlrr than Ihr 

 body, apex of segment 2 nearly white, segment 3 yellow croMcd bf 

 two white liands below the middle and with a white apex, segment 4 

 varyinx from nearly as yellow as 3 to nearly as brown as 5-^ always 

 If /I ■ o^ex than at the base, no circle of scnKira: segments 



S-*j wn; all segments, but especially I and a, show transverse 



markitiKs hke the reticulations of the body; arlinUalums between seg- 

 ments 3 and 4. 8 and 9, and sometimes 7 and 8 cirmr. others brown. 



Prolhorax as in H. saiiHs being about twice as long as boMl. sides 

 strongly, convex, beset with short spines which are more ooospicaoas 

 at the angles. Mesothoras wider than mctathorax. 



Fore wings reaching to tip of abdomen, costal margin bearing abotit 30 

 spines, fore vein with about J6 and hind vein with attout 18 spincfl. 



Legs as in H. arisarmae Hood, femora coacoloro qs with the body 

 excefrt the apical third of the fore pair which are ooocoloroas with 

 the fore tibiae, yellowish brown. Other tibiae brown bat fighter on the 

 apical tliir«t. Tarsi brownish ycOow. 



^ . .75 mm. long. Other measurements from ao to 30 per cent less 

 than th«ise of the female. 



IX*$< I ' Mm titinicrotis females .iiul several males takai 



fiDm li oms of Aesculus fntfia at (laiiiesville, Floritla, 



in March, 1914. This species is remarkably intermediate in 

 many of its characters Iwtwcen //. saiicis and //. arisarmae, 

 particularly in the lengths of the antennal segments. It has 

 the legs colored like the latter species, but on the whole is 

 nx)re closely related to H. saiicis. from which it dtflFers in the 

 italicized characters. 



Euthripa tritid var. projcctus n. var. (Pt. II, fig*. 7-10). 



9 . Size, 1.00 to 1.25 mm. Mfosuremmts of head and thorax as in 

 li. tritid. Antenmat: Segment 1, 37:Z39:3.53:4.45: 5.33:6.43; 

 7. 8 : 8. 10 microns. 



Color varying .from clear straw yellow without a trace of orange 

 ixctpi at tip of abdomen (found in blossoms of yellow composites) to 

 a deep oraiiKc on thorax and abdomen: never brownish yellow. Shape 

 .iiui spines of head and thorax as in £. triHci. 



Antennae-. Segment 1 coooolorous with the head, with a long but 



