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Easton, Washington. Described from one male collected by 

 A. Koebele. 



Type.—C2.i. No. 16471, U. S. N. M. 



Sympha portlandica new species. 



Male.' — Length, 2.5 mm. Anterior margin of the labrum broadly 

 rounded ; anterior margin of the clypeus subtruncate ; head below the 

 antennae subopaque with fine, poorly defined and rather separated 

 punctures ; head above the antennae shining, impunctate ; ocelli not 

 surrounded by a furrow; antennae 25-jointed, the third joint subequal 

 with the following. Mesonotum shining, practically impunctate ; pre- 

 scutum with complete longitudinal furrow which 'is finely foveolate; 

 notauli rather coarsely foveolate and forming a U posteriorly where 

 they are reticulate; suture between the scutum and scutellum with 

 two fine longitudinal rugae ; scutellum shining, impunctate ; ■ dorsal 

 and posterior aspects of the propodeum not separated by a carina, 

 both reticulate ; posterior part of the mesepisternum shining, impunc- 

 tate, anteriorly strongly reticulate; sides of the propodeum sculptured 

 like the posterior face; first tergite sculptured like the following two, 

 finely striato-reticulate with the striae predominating, no predominat- 

 ing carina on three basal tergites; the following tergites shining, im- 

 punctate. 



Black; palpi piceous ; legs below the coxae rufo-ferruginous; the 

 four posterior tarsi being dusky ; wings hyaline, iridescent, venation 

 pale brown. 



Portland, Oregon. Described from one male collected 

 April 28. 



Type.— C7it. No. 16472, U. S. N. M. 



Sympha nigricornis new species. 



Female. — Length, 3 mm. Head below the antennae opaque, closely, 

 rather finely punctured ; above the antennae shining, with well de- 

 fined punctures; ocelli enclosed by deep furrows; antennae 30-joint- 

 ed, the third and fourth joints subequal; mesonotum shining, sparsely 

 punctured with well defined punctures ; prescutum with a complete 

 longitudinal foveolate furrow ; notauli more coarsely foveolate, and 

 posteriorly V-shaped with the apex of the V reticulate so as to be 

 U-shaped ; suture between the scutum and scutellum with five strong 

 rugae ; scutellum shining, impunctate ; dorsal aspect of the pror 

 podeum finely reticulate on a granular surface and with two poorly 

 defined longitudinal carinae which extend posteriorly to the oblique 

 carina which separates the dorsal and posterior aspects ; posterior as- 

 pect of the propodeum reticulate ; posterior part of the mesepister- 

 num shining, sparsely punctured with well defined punctures; the an- 



