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Prosopis pygmaea Cr. 



Male, June 8 and July 19, Hampton, N. H., S. A. Shaw. 



Prosopis variifrons Cr. 



Female, July 19; male, June 6, Hampton, N. H., S. A. 

 Shaw. 



Prosopis modesta Say. 



The female was taken June 25, the males, July 19 and Sept. 

 6, at Hampton, N. H., by S. A. Shaw. One of the males has 

 the first abdominal segment faintly and sparsely punctured all 

 over; but in two other specimens the disc of the first segment 

 is impunctate. The characters of this species are very well 

 shown in a male and female from Washington County, Wis- 

 consin, received from Dr. Graenicher. 



The Occurrence of the Mymarid Genus Anaphoidea 

 Girault in England (Hymen.). 



By a. a. Girault, Urbana, Illinois. 

 In a collection of beautifully prepared slide mounts of Brit- 

 ish Mymaridae, loaned to me for study by Dr. L. O. Howard, 

 I found a pair of specimens labelled Eustochus atripcnnis 

 which, upon more recent examination, were found to represent 

 a species of the genus Anaphoidea and hence wrongly identi- 

 fied and labelled. The fact that these specimens were not 

 Bustochus had been brought to my attention separately by both 

 Dr. Howard and Mr. Fred. Knock, of London, more than two 

 years ago, but their letters had been mislaid and were not 

 found until I had reached the same conclusion independently. 

 The specimens represent a new species which is described here- 

 with. 



Anaphoidea diana sp. n. 



Female. — Length, 0.65 mm. Moderately small ; normal. 



Similar to the other three species of the genus but at once distin- 

 guished from the type species in being smaller, the funicle joints of the 

 antennas shorter, the second funicle joint of the antenna distinctly 



