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Galesimorpha, gen. nov. 



Head produced as in Galesus, elongate. Wings with a submarginal vein 

 dist inct from the margin, ending in a stigma at one-half the length of the wing. 

 Basal vein very distinct. 



Type. — G. wheeleri, sp. nov. 



This is very much like Galesus to which it appears to be more closely 

 related than to any other genus so far described, but differs by its 

 distinctly veined wings. 



Galesimorpha wheeleri, sp. nov. (Fig. 5.) 



Female. Length 3.3 mm. Black, with the legs and antennae brownish. 

 Head longer than wide when seen from above, the ledge above the antennae 

 emarginate on each side of the middle which is produced as a tooth; just at 



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Fig. 5. — Galesimorpha wheeleri, sp. nov. Type. 



the middle the head is strongly constricted. Mesonotum shining, convex, 

 with two strong, complete parapsidal furrows distinctly convergent behind. 

 Scutellum large, with a large fovea on each side at the middle, the two con- 



