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black, the funicle dark rufous ; legs red or reddish yellow ; man- 

 dibles red. 



Antennae 13-jointed, a little longer than the head and thorax 

 united, the scape nearly twice as long as the rounded pedicel ; 

 funicle 8-jointed, the fii-st joint a little more than twice as long as 

 thick, joints 2-6 subequal, truncate at apex and a little narrowed 

 toward base, joints 7-8 moniliform, the 8th a little the larger ; 

 club 3-jointed, the first and second equal, about twice as long 

 as thick, the last ovate, a little longer. Thorax subovoid, the 

 mesonotum about twice as long as wide at base, the scatellum 

 finely striated at sides ; the cup small, elliptical, with two equal- 

 sized punctures on disk. Wings hyaline ; veins testaceous, the 

 marginal vein scarcely longer than thick, the second abscissa of 

 radius thicker but not longer than the first. Abdomen about as 

 long as the head and thorax united, with a dense griseous woolly 

 girdle at base. 



S • Length 1 mm. Differs from female in having long, filiform, 

 15-jointed antennae, the two basal joints reddish yellow, the flagel- 

 lum blackish, with all the joints fluted. The first joint of flagelium 

 is about one-third longer than the second, but a little shorter 

 than the terminal joints, the second joint is the smallest, the joints 

 bej'^ond very gradually although imperceptibly increasing in size, 

 the last four joints being a little longer than the first. Wings 

 slightly excised at apex ; scutellum as in female, with two punctures. 



Balthazar. Described from one male and two female specimens. 



Pentaoeita, Forster. 

 Table of Species. 



All eox£e and femora brown, rest of legs honey-yellow 2. 



All coxae black. 



Wings at apex'entire ; antennae, except apex of pedicel, black ; 

 the scape clavate, a little more than three times as long as 

 thick at apex, the first joint of funicle fully 3f times as 

 long as thick ; cup of scutellum small, ovate, with its disk 



smooth, impunctate P. coxalis. 



2. Wings with a slight sinus or emargination at apex ; antennje 

 with the pedicel and funicle rufo-piceous, the scape clavate, the 

 first joint of funicle three times as long as thick; cup of 

 scutellum elliptic, with a small fovea posteriorly and a single 

 puncture on the anterior part P. proxima. 



(1) Pentaceita coxalis, sp. n. 



2 . Length 1-2 mm. Polished black ;■ antennae, except apex of 

 pedicel, black ; legs honey-yellow, the coxse black, the clavate por- 

 tions of femora dark brown or blackish ; mandibles reddish. 

 Antennae 13-jointed, a little longer than the head and thorax 

 united ; the scape clavate, 3| times as long as thick at apex, the 

 pedicel a little longer than thick; funicle 6-jointed, the first joint 3| 

 times as long as thick, the second only a little longer than thick, 

 joints 3-6 moniliform, the last two a little smaller than the fourth 



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