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Antennae 13-jointed, the scape twice as long as the pedicel, 

 obconic ; funicle 6-jointed, joints 2-6 subequal, a little longer than 

 thick ; club 5-jointed, the joints nearly equal, a little longer than 

 thick. Scutellum rugose ; the cup ovate, with a shallow fovea 

 posteriorly and 4 small punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, 

 ciKate ; the veins pale yellowish, the marginal cell closed, the first 

 branch of radius a little shorter than the second and angulated 

 within a little beyond its middle. Abdomen as long as the head 

 and thorax united, with a pubescent girdle at base. 



Balthazar (windward side). Described from two female speci- 

 mens. Eemarkable for, and readily recognized by, the angulated 

 first branch of the radius. 



(2) PeSTAMEROCEEA DIS'XINGUEIfDA, sp. n. 



2- Length 1"5 mm. Polished black; antennae dark rufous; 

 legs brownish yellow, the hind coxae and all the femora toward 

 base more or less piceous or obfuscated. 



Antennae 13-jointed ; funicle 6-jointed, joints 2-6 submoniliform, 

 very little longer than thick ; club 5-jointed, rounded, the last 

 conic and a little the longest joint. Scutellum rugulose, opaque ; 

 the cup small, ovate, shining, with a minute fovea posteriorly and 

 4 punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, ciliate ; the veins yellowish, 

 the marginal cell closed, the second abscissa of radius about one- 

 third longer than the first, the latter very slightly curved but not 

 angulated. Abdomen at base with a sparsely pubescent girdle. 



Balthazar (windward side), and St. John's Eiver (leeward 

 side). Described from two female specimens. 



(3) Pentamerocera erttheopleura, sp. n. 



$ . Length 1"25 mm. Polished black ; the mesopleura and 

 metathorax rufous or brownish piceous ; antennae black, as long as 

 the body ; legs brownish yellow. 



Antennae 13-jointed, long ; funicle 6-jointed, joints 2-6 

 subequal in length, but the last two slightly stouter than the 

 others, joint 1 is a little more than three times as long as thick 

 at apex, joints 2-4 are 3 times as long as thick, while joints 5 and 

 6 are from 2 to 2| times as long as thick ; club 5-jointed, the 

 joints from 2 to 2| times as long as thick. Scutellum finely 

 rugose ; the cup rather large, oval, with a small fovea posteriorly 

 and 4 punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, ciliate ; the veins pale, 

 the marginal cell closed, the second abscissa of radius about one- 

 third longer than the first, straight, the first a little curved. 

 Abdomen black, but brownish or piceous at base. 



Balthazar (windward side). Described from two female speci- 

 mens. 



(4) Pentamerocera 6-PTrNCTATA, sp. u. 



2 • Length 1-25 mm. Polished black ; antennae, except the 

 scape and the last four joints, and legs brownish yellow. 



Antennae 13-jointed, two-thirds the length of body ; funicle 



