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femora, except at tip?, brown, tlie front femora slightly metallic, 

 "Wings hyaline ; wing-veins light brown. 



One female, Balthazar, April 7, swept from herbage. 



Oeasema Smithi, sp. n. 



2 - Length 1*7 mm. ; expanse 3"8 mm. Head and face 

 closely and more finely punctate than in preceding species ; 

 entire mesonotum rather uniformly and closely punctate, a little 

 more coarsely on mesoscutum than on head, and still more so 

 on scutellum; metanotum rather coarsely punctate, subrugulose, 

 propleura delicately aciculate ; mesopleura closely and finely 

 punctate ; petiole finely granulate, not striate ; hind coxae faintly 

 punctured. Greneral colour uniform metallic blue ; all coxae 

 metallic ; scape and legs pallid, front and middle femora a little 

 darker. "Wings as wdth preceding species. 



In the type specimens the enormous mandibles are widely 

 extended, the left showing three teeth and the right four. 



One female, Balthazar, April 7, swept from|herbage. 



Subfamily Peeilampisj"^. 



Peeilampus, Latreille. 



Peeilamptjs politifeons. 



Perilampus politifrons, Howard^ Linn. Journ., Zool. xxv-^p. 85 (St, 

 Vincent). 



Three males taken in the house on windows. 



Peeilampus paevus, sp. n. 



$ . Length 1*6 mm. ; expanse 3"5 mm. Differs from P. poli- 

 tifrons mainly in sculpture of the mesonotum. Instead of close 

 punctures, each umbilicate puncture is distinctly separated 

 from its neighbours by a flattened space ; the general surface 

 delicately shagreeued transversely between circular punctures ;. 

 border of parapsides smooth ; metanotal nucha not transversely 

 striate but with several coarse longitudinal striations ; occiput 

 transversely aciculate; face smooth round insertion of antenna?, 

 faintly shagreened on cheeks. Greneral colour black, slightly 

 metallic ; flagellum of antennae yellowish brown, pedicel darker ; 

 mandibles and all tibiaB brown; in other respects like P. 

 politifrons. 



One female. Mount Gay estate, April 1, 250 feet, taken in 

 house on window. 



