150 DB. 1. O, HOWABD ON THE 



One malej Balthazar, April 7, 250 feet, open woody place ; and 

 one female, CLantilly estate, April €, 400 feet, in high growth 

 of weeds in young nutmeg orchard. 



Blastotheix, Mayr. 



Blastotheix insolitits, sp. n. 



2 . Length 1"35 mm. ; expanse 2"7 mm. Scape inserted at 

 border of mouth, furnished with a broad leaf-like expansion 

 below; pedicel sub cylindrical, longer than first funicle-joint j 

 funicle-joints 1 to 6 longer than wide, subcylindrical, increasing 

 slightly in width ; club somewhat flattened, oval, nearly as long 

 aa three preceding funicle-joints together; ocelli forming a 

 slightly acute-angled triangle; axillae slightly separated at tips. 

 Marginal vein distinct, as loug as stigmal, postmarginal appa- 

 rently lacking ; stigmal entering disc of wing at broad angle. 

 Head and mesonotum densely, closely, and very finely punctate^ 

 not glistening ; scape black, except for a white band near tip ; 

 pedicel black at base, elsewhere white ; funicle-joint 1 black, 

 remaining funicle-joints and club yellowish white; head and 

 mesothorax dark orange-yellow ; pronotum of same colour, but 

 covered with dense whitish pile ; the same whitish pile occurs on 

 mesonotum, but is sparse; abdomen and metanotum black above, 

 abdomen somewhat yellowish below ; all legs yellowisb white ;, 

 wings milky, veins dark brown. 



Described from one female specimen, Grranville, April 9, on 

 trailing plant growing on sea-shore. 



Aphtcits, Mayr. 



Aphtcus flatus. 



Aphycus flavus, Hoxvard, Ann. Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1880, p. 365. 

 Palatka, Fla. 



One female, Balthazar, April 7, 250 feet, on herbage near 

 stream. There is a series of specimens of this species in the 

 U.S. National Museum from Brownsville, Texas. 



Aphycus amcenus, sp. n. 



<S . Length 0'88 mm. ; expanse 2*0 mm. Scape broadly 

 wiuened below, the widening abrupt at tip ; pedicel longer than 

 broad ; funicle-joints 1 to 4 almost moniliform, of equal length 

 and width, 5 to 6 broader, subequal in length and width ; club 

 slightly flattened, oval, not wider than funicle-joint 6, and a 



