152 DB. li. 0. HOWABD ON THE 



Enctbtus modebatus, sp. n. 



5 . Length 0'93 mm. ; expanse 1"8 mm. Scape of antennae 

 sligttly swollen, short; pedicel triangular, twice as long as. 

 broad; funicle-joints 1 to 3 together as long as pedicel, each 

 broader than long, slightly widening from 1 to 3 ; 4, 5, and 6 

 each longer than preceding joint aud slightly widening ; club 

 long ovate, flattened, nearly as long as funicle. Head wedge- 

 shaped from side, vertex flattened ; facial depression large, tri- 

 angular, occupying almost entire face ; eyes approximate, naked ; 

 ocelli small, forming a nearly right-angled triangle ; thorax 

 somewhat tectiform, the scuto-scutellar furrow forming the 

 ridge ; axillae meeting at tips ; vertex nearly smooth, glistening ; 

 mesoscutum faintly shagreened, scutellum very finely and uni- 

 formly punctate ; axillae faintly transversely aciculate ; abdomen 

 smootb, shining; mesopleura faintly aciculate, shining. Wings 

 moderately broad ; marginal vein distinct but short, postmarginal 

 very short, stigmal very faint, almost indistinguishable ; wings 

 perfectly hyaline, veins almost colourless except marginal vein, 

 which is heavy and brown ; terebra slightly exserted. General 

 colour black, with coppery reflections on mesopleura, faint bluish 

 reflections on mesoscutum, greenish on head ; all antennae and 

 all legs except hind femora honey-yellow ; hind femora dark 

 brown ; hind coxae dark at immediate base. 



Three females, Balthazar and St. John's Eiver, March 4, 

 250 feet, shady damp ditch ; April 5, 250 feet, open place on 

 bushes at sunset ; April 7, 250 feet, herbage near stream. 



EkcTBTUS CONFOBMIS, sp. n. 



$ . Length 1*77 mm. ; expanse 3"3 mm. Body stout, thorax 

 very convex; axillae meeting at tips; scutellum rounded; abdomen 

 cordate, flattened above. Antennae short, rather stout, inserted 

 just below middle of face ; scape short, cylindrical ; pedicel and 

 first funicle-joint subequal in length ; remaining funicle-joints 

 subequal in length, each about as long as broad, but each some- 

 what shorter than 1 ; club oval, slightly flattened, shorter than 

 two preceding funicle-joints together ; entire flagellum with 

 short close hairs. Eyes distinct, naked ; ocelli forming a very 

 obtuse-angled triangle. Head and face delicately reticulate, with 

 sparse large round punctures at border of eyes and near ocelli ; 

 entire mesonotum delicately imbricate-punctate ; metanotum 

 not carinate ; pleura very faintly longitudinally reticulate, 



