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rather more than twice as wide as long ; club flattened ovate, as- 

 loDg as four preceding funicle-joints together ; entire flagellum 

 with close short hairs, slightly appressed ; mesoscutum and base 

 o.* mesoscutellum very faintly reticulate, tip of scutellum per- 

 fectly smooth ; metanotum not carinate, smooth ; mesopleura and 

 abdomen smooth, shining. Marginal vein of fore wings thick' 

 ened, as long as stigmal, which enters disc of wing at a narrow 

 angle with costa. Greneral colour sordid black, slightly lustroua^ 

 on scutellum, mesopleura, and abdomen ; legs with dark femora 

 and reddish-brown tibisB and tarsi ; antenual scape, pedicel, and. 

 end of club light brown, rest black; fore wings faintly and 

 nearly uniformly inf uscated. 



One female, Grand Etang, March 31, 1900 feet, on foliage on^ 

 ground, near water. 



EnCTBTTJS EOTUNDirOBMIS, sp. n. 



2 . Length 1 mm. ; expanse 1*9 mm. Body stout ; thorax 

 globular; abdomen subcircular. Scape slender, cylindrical^ 

 inserted near mouth and not reaching to middle ocellus ; pedicel 

 twice as long as first funicle-joint ; funicle-joints increasing, 

 gradually in length and width, each about as wide as long; club 

 slightly flattened, long oval, as long as three preceding funicle" 

 joints together. Eyes faintly hairy, moderately distant ; ocelli 

 forming a right-angled triangle. Axillge meeting at tips. Mar- 

 ginal vein of fore wings extremely short. Head finely rugose- 

 punctate, becoming aciculate on cheeks ; mesoscutum finely 

 imbricate ; mesoscutellum closely and deeply longitudinally 

 aciculate ; mesopleura nearly smooth, very faintly reticulate ; 

 abdomen smooth, shining. Colour: mesoscutum and mesopleura 

 bright golden green ; mesoscutellum dull opaque dark green ; 

 head dark greenish above, purplish below ; abdomen dark, with 

 greenish aeneous reflections ; all femora black, yellowish at each 

 end ; front and middle tibiae and all tarsi light honey-yellow ;. 

 hind tibiae with basal half black ; antennal scape black, light 

 brown at extreme tip ; remainder of antennae brown. Winga 

 hyaline, iridescent, veins brown. 



Two females, Balthazar, and Mirabeau estate, April 5 and 6, 

 400 and 250 feet. 



Akchinus, gen. nov. 

 Antennae inserted near mouth ; scape long, slender, cylin- 

 drical ; bulla cylindrical, one-fourth as long as scape ; pedicel 



