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Enctetus, Balm. 



Table of Species. 

 All funicle-joints of antennae wider than long .... E. crassus, sp. n. 

 All funicle-joints not wider than long. 



Club very broad, at least three times as wide as 



preceding funicle-joint E. argentipes, sp. n. 



Club not especially broad, but slightly broader 

 than preceding funicle-joint. 



Head and tnesoscutuin very hairy E. hirtus, sp. n. 



Not especially hairy. 



Antennae uniformly honey-yellow. 



Wings partly infuscated E. nitidus, sp. n. 



Wings hyaline E. quadricolor, sp. n. 



Antennae black, yellow at tip E. flaviclavus, sp. n. 



Antennae brown E. tiliaris, Dalm. 



Enctetus ceassus, sp. n. 



5 . Lengtli 1'37 millim. ; expanse 2*8 millim. Belongs to 

 the same group as ^. inquisitor, How. (Ann. E,ept. Dept. Agr. 

 1880, p. 67, pi. xxiv. fig. 1), and the European E. clavellatus, 

 Dalm. Body short and stout. Antennae with the scape slightly 

 widened beneath ; joints 1-6 of the funicle gradually increasing 

 in width, all wider than long ; pedicel 2h times longer than first 

 funicle-joint and somewhat wider ; club broad, flattened, sub- 

 circular, as long as three preceding funicle-joints together. 

 Eront wide, ocelli forming an obtuse-angled triangle. Head and 

 mesonotum delicately shagreen ed. Marginal vein of fore wings 

 absent. General colour black, moderately lustrous, Avithout 

 metallic reflections ; antennal club with, whitish pile at tip ; 

 front and hind tarsi brown ; middle tarsi and middle tibial spur 

 light honey-yellow, with claws only dark. "Wings hyaline, veins 

 brown ; a trace of a radial vein extends from tip of stigmal club 

 in a curved direction, reaching costal margin at a point nearly 

 halfway from stigmal club to tip of wing. 



Described from one female specimen. 



Encyetus quadeicoloe, sp. n. 



S . Length 1"16 millim. ; expanse 2"67 millim. Antennae in- 

 serted halfway between middle of face and mouth ; scape sub- 

 cylindrical, not broadened, not long ; pedicel twice as long as 

 broad; all six funicle-joints of equal length Avith pedicel, but 

 increasing slightly in width from 1 to 6 ; club a little longer than 

 the two preceding funicle-joints together, oval, slightly flattened, 



