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vein inserted very near apex of first cubital cell or at some 

 distance from it; submedian cell much longer than median and 

 with the transverse median vein strongly curved and enlarged, 

 together with postmedian and apical third of median, the last 

 angulated at juncture with normal portion of median. Parallel 

 vein strongly curved at insertion. 



Abdomen not or very little longer than head and prothorax 

 together, terminal segments more or less retracted. 



Type, Hemigyroneuron speciosus sp. nov. 



Synopsis of the species. 



a\ Notauli entirely obsolete; posteromedian mesonotal area without longi- 

 tudinal groove; face carinate on upper half; body extensively orna- 

 mented with black; antennae banded speciosus sp. nov. 



a'. Notauli distinct only on anterior border of mesonotum; posteromedian 

 mesonotal area with a deep, strongly rimmed, longitudinal groove; 

 face carinate on lower half; body without black, except between ocelli; 

 antennas not banded suffusus sp. nov. 



Hemigyronetiron speciosus sp. nov. 



Ochraceous, extensively ornamented with black. Antennae 

 piceous, middle third stramineous, apical third paler than basal ; 

 clypeus and entire vertex black. Thorax black as follows: A 

 spot on propleura, lateral areas of mesonotum, middle area ex- 

 tending back in a sharp point on basal two thirds, scutellum, 

 sides of postscutellum, entire metanotum, upper anterior angle 

 and lower half of mesopleura, and mesosternum. Hind coxae, 

 except tips, piceous. Abdomen with a transverse black band on 

 middle third of first tergite, basal halves of remaining segments 

 black ; third and following segments apically sordid stramineous. 

 Fore and middle legs, except coxae, pale ferruginous, coxae stra- 

 mineous; hind femora ferruginous, their trochanters, basal two 

 thirds of tibiae, and tarsi stramineous ; apical third of hind tibiae 

 piceous. Wings iridescent and faintly smoky, costa and stigma 

 ochraceous, veins dark smoky, those on basal half of wing much 

 darker. 



Male, length, 9 millimeters. 



Head viewed from above, narrowly transverse, eyes very large 

 and extending far into vertex ; vertex caudad of ocelli very short, 

 occipital carina deeply, but very broadly, incurved; length of 

 exposed cheek margin many times the distance from eye to ocelli 

 and distinctly more than distance from ocelli to occipital margin ; 

 surface of vertex rugose-shagreened ; ocelli of great size, the two 

 posterior set in impressed, rimmed pits, the anterior slightly 

 raised and strongly directed forward; ocelli very close to each 



