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and abdomen, there is not a particle of resemblance, these 

 characteristics more closely resembling those in Anopedias. 



It also bears some resemblance to the genus Phanurus 

 Thorns, in the tribe Tclenomiiii, but it evidently can not be 

 placed here on account of the veinless wings and the struc- 

 ture of the abdomen, although its habits would seem to indi- 

 cate an affinity with this group. 



Fidiobia flavipes, sp. 11. 9 — Length, 0.6 mm. 

 Black, polished; legs and antennae yellow; thorax without 

 distinct furrows, smooth, with only slight indications of fur- 

 rows posteriorly, but not sharply defined; wings hyaline, 

 veinless; abdomen oblong, sessile, the first segment wider 

 than long, the second very large, occupying most of the 

 remaining surface, the following being usually retracted with 

 it, and thus making the abdomen appear truncated at apex. 



Hab. — Euclid, Ohio. 



Described from specimens bred by Prof. F. M. Webster, 

 July, 1894, from the eggs of a Coleopteron Fidia viticida, on 

 grape-vine. 



FAMILY TRICHOGRAMMID.K. 

 Brachvsticha Forster. 



Brachysticha fidee, sp. n. ? — Length 0.65 mm. 

 Head, except eyes and thorax, pale brown or brownish-yel- 

 low; the conical-shaped but depressed abdomen dark fuscous 

 or black; wings hyaline, broad, pubescent, with a short mar- 

 ginal fringe, the pubescent not arranged in regular rows; 

 legs brown or fuscous, the tips of femora, tips of tibiae and 

 tarsi yellowish. 



The head antero-posteriorly very thin, with a facial impres- 

 sion ; the antennae inserted far down on the face, 6-jointed 

 (scape, pedicel, ring-joint and a 3-jointed, fusiform, pubescent 

 club) ; thorax with a longitudinal median impressed line ; 

 while the abdomen is long, conically-pointed, but depressed 

 above. 



Hab. — Euclid, Ohio. 



