100 BuUet'ni Wiscoiis'di Xatural History Society. [Vol. 5, Xo. 2. 
This resembles £. aurichalceus Westwood, from the West 
Indies , but this species as identified by Kieffer (Bull. Soc, 
Hist. Nat. Metz., XII (2 Ser.) 1905, p. 12), belongs to 
Anisepyris, in which the pronotum is margined anteriorly. It 
differs also by the entire lateral carinse of the metanotum. From 
the South American E. planiccps Fabr., it differs by its lighter 
color, more evenly darkened wings and purplish metanotum, and 
from H. analis Cress, by the brighter color and different sculpture 
of the posterior face of the metanotum. 
It is the most handsome species yet to be discovered in our 
fauna. 
Parasierola bicarinata sp. nov. 
Female. Leng-th 3.5 mm. Shining black ; mandibles, antennae, 
coxfe and legs yellowish ferrnginoiis. Head as high as broad, finely 
shagreened and covered with large thimble-like punctures that are 
separated by about twice their width. Front below with a median 
carina which reaches up as far as the middle of the eye and is con- 
tinued onward about the ocelli as a ^\ddening polished strip. Eyes 
oval, bare, separated by one-half their length from the occiput. Head 
behind sculptured as in front. Projecting lobe of clypeus rounded, 
honey-yellow ; mandibles with four teeth, of which the outer one is 
considerably the largest. Antennae reaching to the tip of the pronotum, 
slender, 13-jointed. att-enuated at the tips. Scape rather slender, as 
long as the first two flagellar joints together; pedicel and first two 
flagellar joints of about equal length, from thence the joints become 
shorter and narrower, the apical six joints being moniliform. The 
basal flagellar joints are scarcely longer than wide. Prothorax about 
as wide as long, shagreened and punctured like the head. Mesonotum 
about as long as the pronotum and similarly' sculptured, without any 
trace of furroAvs except posteriorly xery near the lateral margins, 
which evidently correspond to the outer pair of furrows seen in some 
genera. Scutellum rounded-triangular, two-thirds as long as the 
mesonotum, with a broad transverse groove at the base which is 
widened to form a rather distinct fovea on each side ; its posterior 
edge with a series of about six large punctures. Metathorax quadrate, 
finely sculptured, with a smooth space medially in front that bears a 
pair of nearly confiuent foveae and with a carina on each side one-half 
way to the margin ; its posterior face margined above and on the 
