THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the vertex ; the apical portion of 3, 4 and 5 abdominal segments, two- 

 thirds of the 6th and the 7th wholly smooth and polished. Antennae 

 honey-yellow, long and slender. Legs brownish-yellow, the posterior 

 coxae black, the anterior and middle pairs more or less dusky basally. 

 Parapsidal grooves distinct, the middle lobe with a median longitudinal 

 furrow. Wings hyaline, the venation as usual, the ist transverse cubital 

 vein obliterated. 



Described from one specimen. 



RHOGAS NEES. 



(6) RJiogas niellipes n. sp. 



^. — Length 3^ mm. Black; Antennae 29-jointed, brown; man- 

 dibles, palpi and apical abdominal segment white ; legs, including coxae 

 uniformly pale honey-yellow. Head smooth, polished, the face with 

 some sparse hairs. Thorax with parapsides distinct, the three lobes, ex- 

 cept the middle lobe posteriorly just in front of the scutellum where it is 

 coarsely rugose, are smooth and polished. Scutellum rufous. The upper 

 portion of the mesopleurce and the metathorax coarsely rugose. Abdo- 

 men, except the three basal segments which are coarsely longitudinally 

 striated, smooth, shining ; the apical edge of the 3rd segment is tinged 

 with rufous. Wings hyaline, the venation pale brown ; the second branch 

 of the radius is only slightly longer than the ist. 



Described from one specimen. 



MICROPLITIS FORSTER. 



(7) Microplitis cmcta n. sp. 



'^ . — Length 3? mm. Black, opaque, rugoso-punctate, and with a 

 sparse, short pubescence ; the palpi, legs, the membranous portion of the 

 ist, and 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments reddish-yellow ; the posterior 

 coxag basally, a small spot at extreme tips of their femora and tarsi fus- 

 cous ; the apical joints of antennae and the middle tarsi are also fuscous. 

 Antennae i8-jointed, black, except as mentioned, longer than the body, 

 the ist two joints of flagellum of about an equal length, and slightly 

 longer than the joints beyond. Parapsides indicated slightly posteriorly. 

 Mesopleurae with an oblique groove on the disk. Metathorax coarsely 

 rugose without carinas, except two slight ones laterally extending in the 

 form of an indistinct channel from the rounded spiracles. Abdomen 



