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point is equal to the length of the scape and second antennal joints united; 

 antennas shorter than head and thorax together, tapering to the apex, the 

 third joint shorter than the fourth, which is slightly longer than the fifth 

 joint; scape much narrowed to the base, punctate beneath; dorsulum with 

 a longitudinal depression on each side near the tegulae, the latter as well 

 as the apical portion of the tarsi, rufo-testaceous; metathorax above very 

 finely granulated or shagreened, with a slight, polished, longitudinal line 

 medially; tibiae and tarsi strongly spinose, the inner side of posterior pair 

 clothed with dense, sericeous pile. Wings with a slight yellowish tinge, 

 nervures brownish, the distance between the first recurrent and the first 

 transverse-cubital nervure is distinctly less than the breadth of the second 

 submarginal cell at the top, and is about equal to the space between the 

 first and second recurrent nervures on the cubital nervure. Abdomen 

 smooth, the apical margins of the segments obscurely rufo-testaceous, 

 the first three segments with a silvery, apical band; pygidium shining, 

 convex, with sparse, large punctures; beneath, the abdomen has a few 

 stiff hairs. Length 12 mm. 



This species has a wide range, as I have one from Camden 

 County, N. J., taken Sept. 12, 1891, and two others from Mon- 

 tana. Resembles L. pennsylvanica, but the metathorax is not 

 striated as in that species. I think, however, it is more closely 

 related to L. acuta Patton. 



Trypoxylon ornatipes Mihi. 



T. ornatipes Fox, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. vol. xviii, p. 148, 1891. 



The original description of this species was drawn up from a 

 very dirty specimen, and as I have since received a fresh example 

 from Mr. C. W. Johnson, collected in the vicinity of Philadelphia, 

 I am able to detect several characters not mentioned in the first 

 description, viz. : beginning on the apical portion of the sixth 

 joint the antennae are distinctly thickened, this is also the case 

 with joints 10-12, these joints being stouter than joints 6-9, the 

 second antennal joint is larger than the third, the latter being a 

 little more than half as long as the fourth joint; the space between 

 eyes at the top is broader than the length of the three first an- 

 tennal joints united. All the legs in. this specimen are yellowish. 

 In line 10 of the previous description for inesdnotum read meta- 

 notum. 



Steniolia dnplicata Prov. 



S. duplicata Prov., Add. Hym. Queb. p. 414, $<^. Nov., 1888. 



S. scolopacea Hdl., Sitz. k. Akad. Wiss. VVien. xcviii, p. 510, 9cf- '89. 



I Jean see no reason why duplicala and scolopacea should be 

 separated. I have specimens which agree with the descriptions 



