March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 87 



A New Species of Cratichneumon. 

 BY HENRY L. VIERECK. 



Cratichneumon artemis n. sp . $. Length 9.5 mm. Head and thorax 

 black, abdomen bluish, femora and tibia- fulvous. Clypeus truncate, 

 polished, with a few punctures posteriorly, the rest of the head polished, 

 sparsely punctured, the cheeks especially so. Ocelli in a low triangle, 

 the space between posterior ones greater than that between them and 

 nearest eye margin ; lirst joint of flagellum distinctly longer than the 

 second, scape globose, punctured. Prothorax strongly incurved, the su- 

 perior half longitudinally striate. Dorsulum with separated punctures, 

 parapsidal grooves not extending to the middle. Scutellum convex, 

 punctures deep and well separated. Mesopleura separately and deeply 

 punctured anteriorly, posteriorly clo9er.:yH]y5Qpiewhat*UiAte. Areolse of 

 metanotum not strongly defined, they are minutely roughened, lateral 

 superior margins of metathorax rather strongly margined, the rest of 

 of metathorax confluently punctured ; posterior coxa: closely, strongly 

 punctured. Post-petiole indistinctly striate, becoming sparsely punc- 

 tured posteriorly ; the second dorsal abdominal segment closely and 

 deeply punctured, the following sfgiinMits less so, the apical ones almost 

 impunctate. Head and thorax sparsely pubescent, abdomen apparently 

 bare dorsally, indistinctly pubescent ventrally. 



Black ; Mandibles, except apex and base, all of four anterior legs, ex- 

 cept coxse and trochanters, and posterior femora and tibia: fulvous, like 

 legs of C. pedalis ; tarsi of posterior legs less brown, abdomen ventrally 

 testaceous, dorsally purplish to bluish ; wings subhyaline, nervures 

 and stigma dark brown. 



Type Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. 



Type locality, Colorado. One female. 



Cratichneumon pedalis pallidipennis n. var.- $, Length s mm. Differs 

 from the typical form in the subhyaline not deeply fuscous wings, and 

 usually paler legs. 



Type Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. 



Type locality, Colorado. Four females, four males, one 

 specimen from Nevada. 



Cratichneneumon pedalis varitarsis n. var. , Length 11.5 mm. Dis- 

 tinguished by the uniformly black antenna-, the darker wings, and by the 

 posterior tibia: and tarsi being almost entirely black. 



Type Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. 



Type locality, Colorado Six female specimens. 



