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little longer than the head, the basal segment very broad and composing 

 a fifth of the entire length. Pronotum short, not as long as the head ; 

 meso thorax distinctly longer than the metanotum ; intermediate seg- 

 ment short and -inconspicuous ; legs long and slender, all similar and 

 keeled below to the apex ; abdominal segments elongate, seventh and 

 ninth subequal, eighth slightly more than one half as long as the seventh ; 

 anal plate acutely triangular and distinctly keeled. Length of body from 

 head to tip of anal plate, 58 mm.; head, 3 mm. ; antenna', 5 mm. ; pro- 

 thorax, 2 25 mm ; mesothorax, 14 mm.; metathorax, 10 5 mm.; abdomen, 

 including intermediate segment, 28mm. ; fore femora, 22 mm.; middle 

 femora, 22 mm.; hind femora, 19 mm.; cerci, 2 mm. 



One female, Durango, Mexico, July, 1X9.6. Type, No. 6603, 

 U. S. N. M. 



The much longer legs of this species will serve to readily 

 separate it from the United States species. 



A New Ceropales (Hymenoptera). 



BY H. L. VlERECK. 

 Ceropales Latr. == Agenioxenus Ashm. 



A specimen of Ceropales macula f us Latr. , from Hastings, 

 England, runs to Ceropales as given in Mr. Ashmead's table. 

 In Ceropales rolnnsoiii Cress -- C. )iiftrei/fris Walsh, the cubitus 

 in hind wings originates behind the transverse median nervure 

 and not before as in Mr. Ashmead's table ; in other words, the 

 type of Agc>iio\cnits Ashm. , is congeneric with the type of 

 pales Latr. ( Ceropales macula f us Latr.), consequently 

 enits must be placed as synonymous with C<'ropa/cs Latr. 



Ceropales quaintancei n. sp. 



Almost entirely dull ferruginous, covered with very fine golden pubes- 

 cence, wings pale fuliginous. 



cf Length 10.5 mm. Head with only a few indistinct punctures on the 

 front, a shallow fovea extending down t<i the antenna! insertion, trom a 

 short distance below the anterior ocellus. Length of the fust joint of 

 flagellum about equal to length of the second. Pronotum with well sepa- 

 rated indistinct punctures, the propleura- on the anterior half divided into 

 an upper and lower half by a well impressed fovea. I )orsiiliim witli a line 

 line extending back to posterior margin from little befori the middle, 

 situated near the lateral margin, fioin the middle of the dorsulum to the 

 posterior margin there is a moderate- medial elevation, punctures o! the 

 iiK-soiiotum separated, shallow. I'IIIK lures on mesopleura- more scat ten d 



