Oct., '09] 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



357 



12. LEPIDOSAPHES ULMI (Linnaeus). 



The bodies of the females containing these egg masses were taken from several Caro- 

 lina poplar trees along the streets of the city of t'rbana, Illinois, during the early part of 

 1908. The literature of this coccid contains frequent statements concerning the number 

 of eggs deposited, all of which approximate the results here obtained, excepting that the 

 range is lower ; these statements are, however, indefinite to the extent that the data upon 

 which they are based are in most cases lacking. 



A genus of Eumenid Wasps new to North America. 



By S. A. ROHWER, Boulder, Colo. 



Psiloglossa simplicipes n. sp. 



Female : Length 6 mm. Clypeus rather large, narrowed at the apex 

 where it is deeply emarginate, the lobes rounded at the apex and 

 about the same width throughout ; the surface of the clypeus is 

 closely granular and with a few large punctures intermixed. Mandi- 

 bles short, stout, with a rather large inner tooth, the apex is obtuse- 

 ly rounded and at some angles seems to be notched, so when the man- 

 dibles are not worn perhaps they would be tridentate; but not quadri- 

 dentate. Front rather coarsely granular, except a shining area be- 

 tween the antennae. Vertex shining, sparsely punctured ; the back 

 of the occiput is closely punctured. The vertex with two shining tu- 

 bercles which are low and rounded. Ocelli in a low triangle ; the an- 

 terior ocellus much the largest. Antennae rather strongly clavate ; the 

 first joint of the flagellum about as long as 2 and 3 together. Dor- 

 sulum and scutelluin coarsely granular; scutellum large and flat, ob- 



