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3. Legs stout, marginal cell very short; discocubital vein only sightly 



curved H. obtectus, sp. nov. 



Legs slender, marginal cell longer; discocubital vein very strongly 

 arcuately bent down toward the base . H. suffocatus, sp. nov. 



Hemiteles priscus, sp. nov. (Fig. 28.) 



Female. Length 9-5 mm. Head and mesonotum probably entirely dark 

 colored, the wings slightly tinged with brownish. Metathorax and abdomen 

 yellowish brown, each abdominal segment with a broad black band at the 

 apex. Head as broad as the thorax, about two and one-fourth times as wide 

 as thick antero-posteriorly. Antennae quite stout throughout, the joints 

 quadrate or slightly wider than long. Mesonotum smooth, metanotum finely 



granulated and without any dis- 

 tinct carinae or areolation. Ab- 

 domen spatulate, the first seg- 

 ment rather suddenly widened 

 at the apical third, its surface 

 faintly roughened ; remaining 

 segments also faintly roughened, 

 with the black bands smooth and 

 Fig. 28.— Hemiteles priscus, sp. nov. Type. shining. Ovipositor at least as 



long as the petiole of the abdo- 

 men and probably longer as its tip is not preserved. Wings slightly in- 

 fuscated; stigma and veins piceous, the former pale near the base. Areolet 

 large, open, but pentangular in position. Discocubital vein sharply broken 

 but without a stump of a vein at the fracture. Submedian cell slightly longer 

 than the median; transverse median vein in hind wing broken somewhat 

 below the middle, near the lower third. 



One finely preserved specimen, seen in dorsal view. 

 Tijpe.— No. 2124, M. C. Z., Florissant, Col. (No. 9071, S. H. 

 Scudder Coll.). 



Hemiteles lapidescens, sp. nov. 



Female. Length 6 mm. Black; the abdomen dull brownish ferruginous, 

 petiole black at base. Antennae fuscous, the legs except posterior coxae, 

 femora, and base of tibiae, yellowish brown. Antennae about 25-jointed, 

 slender basally and thickened toward the apex; first and second flagellar 

 joints of equal length, each fully five times as long as thick; third, fourth, 

 and fifth growing shorter, those toward the apex growing quadrate. Meso- 

 notum smooth, the metanotum partially areolated on the sides posteriorly. 

 Abdominal petiole about as long as the metathorax; seen obliquely from 



