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Macrophya Slossonia, n. sp. — ^ Black, with the following parts yellow- 

 ish-white : the labrum, clypeus, the mandibles, a triangular spot beneath the 

 antenna?, a lunate spot beneath the eyes, a dot at the upper angle of the 

 eye, a spot on the sides of the collar, the scutellum, a spot above the pos- 

 terior coxpe, all the tarsi, and the sides of the basal plates; the following 

 parts are rufous : the three basal segments of the antennse within, antennal 

 segments eight and nine, the teguhe, the anterior coxge before, the anterior 

 femora except a black line above, th^ anterior tibiae, the middle femora 

 slightly at apex in front, the middle tibise, the basal half of the posterior tibiae, 

 the costal margin of the wings, the stigma in front, and abdominal seg- 

 ments three to five ; third segment of the antenna3 about one-third longer 

 than the fourth ; inner spur of anterior tibiaa bifid ; claws emarginate ; eyes 

 strongly converging at base, not reaching the base of the mandibles ; 

 clypeus deeply emarginate ; a fuscous dot in the second submarginal cell ; 

 lanceolate cell with a short, straight cross-nervure. Length, 9 mm. 



Habitat. — Franconia, New Hampshire. 



Dedicated to Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson. This is nearest bi/asciata, 

 Say, but has the posterior femora wholly black. 



Taxojius borealis, n. sp. — 9 Black, with the following parts white : 

 the clypeus, labrum, the mandibles except at apex, coxai, trochanters, 

 tegulae, the collar with a narrow margin, and venter except apical seg-. 

 ment and the sheaths of the ovipositor; the following parts are rufous: 

 abdominal segments two to five above except at sides where they are 

 marked with a large round fuscous spot, occupying most of the side of 

 each segment, the legs except the parts above named and the apices of the 

 middle tibis, the apex of the posterior femora, the apex of the posterior tibiae 

 and the posterior tarsi entirely ; the head shining black, polished ; the 

 lateral sinuses deep, reaching the back of the head ; the clypeus deeply 

 emarginate ; the labrum acutely rounded ; the antennae short and slender, 

 the third segment twice the length of the fourth ; the thorax and pleurae 

 shining, polished ; wings hyaline, costa and stigma at base, white ; stigma 

 black at apex; veins black; posterior wings with two middle cells. 

 Length, 7 mm. 



Habitat. — Mt. Washington and Franconia, N. H. 



Tenthredo redimaaila, n. sp. — ? Rufous, with the following parts 

 black : a transverse spot at the ocelli, another just above the base of the 

 antennae, connected each side by lines which extend from the vertical spot 



