400 THE CANADIAN ENTOxMOLOGIST 



NEW FOSSORIAL HYMENOPTERA. ' 



BY NATHAN BANKS, EAST FALLS CHURCH, VA. 



Included bslow are descrlptiDns of several new species of 

 fossorlal wasps of the families P s ammo char id x and PhilanthidcB. 



PSAMMOCHARID.E. 



Ageniella hestia, n. sp. 



Similar to A. apicipsnnis; clypeus and basal joints of the 

 antennae yellow; posterior margin of the pronotum whitish ; abdomen 

 partly reddish yellow on sides of the second segment, and basal 

 part of the venter; legs partly yellow, but on mid legs the tibiae are 

 brown and tarsi blackish, and on hind legs black on tip of femur, 

 all of tibia and tarsus; spurs pale. Wings scarcely darker at tip, 

 the third submarginal higher than long, a little narfowed above, 

 receiving the second recurrent before the middle; thorax sericeous; 

 abdomen' sessile, slender. 



One male from Falls Church, Va., Aug.' 30, differs from A. 

 apicipennis in pale margin of the pronotum, black on middle and 

 hind legs, heavier venation, and slightly different shape of the third 

 submarginal cell. 



Ageniella cupidella, n. sp. 



Female resembles cnpida, but smaller, the first recurrent meeting 

 second submarginal cell plainly before middle, and antennae shorter, 

 the second and third joints together hardly equal the vertex width. 

 Head and thorax bluish green, abdomen blackish, shining, few 

 long hairs on clypeus and vertex, and tip of the abdomen. Legs 

 black, inner spur of hind tibia one-half the length of the metatarsus; 

 fore wings blackish, third submarginal all long below, much shorter 

 above, receiving the second recurrent at middle; second submarginal 

 plainly shorter than the third, receiving the first recurrent plainly 

 before middle. 



Length 7 mm. 



From Ridgeway, Ont., Can., July 9 (Van Duzee). 



Ageniella tenella, n. sp. 



Male black, slightly sericeous, spurs pale, anterior tibiae and tarsi 

 pale, and sometimes pale on mid and hind legs; abdomen rather 



December, 1915 



