156 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



clypeus rounded anteriorly ; mandibles large, curved, edentate ; 

 maxillary palpi 5-jointed, the lateral palpi 



4-jointed (Africa) Andreus, Ashm.* gen. nov. 



(Type A. Abbottii, Ashm.t) 



Scutellum differentiated, represented by a convex elevation ; thorax 



and head smooth, shining ; eyes bare or nearly ; maxillary palpi 



6-jointed, the labial palpi 4-jointed Methoca, Latreille. 



(Type M. ichneumonides, Latr.) 

 2. Front wings with the first transverse cubitus wanting, the first and 

 second cubital cells confluent. 



Clypeus anteriorly produced into a triangular tooth ; abdomen 

 long, cylindrical, the hypopygium ending in a single upward- 

 curved aculeus Methoca, Latreille. 



Subfamily III. — Rhagigasterinse. 

 This subfamily ought to be easily distinguished by the characters 

 employed in my table of subfamilies. The genus Lophocheilus, Gue'rin, 

 I know only from the description and figure, and its position is uncertain, 

 although I am inclined to think that it belongs here, and may ultimately 

 prove to be the opposite sex of Eirone, Westwood. 



Table of Genera. 



Females i . 



Males 5. 



I. Head without a sulcus or grooved line on temples behind the 



eyes (Tribe II., Diammini) 2. 



Head quadrate, with a sulcus or grooved line on temples behind the 

 eyes (Tribe I., Rhagigasterini). 



Claws simple ; grooved lines on temples, curved and not quite 

 extending to the eyes ; maxillary palpi 6-jointed, labials 4- 

 jointed ; first ventral segment simple (North 



America) Glyptometopa, Ashmead. 



(Type G. Americana, Ashm.) 



*Namecl in honor of Mr. Ernest Andre 



tAndreus Abbottii, sp. n. — Female : Length, 7 mm. Black ; antennK, except the 

 last five or six joints, the niandililes, the palpi and the legs, ferruginous ; anterior margin 

 of the clypeus narrowly yellowish-white ; abdomen black, polished, shining, the last two 

 segments flavo-testaceous. 



Type.— Cat. No, 6S12, U. S, N. M, 



Ilab.— Congo, Africa (Dr. W. L, Abbott). 



