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TWO NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS HYMENOPTERA. 



BY WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD, A. M., D. SC. 



Xiphydria erythrogaster, sp. nov. — ^. Length, 9.8 mm. Head 

 and thorax black, marked with yellow as follows : The black of the head 

 is confined to the occiput, a large spot on the crown is dilated on each 

 side, but does not quite reach the eye, while the yellow is confined to the 

 cheeks, the face to above the insertion of the antennas, the front orbits and 

 a V-shaped mark above the eyes. Mandibles yellow, with black teeth ; 

 prothorax yellow, with a black line on collar above and a black mark in 

 the lateral depressions ; mesonotum black, with two yellow spots on the 

 disc ; scutellum with the axillae yellow; meso- and meta-sternum yellow, 

 with black marks. The abdomen is pale ferruginous, except the first 

 segment above, which is black ; the dorsal segments i to 4 have a yellow 

 spot on each lateral margin, while the ventral segments 4 to 6 have tufts 

 of black hairs. The antennae are i6-jointed, the first four joints pale 

 ferruginous, the others black or blackish, joints 4 to 6 being tipped with 

 yellow, the scape the longest joint, the third joint longer than the fourth, 

 the following gradually shortening. Wings hyaline, faintly tinged, the 

 veins brown. Legs pale ferruginous, the coxte and trochanters more or 

 less yellowish, or yellow in front. 



Type.— Cat. No. 6844, U. S. N. M. (Ashmead collection). 



Hab.— Avalon, N. J. (Charles W. Johnson). 



Calameuta Johnsonii, sp. nov. — 5 . Length, 9 mm. Black and 

 shining ; the mandibles, except at apex, the apex of the third palpal joint, 

 the front legs anteriorly from the middle of the femora to the fourth joint 

 of the tarsi, a band on each side of abdomen, a spot at the apical angle of 

 the 5th and 6th ventral segments, and the margins of the hypopygium, 

 lemon-yellow ; wings slightly smoky, the veins blackish, the stigma brown ; 

 antennae thickened towards apex, 21-jointed, the third joint shorter than 

 the fourth. 



Type.— Cat. No. 6843, U. S. N. M. (Ashmead collection). 



Hab. — Riverton, N. J. (Charles W. Johnson). 



