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the surface of the median lobe of the mesonotum ; the postocular area 

 and the posterior orbits uniformly, closely punctured ; body black, with 

 the pronotum, the median lobe of the mesonotum, and the upper half of 

 the mesopleura, rufous ; wings subhyaline, clouded at apex. Length, 

 12 mm. 



Habitat : Ithaca, N. Y. (J. H. Comstock) ; Lake Forest, 111. (J. G. 

 Needham). 



Dolerus hispecttis, n. sp. — $ . Surface of the scutellar appendage 

 longitudinally striate at middle and punctured at sides ; scutellum and 

 lateral lobes of the mesonotum uniformly punctured ; the postocular area 

 more finely and densely punctured than the posterior orbits ; the median 

 lobe of the mesonotum and the scutellum finely, densely punctured, the 

 lateral lobes smooth, with distinct punctures ; body black, with the 

 abdominal segments one to five rufous ; wings yellowish, veins black. 

 Length, 9 mm. 



Habitat : Ithaca, N. Y., and Chicopee, Mass. (J. O. Martin). 



Dolerus co/icesus^ n. sp. — ? . Surface of the scutellar appendage 

 smooth at apex and striate at base ; median lobe of the mesonotum 

 uniformly punctured ; antennal furrow extending from the occiput to the 

 clypeus ; vertex and postocular area differently punctured ; lateral lobes 

 of the mesonotum not so densely punctured as the median lobe or the 

 scutellum ; body black, with abdominal segments one to four, and the 

 tibiae, at least on their basal half, rufous. Length, 7 mm. 



Habitat : Otto, N. Y. (J. H. Comstock), and West Springfield, Mass. 

 (J. O. Martin). 



Dolerus cofijugatus, n. sp. — $ . Surface of the scutellar appendage 

 longitudinally striate ; head viewed from above with a deep transverse 

 furrow, rounded at bottom, extending from the lateral ocelli to beyond the 

 hind angles of the eyes ; head with the postocular area more densely 

 punctured than the sides of the vertex ; body black, with the knees and 

 the abdominal segments one to five, rufous ; the wings hyaline, the veins 

 black, the stigma paler below. Length, 8 mm. 



Habitat : Otto, N. Y. (J. H. Comstock) ; Wellesley, Mass. (A. P. 

 Morse) ; Fulton, N. Y. (C. R. Crosby). 



Dolerus dysporus, ).i. sp. — $ . Surface of the scutellar appendage 

 longitudinally striate ; head viewed from above with a deep transverse 

 furrow, rounded at bottom, extending from the lateral ocelli to beyond the 



