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Ichneumon occidentalis, n. sp. 



Female — Length, 1 1 mm. Rufo-ferrugiiious. Head rufous, subtuber- 

 culate beneath antennae, face sparsely punctured ; antennae black, thick- 

 ened towards apex, with a white annulus, scape rufous. Thorax mostly 

 black ; the mesonotum, scutellum and spot at base of metathorax rufous, 

 legs entirely rufous, except apical joint of tarsi, which is brownish. 

 Abdomen rufous; postpetiole and two following segments closely opaquely 

 punctured, remaining segments shining ; gastrocoeli oblique, linear ; a 

 strong transverse depression near apex of the same segment. 



Described from one ? specimen taken at Victoria, Vancotiver Island, 

 in Nov., 1890, by Mr. Taylor. 



Platylabus pacificus, n, sp. 



Female — Length, 9 mm. Black, with rufous abdomen and legs. Head 

 small, closely punctured ; palpi reddish, antennae entirely black, slightly 

 stouter beyond the middle. Thorax closely punctured, the pleurae more 

 coarsely; metathorax rugose, excavated behind ; carinse indistinct, angles 

 subspinose ; legs rufous, coxse and trochanters black ; wings subhyaline, 

 stigma and nervures reddish, areolet pentagonal. Abdomen rufous, 

 polished, except postpetiole, which is aciculated, with two dorsal carinas 

 not reaching the apex ; ovipositor slightly exserted. 



Described from one $ specimen from Vancouver Island (Taylor). 



Centeterus canadensis, n. sp. 



Female — Length, 5 mm. Black ; legs and band on abdomen rufous. 

 Head large, vertex and cheeks polished, face punctulate ; mandibles 

 rufous, palpi pale; antennae black, scape oval, red beneath, joints 3-5 

 subequal, about twice the length of the remaining joints, which are about 

 as broad as long. Thorax black, shining, the mesonotum and pleurae 

 with sparse faint punctures, the metathorax distinctly areolated, the angles 

 spiniform ; legs rufous, the posterior coxte, tibiae at apex and tarsi 

 piceous. Abdomen polished, first and apical segments black ; two, three 

 and base of four rufous. 



Descriped from 3 $ specimens from Victoria, V. I. (Taylor.) 



Herpestomus flavicox^, n. sp. 



Male — Length, 6 mm. — Black, with rufous legs. Head black, front 

 rounded, sparsely punctate ; clypeus, mandibles and palpi yellow; antennse 

 stout, black above, piceous beneath, scape yellow. Thorax black, 



