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Phobetes canadensis, n. sp. 



Female — Length, 7.5 mm. Mostly ferruginous. Head transverse, 

 emarginate posteriorly, pale ferruginous; eyes black ; a spot enclosing the 

 ocelli, others at the base of antenucC and of the mandible, black ; clypeus, 

 mandibles, palpi and lower orbits yellowish ; antennae testaceous, nearly 

 as long as body and rather stout, about 30-jointed. Thorax ferruginous, 

 with the sutures more or less black ; mesonotum rather prominent, 

 indistinctly punctulate; scutellum convex ; metathorax rounded posteriorly 

 with a triangular central area enclosed by feeble carinae; spiracles circular; 

 legs rufous, all the tarsi paler ; wings hyaline, tinged with yellowish, 

 nervures brownish, no areolet. Abdomen broadly fusiform, ferruginous, 

 the apical segments dusky ; the first segment expanded beyond the 

 spiracles, the dorsal carinse almost obsolete ; first and second segments 

 sub-opaque, densely, finely punctulate; ovipositor scarcely exserted. 



Described from one $ specimen from Victoria, V. I. (Taylor.) 



Hypocryptus vancouverensis, n. sp. 



Male — Length, 6.5 mm. Black, with legs and middle of abdomen 

 rufous. Head rather large, about twice as wide as long ; vertex rounded 

 and smooth, with fine punctuation ; face below the antennae with fine 

 silvery pubescence ; a spot on mandible and the palpi pale ; antennae 

 stout, as long as head and thorax, black, with a yellow spot on scape 

 beneath. Thorax entirely black ; mesonotum closely, finely punctulate ; 

 pleurae shining, indistinctly punctured ; metathorax truncate posteriorly, 

 strongly areolated and rugosely punctured ; legs pale rufous, including 

 coxae; the four anterior trochanters yellowish ; base of posterior coxae, 

 trochanters, tips of tibiae and tarsi dusky ; wings hyaline, nervures 

 brownish, no areolet. Abdomen sub-petiolate, the first segment expanded 

 posteriorly and with two sub-obsolete dorsal carinae ; segments 

 one and two, with base of three, densely, opaquely punctulate ; 

 terminal segments polished and sparsely punctulate ; first and apical 

 segments black ; two, three, four, except sides, and spot at base of 

 five, rufous. 



Described from one $ specimen from Victoria, V. I. (Taylor.) 



Sub-family Pimplin^e. 

 Ephialtes pacificus, n. sp. 



Female — Length, 20-25 mm., with ovipositor 40-50 mm. Black, legs 

 rufous. Head polished ; face with yellow pubescence, longer on clypeus ; 



