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metathorax scabrous, opaque, the elevated lines sharply defined, the 

 central area moderate, rotundate. Wings dark fuscous, with a rather 

 strong violaceous reflection ; nervures and stigma black ; areolet 5- 

 angular or subtriangular. Legs black, anterior tibiae pale in front. 

 Abdomen elongate-subovate, opaque black, slightly tinged with blue, 

 densely and minutely punctured 5 the first segment broad, bilineated ; 

 basal foveae of the second segment deep and transverse ; apical seg- 

 ments more smooth and somewhat shining • ovipositor not exserted. 

 Length 9 lines ; expanse of wings 16 lines. 

 i^,/,._Virginia. Dr. Thos. B. Wilson. 



2. Ich. Orpheus, n. sp. 



Black ; antennae with a broad white anuulus; wiugs fuscous, clearer at base : 

 central area of metathorax large, quadrate, transverse. 



Fnnah. — Black ; the head with the frontal orbits above the anten- 

 nae, interrupted at the summit of the eyes, white ; antennae more than 

 half the length of the body, black, with the 10th to 18th joints pure 

 white above, apex slightly involute. Thorax closely punctured, some- 

 what shining ; mesothorax in front with an impressed line on each 

 side; a short line beneath the wings and sometimes one in front, white; 

 scutellum slightly convex, deeply impressed in front; metathorax closely 

 and confluently punctured, the elevated lines not well defined, the cen- 

 tral area large, quadrate, somewhat transverse, rather smooth and shin- 

 ing. Wings fuscous, clearer at base, slightly violaceous ; nervures and 

 stigma black, the latter with a pale spot at base ; areolet 5-angular or 

 subtriangular, slightly oblique. Legs black, tips of the anterior femora 

 and their tibia3 on the inner side, whitish. Abdomen blue-black, sub- 

 opaque, densely and finely punctured, basal segment broad, finely acicu- 

 late and bilineated ; basal foveae of the second segment deep and trans- 

 verse ; apical segments almost smooth, shining; ovipositor not exserted. 

 Length 9 lines; expanse of wings 15 j lines. 



Hah. — Pennsylvania. E. T. Cresson. 



Closely resembles Icli. Maxims^ but differs by the head being broader, 

 the metathorax much smoother and shining, the quadrate central area, 

 the clearer wings, and the stronger punctation of the abdomen, the 

 apex of which is smooth and shining. 



