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22. Ich. subcyaneus. n sp. 



Black, with a bluish tinge: annulus on the antennae and the scutellma white; 

 wings subhyaline; central area of metathorax quadrate, moderate. 



Female. — Black, tinged with blue, shining, finely and densely punc- 

 tured ; frontal orbits pale, subobsolete; antennae involute, black, 10th 

 to 16th joints whitish. Scutellum flat, polished, yellowish-white ; 

 metathorax finely punctured, the elevated lines well defined, the cen- 

 tral area moderate, quadrate. Wings almost hyaline, having a faint 

 tinge of fuliginous ; nervures fuscous, costa blackish, stigma brown ; 

 areolet 5-angular. Legs black, the two anterior pairs tinged with brown. 

 Abdomen stout, subovate, strongly arcuated, deeply tinged with dark 

 blue J basal segment very broad, bilineated, punctured and subobso- 

 letely aciculate, the tip deeply incised ; basal foveas of the second seg- 

 ment transverse, rather deeply impressed 5 apical segments smooth and 

 polished ; ovipositor not exserted. Length 5 Hues ; expanse of wings 

 9^ lines. 



Hah. — New Jersey. Mr. Wm. Wenzel. 



Section 3 — a. 



23. Ich. scelestus, n. sp. 



Deep black, annulus on the antennse, spot on scutellum and another on ter- 

 minal segment of the abdomen whitish ; wings dark fuscous ; central area of 

 metathorax large, quadrate, elongate. 



Female. — Deep black, shining, densely and finely punctured ; on 

 each side of the clypeus a deep fovea ; antennae short, slightly invo- 

 lute, black, 9th to loth joints whitish, spotted on the outside with 

 blackish ; scutellum rather flat, polished, with a small yellowish spot 

 posteriorly; metathorax finely and densely punctured, the elevated 

 lines well defined, the central area large, elongate-quadi'ate. Wings 

 dark fuscous, with a rather strong violaceous and cupreous reflection ; 

 nervures and stigma black ; areolet 5-angular, with a small hyaline 

 spot on its outer nervure and two others below. Legs deep black, the 

 anterior tibiae and tarsi pale in front. Abdomen elongate, strongly 

 arcuated, feebly punctured, shining; basal segment bilineated, smooth 

 on the disk and deeply punctured laterally ; apical segments polished, 

 the extreme tip with a rounded yellowish-white spot ; ovipositor not 

 exserted. Length 6i lines; expanse of wings lOJ lines. 



Hah. — Illinois. Dr. Samuel Lewis. 



