176 [June 



Pn'sficeros, the principal character of which seems to be the serrate 

 antennae. 



(5(1. Ich. rubicundus, n. sp. 



Pale rufous ; antenuie with a whitish annuhis : wings subhyalinc ; eentral 

 area of metathorax moderate, subquadrate. 



Fenvde. — Entirely pale rufous, densely punctured, subopaque ; face 

 short ; antennae rather short, rufous at base, whitish in the ruiddle and 

 piceous at tip ; scutellum slightly convex, polished ; metathorax shin- 

 ing, finely punctured, the elevated lines tolerably well defined, the cen- 

 tral area moderate, elongate-subquadrate, polished. Wings subhyaline, 

 the anterior pair rather strongly fuliginous, posterior pair paler ;ind 

 iridescent ; nervures and stigma blackish, the latter whitish at base ; 

 areolet 5-angular, the 2nd recurrent nervure angulated. Legs color of 

 the body, the tarsi obfuscated, tips of the posterior femora and tibiae 

 sometimes blackish. Abdomen rather stout, densely punctured ; basal 

 segment rather broad, indistinctly bilineated and finely aciculate; basal 

 foveas of the 2nd segment obsolete ; apical segments darker, smooth 

 and polished; ovipositor not exserted. Length o^^ lines; expanse of 

 wings 62 lines. 



Hah. — Illinois. Dr. Samuel Lewis. 



()]. Ich. l8evigatus, n. sp. 



Rufo-ferruginous, shining; antennre with a broad yellowish aunulu-j; wings 

 clear; central area of metathorax large, irregularly subquadrate. 



Female. — Entirely rufo-ferruginuus, smooth and shining ; face be- 

 neath the antennae tinged with yellowish ; anteunse short, slightly 

 involute, basal joint rufous, 2nd to 7th piceous, 8th to loth yellow, 

 remaining joints blackish above, rufo-piceous beneath. Thorax finely 

 punctured, somewhat flattened on the disk above ; scutellum flat, pol- 

 ished, slightly tinged with yellowish ; metathorax somewhat roughly 

 punctured, subopaque, the elevated lines well defined, the central area 

 large, irregular, slightly transverse. Wings almost hyaline, very fiiintly 

 tinged with fuliginous; nervures blackish, fuscous at base, stigma rather 

 large, black ; areolet 5-angular. Legs short and rather stout, color of 

 the body, clothed with very short yellowish pubescence. Abdomen 

 rather short, stout, smooth and polished ; basal segment not much 

 dilated, rather convex, minutely and obsoletely aciculate, lateral mar- 

 gins carinated, deeply incised at tip ; basal foveas of the second seg- 



