180 [June 



fif). Ich. californicus. n. sji. 



Black, the legs and abdomen brown ; wings dark fuscous, with a violet re- 

 flection ; central area of metathorax narrow, transverse. 



Male. — Black, subopaque ; clypeus polished, mandibles and palpi 

 piceous ; antennfB porrect, more than half the length of the body, 

 black, tinged with piceous beneath. Thorax finely punctured ; scutel- 

 lum convex, shining ; metathorax confluently punctured, the elevated 

 lines well defined, the central area narrow, transverse. Wings dark 

 fuscous, with a violaceous reflection ; nervures and stigma black, areolet 

 5-angular. Legs brown, shining, the anterior pair paler in front, 

 the coxfie and posterior tarsi black. Abdomen elongate, compressed, 

 opaque dark brown, densely punctured; basal segment black, biline- 

 ated and finely aciculate ; basal foveas of second segment deep, trans- 

 verse and oblique, near the tip of this segment is a triangular impres- 

 sion ; apical segments smoother and somewhat shining 5 beneath pale 

 brown. Length 7 lines; expanse of wings 11 lines. 



Hah. — California. Dr. Geo. H. Horn. 



67. Ich. incertus, n. sp. 



Black ; antennce with a whitish annulus ; legs and abdomen rufous ; wings 

 violaceous-black ; central area of metathorax transversely subquadrate. 



Female. — Head and thorax black, finely and densely punctured, 

 shining; clypeus polished, with a deeply impressed fovea on each side 

 and a slight one on its middle ; antennas more than half the length of 

 the body, porrect, 11th to 15th joints white, tinged with ferruginous 

 exteriorly, apical joints beneath rufous. Thorax with an impressed 

 line on each side of the disk anteriorly ; tegulse black ; scutellum con- 

 vex, polished, black; postscutellum with two deep punctures ; meta- 

 thorax densely and rather roughly punctured, the elevated lines toler- 

 ably well defined, the central area moderate, transversely subquadrate. 

 Wings ample, blackish-fuscous, with a deep violaceous reflection ; ner- 

 vures and stigma black, the latter with a pale spot at base ; areolet 

 5-angular, with 5 small hyaline spots on each side and 3 below. Legs 

 rufous, the coxas and trochanters black, the four posterior tarsi piceous. 

 Abdomen robust, subovate, shining, rufous, petiole black; basal segment 

 broad, bilineated and finely aciculate ; basal foveae of the second seg- 

 ment deep and oblique ; apical segments polished ; ovipositor not ex- 

 serted. Length (34 lines ; expanse of wings 12 lines. 



Hah. — New Jersey. E. T. Gresson. 



