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PHYGADEUON, Grav. 



1. Phygadeuon major, n. sp. 



Black ; antennae with a yellowish annulus ; legs and abdomen, except base, 

 rufous, apex with a yellow spot : wings subhyaline. 



Famale. — Black, shining, clothed with a short, fine, yellowish pube- 

 scence, more obvious when viewed in profile ; face densely and finely 

 punctui'ed ; clypeus polished, tinged with rufous, with a deep fovea on 

 each lateral suture, mandibles also tinged with rufous; palpi testaceous; 

 antennae rather short, stout, involute at tip, black, the 8th to 12th 

 joints yellow, the three basal joints tinged with rufous, beyond the an- 

 nulus beneath the joints are obscurely ferruginous. Thorax shining, 

 finely and closely punctured, the mesothorax flattened, less distinctly 

 punctui'ed ; scutellum polished, obscure rufous, as well as a transverse 

 spot behind it ; metathorax rugose, a rather large subquadrate, almost 

 smooth, shining space on each side at base, the elevated lines sharply 

 defined, the central area moderate, 6-angular, posterior face suddenly 

 depressed and bounded above by a sharply defined carina, arcuated in 

 the middle and prominent on each side ; tegulas rufous. Wings hya- 

 line, slightly tinged with yellowish; nervures and stigma ferruginous; 

 areolet o-angular. Legs stout, rufous ; posterior coxae, except tips, 

 black, their femora and tihias at tips blackish. Abdomen stout, about 

 as long as the head and thorax, ovate, highly polished, rufous, base of 

 the 1st segment black, its tip broad, the petiole short and stout, on the 

 apical third two short well defined longitudinal carinae, and the lateral 

 margins also acutely carinated ; apical segment with a large yellow 

 spot; ovipositor short, rufous. Length 4| lines; expanse of wings 7 

 lines. 



Hah. — Illinois. Dr. Samuel Lewis. 



This is the largest species of this genus so far known to me. 



2. Phygadeuon annulatus. n. sp. 



Black : annulus on antennse, tegulse, and spot on apex of abdomen, whitish ; 

 legs and abdomen, except three apical segments, rufous: wings subhyaline. 



Female. — Black, shining; face punctured, the vertex, occiput and 

 cheeks polished; most of the clypeus, the mandibles and palpi, pale 

 rufous; antennae more than half the length of the body, rather stout, 

 fuscous, tinged with rufous at base and again towards the tip, the 7th 

 to 12th joints white, not so broad beneath. Thorax minutely sculp- 

 tured, shining; mesothorax polished, somewhat flattened, apparently 



