1865.] 35 



account of the distinct areolet of the wings; otherwise, it seems to be- 

 long to that genus. It seems also allied to Glt/pta, but the segments 

 of the abdomen are not obliquely grooved. 



Genus PIMPLA, Fabr. 

 Pimpla marginella. Brulle. 



Pimpla marginella, Brulle, Hym. p. 107. 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. 2 % . 1 9 , specimens. 



Pimpla rufoniger, n. sp. 



Dull rufous; head, antennae and abdomen, black, the apical margins of the 

 latter obscurely pale ; wings subhyaline, with a brassy gloss. 



Female. — Head black, clothed, especially ou the face, with short, 

 white pubescence ; middle of the face, clypeus and base of mandibles, 

 rufous ; labruni and palpi yellowish ; antennae very slender, rather 

 longer than the body, piceous-black, the basal joint beneath rufous. 

 Thorax above and beneath dull rufous, opaque ; tegulae and scutellum 

 rufous ; metathorax dull rufous, blackish at base above, sides of the 

 dorsal surface transversely wrinkled, the disk smooth and shining, on 

 the middle there is a transverse carina from which the surface slopes 

 rather abruptly behind, sides rather abrupt, finely aciculate and slightly 

 pubescent. Wings subhyaline, tinged with fuscous, and with a rather 

 strong brassy gloss ; nervures and stigma black, the latter with a pale 

 dot near the base ; areolet small, subtriangular, slightly oblique and 

 subpetiolated. Legs, with the coxae, rufous, the tarsi slightly obfus- 

 cated. Abdomen stout, strongly arcuated at base, smooth and shining, 

 black, the apical margins of all the segments obscurely pale testaceous, 

 sides of the apical segments and the whole of the ultimate one, rufous ; 

 ovipositor black, nearly two-thirds the length of the abdomen. Length 

 b\ lines; expanse of wings 11} lines. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Two specimens. 



Closely allied to P. marginella Brulle, but is larger, moi - e robust, and 

 much darker in color; the antennae are much longer and the metatho- 

 rax differently sculptured, that of marginella being uniformly punctured, 

 opaque, and entirely rufous. 



Pimpla cubensis, n. sp. 



Yellow: three stripes on mesothorax, sutures of pleura, and base of abdominal 

 segments, black; wings yellowish-hyaline; 3rd joint of antennae longer than 

 the 4th. 



Female. — Yellow, shining; spot enclosing the ocelli, pointed before, 

 and tips of the mandibles, blackish ; eyes also blackish ; antennae as 

 long as the body, blackish above, brownish beneath, yellowish at base, 

 3rd joint one-third longer than the 4th, which is as long as the 1st and 

 2nd joints together. Thorax: mesothorax with a broad blackish stripe 



