1865.] 



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ing the ocelli, brown; antennae more than half the length of the body, 

 blackish, the two basal joints yellowish. Thorax yellow, shining; me- 

 sothorax with three broad, longitudinal, black stripes, the central one 

 entire, the lateral ones abbreviated, before and behind where they are 

 somewhat rufous ; on each side of the pleura, an oblique, black, de- 

 pressed line ; scutellum yellow, convex and polished ; metathorax yel- 

 low, with three longitudinal black lines, the central one depressed and 

 broadest, the lateral ones interrupted towards the base. Wings hyaline, 

 slightly iridescent, the extreme tips fuscous; nervures and stigma black; 

 areolet minute, narrow, oblique, petiolated. Legs pale honey-yellow, 

 the four anterior coxae yellow; the posterior pair dull honey -yellow. 

 Abdomen very long and slender, dull honey-yellow, the 1st segment 

 yellow at base ; a 'line on the disk of the 2nd segment, almost reaching 

 the tip, and a spot at the base of the 3rd segment above, black; sides 

 of the 4th, 5th and fith segments sometimes stained with fuscous; ovi- 

 positor exserted about 2 lines, rufous, valves black. Length 7 lines; 

 expanse of wings 7 2 lines. 



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



A 9 variety in the Collection of Dr. Grundlach is smaller, much paler 

 in color, and the lateral black lines of the metathorax are not inter- 

 rupted. 



Eiphosoma vitticollis. n. sp. 



Yellow; antennas, three lines on mesothorax. a central one on metathorax, 

 base and apex of posterior tibiae and their tarsi black, their femora fulvous: 

 abdomen slightly tinged with fulvous, the narrow dorsal surface blackish : 

 wings hyaline, areolet minute, oblique, petiolated. 



Female. — Head yellow, faintly tinged with fulvous ; tips of mandi- 

 bles, large spot on vertex enclosing ocelli, and two spots on occiput be- 

 hind the ocelli, blackish; antennae rather more than half the length of 

 the body, blackish, the two basal joints yellowish. Thorax yellow, 

 shining ; mesothorax lobed in front, sparsely punctured, polished, with 

 three broad, longitudinal stripes, the central one entire, broadest in 

 front, the lateral ones abbreviated in front where they are broadest and 

 rounded ; pleura entirely yellow ; metathorax yellow, polished, with a 

 slight transverse carina near the base, angular before the central longi- 

 tudinal sulcus which is black and rather deep. Wings hyaline, faintly 

 tinged with fuscous, slightly iridescent; nervures and stigma fuscous; 

 areolet minute, oblique, petiolated. Legs yellow; posterior legs very 

 long, their femora fulvous, dusky near their base, their tibiae yellow, 

 black at base and apex, as well as their tarsi, tibial spurs yellowish. 

 Abdomen very long and slender, yellowish-fulvous; two basal segments 



