1865.] 85 



scenee. Abdomen : the first segment transversely aciculate, remaining 

 segments smooth and shining; ovipositor longer than the body, brown- 

 ish, valves blue-black. Length of body 7 — 11 lines, of ovipositor 9 — 

 13$ lines; expanse of wings 91 — 141 lines. 



Male — Resembles the female, but is more elongate and slender, the 

 posterior tibiae are not so much swollen, and the tarsi are 5-jointed and 

 not at all dilated; the posterior femora beneath have the two large teeth 

 of about equal size, and between them and behind the last one there 

 are several minute serratures. Length 9 lines; expanse of wings 9$ 

 lines. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Two 9 j two £ specimens. 



Both % and £ of this species were taken by Dr. Gundlach in consi- 

 derable number, coming out of the same hole in the trunk of a diseased 

 tree called Julia in Spanish. 



Genus STENOPHASMUS. Smith. 

 Stenophasmus Gundlachii, n. sp. 



Rufo-ferruginous; antennae pioeous ; wings fusco- hyaline. 



Female — Uniform rufo-ferruginous, subopaque; face rugose, mandi- 

 bles dusky; antennae longer than the body, very slender and setaceous, 

 piceous, the two basal joints dull rufous. Thorax elongate; dorsal 

 lobes of the mesothorax prominent, especially the central one, which is 

 transversely striated, very finely so on the disk and coarsely on the side, 

 behind it there is a large excavation which is also transversely striated ; 

 sides of the pectus with a deep longitudinal excavation, which is trans- 

 versely striated ; pleura polished with a longitudinal, deeply impressed 

 line on each side beneath; scutellum polished; metathorax rugose, po- 

 lished on each side at base. Wings fusco-hy aline, (imperfect). Legs 

 darker in color than the body, polished, slightly pubescent; posterior 

 tibiaa and tarsi somewhat flattened. Abdomen elongate, incurved and 

 much thickened at tip; first segment nearly as long as the remaining 

 segments together, slightly broader at tip, covered with very fine trans- 

 verse striae, more obvious on the sides; on each side, between the base 

 and the middle of the segment, a stout tubercle, and on each side at 

 the extreme base a cariniform process truncate behind and forming a 

 subacute angle; second segment opaque, with a longitudinal impressed 

 line on each side of the middle, not reaching beyond the middle ; re- 

 maining segments somewhat shining, much thickened, incurved, and 

 gradually narrowed to the tip ; ovipositor as long as the body, blackish. 

 Length 61 lines. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Gundlach. One specimen. 



