lis FAMILY EVANIID.?^:. 



liead of the insect was placed at the small end and tlie sjiace in front of it is 

 packed with minute particles of dust, evidently produced from the bark by the 

 original occupier. Length of cocoon f of an inch " (Couper). 



Hab. —Ottawa. 



Focniis torridii!^ n. sp. 



Black and reddish-brown, the pleurae except mesopleurai and the sides of the 

 abdomen toward the ends of the segments somewhat more reddish; legs from 

 base to knees reddish-brown ; anterior and middle tibise and tarsi, except brown 

 spot on tibiae within, and apex of metatarsus and remaining tarsal segments 

 white, posterior tibiae with ring near base prolonged within, apical three-fourths 

 of metatarsus and following two segments white; head, especially sides of face, 

 and thorax silvery tomentose ; wings hyaline; habitus very slender, with a long 

 neck. 



9. — Posterior ocelli on a line with the back of the compound eyes; occiput 

 not prolonged behind the eyes, much tapered, the margin scarcely reflexed ; face 

 much narrowed below the antennae, impressed lines beneath the antennae diverg- 

 ing below, forming a somewhat elongate triangle, the base of which is the 

 margin of theclypeus; clypeus shallowly emarginate ; eyes touching the poste- 

 rior condyle of the mandibles; face, vei'tex and cheeks impunctate, dully 

 shining; antennae slightly thickened beyond the third segment, this considerably 

 shorter than the fourth. Neck rather longer than the head, minutely trans- 

 versely wrinkled. Shouldei's with a small sharp tooth ; medial mesothoracic 

 lobe covered with regular, well separated, moderate punctures, confluent aloug 

 the parapsidal grooves, between these many much smaller ones; parai)sidal and 

 lateral grooves distinct; scutellum sculptured similarly to the medial lobe of the 

 mesonotum ; sides lobes of mesonotum with fewer coarse punctures than the 

 medial; metapleurae and propodeum coarsely reticulate. Posterior coxae minutely 

 transversely wrinkled ; apex of first segment of posterior trochanters completely 

 separated from the base by a transverse suture, so that the trochanters appear 

 three-segmented. Wings hyaline, with violaceous reflectioii ; the cell Mi trian- 

 gular, almost linear, veins 3/:, and Ma, separating immediately upon separating from 



Ml+2. 



Length 13.5 mm. ; forewiiig 6 mm. ; ovipositor 11.5. 



'J, .—Similar to 9. t,he punctures somewhat thicker on mesonotum and occa- 

 sionally confluent; spiracle on middle of sixth dorsal segment large and con- 

 spicuous. 



Hab. — Mexico. 



Types. — Collection American Entomological Society. 



AULACIN.K. 



J have treated the Noith American species of this snbf'amiJy in a 

 previous paper,* and the present may he considered as in part sup- 

 plementing, in part revising it. 



The hind coxie of the males are normal, but in the females are 



* Trans. Am. Ent. See, xxvii, p. 319. 



