160 FAMILY EYANIID^E. 



Hyptia prosetetlietra n. sp. 



(Fig. 1.) 



Black, except tbe prothorax, mesonotuni, scutelluiu and most of the rueso- 

 pleurse red. Clotlied with white hairs. Head seen from above transverso-quad. 

 rate ; the anterior edge slightly emarginate ; posterior corners rounded ; the eyes 

 slightly prominent. Profile rounded above; eyes oblique; temples narrow 

 above, considerably broader below; malar space less than one-third the length of 

 the eye. Face from in front ovate, almost round, more pointed below; eyes not 

 prominent; no autennal basin or interantennal carina; apex of mandibles red, 

 their base black; the cheeks are separated from the face only by an indistinct 

 carina, extending but a short distance along the margin of the eye ; face and cly- 

 peus not swollen ; face, forehead, vertex, temples and cheeks closely, coarsely 

 and umbilicately punctured, the punctures coarser and more distinct than in H. 

 huptiogastris : even and smooth on the forehead, vertex and temples, rough on 

 the face; arranged in two or three rows on the temples; the antennse inserted 

 below the middle of the compound eyes; filiform; scape a little less than one- 

 fifth as long as the flagellum; one-fifth longer than joints 3 -f- 4; pedicel three- 

 fifths as long as the third joint. Alitrunk short and stout. Pronotum slightly 

 prolonged into a collar, transversely incurved mesally ; humeral angles rather 

 sharp; mesonotum and scutellum strongly convex ; lateral and anterior grooves 

 absent; the parapsidal grooves absent, except for a slight impression near the 

 anterior margin ; the polished area on the mesopleurse is large, with two small 

 pits on the posterior part and one larger one above ; the groove is long and deep, 

 extending to the coxte ; the anterior swelling full, with a few quite small punc- 

 tures; the mesoventer also with small punctures; the metaventer more coarsely 

 punctured; the mesonotum and scutellum closely, coarsely and umbilicately 

 punctured, the punctures large, smaller on the propodeum above the petiole, 

 reticulate below the petiole. The sculpture of the metapleuise and sides of the 

 propodeum is as shown in Fig. 1 ; furcula with only very short lobes. 



The tibiae are minutely spinulose. The wings are hyaline. 



The j)etiole is punctured on the side, a very narrow smooth stripe above. The 

 abdomen is orbicular and polished. Length 6.5 mm. 



Hah. — Tiftoii, Georgia. 



Type. — In the U. S. National Museum. A specimen without 

 locality in the collection of the American Entomological Society. 



Hyptia hypiiogastris n. sp. 



(Fig. 2.) 

 Black; the face below the antenna;, the dorsum and the upper part of the 

 pleurae red ; front legs brown. Clothed with white hairs. Head seen from above 

 strongly transverse; the anterior margin neither noticeably prominent nor me- 

 .sally emarginate. Profile rather broad, rounded above; eyes nearly straight; 

 forehead flat ; temples not much widened below ; malar space not one-half the 

 length of the eyes. Face from in front oval, a little jjointed below ; eyes slightly 

 prominent; no antennal basin; apex of mandibles red, their base black; the 

 cheeks are separated from the face by an indistinct carina, jiassing from the 

 upper angle of the base of the mandibles to the eyes, then within and close to 



