No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 269 



second abscissa of discoidal vein nearly as long as third; 

 nervellus angulate or strongly curved below middle; dis- 

 coidal vein of hind wings wanting Viereckiana p. 271 



8. Second abscissa of discoidal vein as long as or shorter than 



third 9 



Second abscissa of discoidal vein longer than third 10 



9. Propodeum virtually exareolate Viereckiana p. 271 



Propodeum areolated; eyes not distinctly converging below, 



not hairy; areolet present Idechthis p. 270 



10. Nervellus not angulated Neonortonia p. 271 



Nervellus angulated or branched below middle ..Casinaria p. 270 



Subgenus Pseuderipternus Viereck (new^subgenus). 

 Podogaster Provancher, not Brulle. Limneria Cresson (in part). 



Casinaria (P.) radiolata Provancher. Eripternus primus 

 Ashmead MS. 



Female : length 7.5 mm. ; black ; clypeus, mandibles and palpi 

 reddish ; wings hyaline, veins blackish ; legs red except mid and 

 hind coxse, their trochanters and the hind tarsi, v^hich are black 

 or blackish ; abdomen with third, fourth and fifth segments red 

 except at base above ; exserted portion of ovipositor 4.2 mm. in 

 length. 



Stratford, 21 July, 1908 (W. E. B.). 



Subgenus Pseuderipternoides Viereck (new subgenus). 



Limneria Cresson (in part). 

 Type: Limneria porrecta (Cresson). 



Casinaria (P.) porrecta (Cresson). 



Black; most of mandibles, palpi and tegulae yellowish; legs 

 reddish ; abdomen reddish and blackish, especially black or black- 

 ish at base and apex ; all coxse reddish or pale. 



Colebrook, 21 July, 1905 (H. L. V.), on flowers of water 

 hemlock {Cicuta maculata) ; Woodmont, 9 July, 1904 (P. L. B.). 



Subgenus Amorphota (Foerster) Howard. 



° Casinaria (A.) orgyiae Howard. 



Hind tibiae without whitish annuli ; all coxae mostly reddish or 

 pale; abdomen above mostly reddish, disk and apical border of 

 second segment black. 



