No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 565 



°G. pilosus Ashmead. 



Black, pilose, the head only a little longer than wide. An- 

 tennal scape and the coxae black. Legs rufous. Flagellum 

 brown. Abdomen impunctate at apex. Length 2 mm. 



Loxotropa Foerster. 

 Key to Species. 



Females 



1. Winged 2 



Subapterous nana 



2. Upper part of front angulated in front of eyes ruficomis 



Front smooth, not angulated 3 



3. Scutellum with one large transverse fovea abrupta 



Scutellum with two small confluent foveae at base . . . .flavipes 



°L. nana Ashmead. 



Head and abdomen black, thorax rufous. Legs and antennae, 

 except club, brownish yellow. Wings narrow, not reaching to 

 the tip of the abdomen. Scutellum with a small rounded fovea 

 at the base. Length i mm. 



°L. ruficornis Ashmead. 



Black. Antennae, except club, rufous. Legs, including 

 coxae, reddish yellow. Scutellum with a large fovea at the base. 

 Wings hyaline, the abdominal petiole finely sculptured. Length 

 1.6 mm. 



°L. abrupta Thomson. 



Black. Antennae, except the 3-jointed club, and the legs 

 rufous. Scutellum with a fovea across the base, connected with 

 lateral grooved lines. Wings subhyahne, the abdominal petiole 

 rugose. Length 1.8-2 mm. 



°L. flavipes Ashmead. 



Polished black. Antennae, except the club, and the legs 

 brownish yellow or reddish yellow. Wings hyaline. Scutellum 

 with two more or less confluent foveae at the base, the lateral 

 grooved lines absent anteriorly. Length 1.3- 1.6 mm. 



Diapria Latreille. 



D. conica Fabricius. 



Black, more or less woolly. Antennae, mandibles, and legs 

 rufous ; the scape darker, and the five apical joints black. Abdo- 



