6l8 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



southernmost portion of the United States and is quite a 

 different insect. 



It occurs along the coast and up the Connecticut Valley to 

 Hartford, and is not uncommon in July and August, when it 

 will be found on the flowers of many compositse, especially the 

 goldenrod, and on the flowers of umbellifers. 



New Haven, 21 July, 1903, 12 September, 1904 (B. H. W.) ; 

 Sachem's Head, i August, 1904, Westbrook, 30 August, 1904 

 (H. L. v.). 



E. interrupta Say. 



This species occurs with the preceding. 



New Haven, 20 July, 1904 (W. E. B.) ; Branford, 12 August 

 1904 (H. L. V.) ; North Haven, 3 August, 1905 (B. H. W., 

 H. L. v.). 



Anthoboscin^. 

 By Charles Thomas Brues. 



Sierolomorpha Ashmead. 



Wings with a large stigma, closed marginal cell, one distinct 

 and one indistinct closed cubital cell, two discoi^ial cells and 

 trace of a recurrent nervure. The tarsal claws are simple. 

 Antennae 12-jointed in female and 13-jointed in male. 



S. ambigua Ashmead. 



Shining black, legs piceous in male and ferruginous, in female ; 

 abdomen oval, the first segment constricted off from the rest; 

 metathorax margined at the sides. Length 4.5-6 mm. 



Salisbury, 29 August, 1904 (W. E. B.). 



TlPHIIN^. 



Species belonging to this subfamily are parasitic on the 

 May or June beetles {Lachnosterna species). 



Key to Genera. 



First transverse cubitus present but incomplete Paratiphia p. 618 

 First transverse cubitus wanting Tiphia p. 619 



Paratiphia De Saussure and Sichel. 



Habitus of Tiphia, but differs in venation. Only one Eastern 

 species described. 



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