428 NEW SPECIES OF HYMENOPTERA 



greater than the distance between one of them and the nearest eye margin; 

 head very shining, pohshed, with sparse, distinct pmictures; gula with a 

 short, blunt tooth ; first and second joints of the flagellum about equal in length ; 

 clvpeus, inner orbits, and cheeks with prominent, silvery pubescence, that on 

 the clypeus and orbits denser; pronotum prominently, transversely ridged 

 anteriorly, not toothed laterally, distinctly lower than the mesoscutum; meso- 

 scutum and mesoscutellum shining, polished, with sparse, distinct punctures; 

 episterna more finely and closely punctured than the mesoscutum, the foveo- 

 late furrow slightly curved, and a prominent fovea above, below the tegulae; 

 the two convexities of the enclosed space on upper surface of propodeum 

 smooth, shining; propodeum channelled medially, the channel connecting with 

 a transverse, foveolate furrow at the base of the upper surface; posterior face 

 of propodeum shining, indistinctly sculptured near the sides; sides of propo- 

 deum smooth and shining; episterna and mesosternum with prominent silvery 

 pubescence; abdomen sparsely, microscopically punctate, covered with short, 

 fine, not dense silvery hairs; the apical margins of the tei'gites narrowly testa- 

 ceous; pygidium flat, acute at the apex, about one and one-third times as long 

 as broad, with large, close distinct punctures. Color black; mandibles except 

 the reddish apical half, scape except a blotch behind, flagellum beneath at 

 base, pronotum above, posterior lobes of pronotum, anterior femora at the 

 tips, anterior and intermediate tibiae except a blotch within, posterior tibiae 

 on the basal third, all the tarsi except the apical joint, very pale lemon yellow; 

 flagellum testaceous beneath, wings hyaline, iridescent, veins and stigma 

 brownish. 



cf . Very similar to the female. The tooth on the gula is somewhat stronger 

 and the flagellum and fore femora are entirely black. 



Type, a female collected at Omaha, Nebraska, July 9, 1914, 

 on Chamaecrista fasciculata, (L. T. Williams) ; allotype, a male 

 collected at Omaha, Nebraska, July 25, 1914, (L. T. Williams); 

 five female and one male paratypes collected at Omaha, West 

 Point and Glen, Nebraska. 



The female is very similar to errans (Fox), but differs by having 

 the gula toothed, the mesoscutellum black, and in the sparser 

 puncturation of the head and thorax. The male in having the 

 gula toothed seems related to armaticeps (Fox), but is distinct in 

 having the clypeus and scape posteriorly black, the posterior 

 tibiae yellow at the base only, and the convexities of the enclosed 

 space of propodeum smooth and shining. 



Family OXYBELIDAE 



Notoglossa minor sp. nov. 



c? . I.ength 2.75 mm. Clypeus five-toothed; head very strongly punctured 

 throughout; occiput finely striato-punctate (i. e. the punctures strong as on 

 the rest of the head, but the striae very fine) ; distance between the two pos- 

 terior ocelli about twice the distance between one of them and the nearest eye- 



