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stramineous ; hind femur testaceous, tibia infiiscate testaceous above, 

 stramineous below, tarsus fuscous ; venation brown. 



Tyj)e locality.— hXinw^ reirion of T^Iount Washington, New Hamp- 

 shire. 



Ty^e.—Q^t. No. 25027, U.S.N.M. 



One female taken by Mrs. Annie T. Slosson. 



PLESIGNATHUS AMERICANUS, new species. 



" Epitomus americanus Ashm. MS.," Slosson, Eiit. News, vol. 13, 1902, 

 p. 320. 



Female. — Length, 7 mm. ; antennae, 5 mm. 



Head thick antero-posteriorly, the temples and cheeks broad and 

 convex, occiput very shallowly concave ; vertex and temples polished, 

 very sparsely punctate; face densely punctate, wider than frons, 

 scarcely half as long as wide; clypeus distinctly separated basally, 

 sparsely punctate and more or less transversely striate, apically 

 transversely impressed and bidenticulate ; malar space as long as basal 

 width of mandible, the malar furrow represented by a broad, finely 

 sculptured line ; mouth broad, mandibles stout, punctate, teeth short, 

 stout, equal; antennae thickened beyond middle, basal three joints of 

 flagellum elongate, subequal, second slightly the longest; thorax 

 polished, sparsely punctate; pronotum obscurely striate in impres- 

 sion ; notauli very short ; sternauli nearly complete ; mesoscutum and 

 scutellum flattened above; propodeum completely areolated, carinae 

 strong, basal median and lateral areas polished, others subopaquely 

 sculptured ; areola hexagonal, emarginate behind, petiolar area rather 

 narrow, concave, superior angles slightly prominent; legs rather 

 stout; areolet apparently open, the second intercubitus completely 

 bullated; cubitus wanting beyond areolet; radius beyond middle of 

 stigma; radial cell measured on metacarpus hardly longer than 

 stigma ; second discoidal cell much wider at base than is brachial at 

 apex; nervellus broken far below middle, discoidella obsolete; ab- 

 domen broad, polished ; first tergite slender, curved, more than twice 

 as long as wide at apex, spiracles at apical third, dorsal carinae reach- 

 ing half way beyond spiracles, lateral carinae weak beyond spiracles ; 

 tergites beyond fourth very short ; ovipositor barely exserted. 



Black; with tergites 2 and 3 and legs (largely) testaceous; man- 

 dibles reddish; antennae ferruginous at base, black in middle, brown 

 at apex; tegulae piceous; middle femur above, hind legs largely fus- 

 cous, trochanters stramineous, coxae testaceous. 



Type locality.— Alpine region of Mount Washington, New Hamp- 

 shire. 



Type.— Cat. No. 25028, U.S.N.M. 



One female taken by Mrs. Annie T. Slosson. 



