NORTH AMEHICAX IIYMKXOI'TEUA. 15") 



This genus seems to form ti connecting link between Fir/ife.-< and 

 Eacoila, the erect chib on tiie jrosterior jnirt of its scutelhim, wliich 

 easily separates it from all other genera, being evidently analogous 

 to the cup in Eucoila. 



51. TliyiM'ocora iiigriroiiiora n. sp.— 9. Leugth .10 inch. Hlack. 

 smooth and polished, very slightly pubescent; antennse and legs dull honey- 

 yellow, two basal joints in antennse and femora, excepting tips, bhick. Abdo- 

 meu ovate, compressed, somewhat pointed, ventral valve projects slightly beyond 

 the upper terminal segment and the ovipositor is slightly exserted. Wings hya- 

 line, pubescent ; veins brown. 



Hah. — Canada (Abbe Provancher). Described from one specimen. 



0.>IAL,A$!iPIi§i Giraud. 



.">2. Oinalaspi!!^ nori<lauii»« n. sp.— '^ . Length .12 inch. Head nearly 

 smooth, a pit at the liase of each antenna; antennae red, 14-jointed, filiform ; 

 joints long oval, first joint stout, black, polished, second round, third slightly 

 longer than fourth, excised slightly, exteriorly; terminal joint the longest joint. 

 Mesothorax polished, with two grooves ; prothorax striate at sides, pleune smooth, 

 the mesopleursB faintly longitudinally striate, scutelhim smooth, elongate, trun- 

 cate posteriorly, bifoveate at base, there is a slight groove at lateral margins : 

 legs red. Abdomen ovate, slightly com])ressed, petiole very short, striate. Wings 

 hyaline; veins yellowish. 



Described from two sj)ecimens captured at large. 



FIGITES Latreille. 



.')3. Figites floridaims u. sp.— 9. Leugth .15 inch. IMack and sliining, 

 with some sparse pubescence on head and thorax. Head rugoso-punctate. sul)- 

 opaque; eyes oval, sparsely ])ubescent ; antennae red, basal joint black, jiolished. 

 longest, clavate, second small, globular, third about one-third longer than fourth, 

 from fifth joint nioniliform. Thorax above smooth, polished, with two distinct 

 grooves; prothorax and pleurse striate; scutellum rugose witli two lai-ge. deep 

 foveae, tip obtuse. Legs honey-yellow all coxse black, femora above in middle, 

 more or less obfuscated. Abdomen long ovate, compressed, pointed at tip, and a 

 striate aunulus at base; petiole short, stout ; second abdominal segment striate 

 at base, third occupying nearly all the rest of the abdomen ; the ovipositor is 

 exserted, and the ventral valve extends a little in advance of the last dorsal seg- 

 ment. Wings hyaline ; veins pale lirowii. 



SOI.E:V\SI»ISn. g. 



The full characters of this gcnu.^ given in the " Table of Genera" 

 will easily distinguish it. 



54. ^ioleiiawpiM li.valinipoiiiii!^ n. sp. — 9. Length .l.'J inch. iUack. 

 l)olished. Head rugose, striate in front; antenna' and legs red. Thonix smuoth. 

 with two grooves, a short deei) groove or an elongate fovea at jiosterior margin 

 between the parapsidal grooves; prothorax coarsely striate; mesoiileura- verj" 



