AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 195 



iSONE IVEW ACULEATE HYMENOPTERA FROW 

 lELIBfOlSi AXD FLORIDA. 



BY CHARLES ROBERTSON. 



TIPHIA Fabr. 



MALES. 



Apex of first segment of abdomen strongly produced and constricted. 



floriflana u. sp. 

 Apex of first segment of abdomen not strongly produced and constricted 1. 



1. Wings whitish hyaline ^• 



Wings yellowish, or yellowish fuliginous 2. 



2. Face and mesonotum doubly punctate, clypeus narrowed at apex. 



vulgaris u. sp. - 



Face and mesonotum not doubly punctate, clypeus broad at apex. 



clypeata n. sp. 



3. Large, nervures dark, segments 3-5 of abdomen with coarse punctures. 



punctata n. sp. 



Small, nervures pale, abdomen more evenly punctured, .illiiioensis n. sp. 



FEMALES. 



Pigidium strongly puneto-striate throughout floridana n. sp. 



Pigidium puneto-striate on basal half 1- 



1. WMngs yellowish vulgaris n. sp. 



Wings whitish illinoeusisu.sp. 



Tiptiia floridana n. sp. 



/j^. Black; face opaque, with a double punctuation ; mesonotum coarsely 



punctured ; apical half of wings yellowish, marginal cell surpassing second sub- 

 marginal ; first segment of abdomen on the middle with a transverse ridge, be- 

 yond coarsely punctured, towards apex produced to a smooth, shining, impunc- 

 tate, somewhat pointed tubercle, beyond which it is strongly constricted, else- 

 where the abdomen rather coarsely punctured, the punctures closer on apical 

 segments. Length 9-10 mm. 



9.— Differs from females of Tiphia known to me by the pigidium being 

 coarsely and strongly puneto-striate throughout. Length 14 mm. 



Inverness, Florida; 3 ^,1 9 specimens. 



Tiphia vulgaris n. sp. 



'^ .—Face and mesonotum opaque, doubly punctured, clypeus narrowed towards 

 the apex, which is emarginate ; wings yellowish or yellowish fuliginous; abdo- 

 men rather finely punctured. Length 7-11 mm. 



9. Wings yellowish, pigidium hardly puneto-striate beyond apical half. 



Length 12-14 mm. 



Carlinville, Illinois; Orlando, Florida; 37 J, 8 9 specimens. 

 This is a common species and may be the same as T. inornata Say. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXVII. APRIL, 1901. 



