340 HENRY L. VIERECK. 



Miinei^a niger Pack. 



Psen niger Pack., Proc. Eut. Soc. Phil., vi, 399, ? (excl. % ), 1867. 



One S , Leliigh Gap, Lehigh County, Pa., July 12, 1900 (H. L. 

 Viereck), 



9Iiine!<ia loiigicoruis Fox. 



I'srn Jonijicornia Fox, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxv, 6, %, , 1898. 



One S, Westville, N. J., August 30, 1899 (H. L. Viereck). 



IVIiincsa johiiMOiii n. sp. 



Joints of flagelluni % not i)ulged outward, dorsuluni punctate to striato-piinc- 

 tate, metathorax with a smooth area, otherwise coarsely reticulated. 



9- — Length 8.5 mm. Head polished with moderately strong evenly spaced 

 punctures, closer in front of ocelli than behind, a raised line extending from a 

 prominence between the antennae at base to the anterior ocellus, well defined on 

 its lower half less so above. Posterior ocelli in pits, space between posterior pair 

 plainly less than that between them and nearest eye margin. Face and clypeus 

 thickly covered with golden pubescence, on cheeks sparse, concolorous with that 

 on face, rest of the head with sparse golden hairs. Antennae with the first joint 

 of the flagelluni slender, not as long as joints two and three united, flagelluni be- 

 coming gradually thickened to decidedly at middle and beyond. 



Dorsulum coarsely punctured, somewhat confluently, a longitudinal impressed 

 line on each side extending from just in front of the middle to the posterior bor- 

 der of the dorsulum. Mesopleurae polished, with a few distinct punctures and 

 sparse pale pubescence. Scutellum strongly punctate. Enclosure of metathorax 

 triangular, apex truncated, a hexagonal smooth area with its anterior lateral 

 margins formed by oblique ridges, followed by other oblique ridges to the ajiexes, 

 space between narrow and smooth, the rest of the metathorax coarsely reticulated. 

 Postscutellum laterally, middle segment at the base laterally, with a patch of 

 long yellowish hairs. Wings hyaline, faintly fuscous, the marginal cell darkest, 

 uervures dark brown, testaceous at base of wing. First and second transverse 

 cubital nervures well separated on the radial nervure, first recurrent nervure re- 

 ceived by the second cubital cell about one-fourth its length beyond the first 

 transverse cubitus, second recurrent nervure received about one-fifth of its 

 length before the second transverse cubitus. Femora and tibiae sericeous, tarsi 

 W'itli golden pubescence. Petiole longer than posterior fenior, broadened, wider 

 at apex than at base, distinctly trisulcate, median sulcus smooth, with slender 

 erect pale hairs. Abdomen smooth and shining, apical half of segments two, 

 three, four sericeous, fifth segment and pygidium with sparse golden hairs. 

 Length of pygidial area more than twice the width. Smooth and polished 

 medially, laterally with a row of deep punctures. Black, tibiae ferruginous, with 

 a dark spot dorsally, tarsi and spurs honey-yellow. Antennae seal-brown, under- 

 side of joints one and two of the fiagelluin ferruginous. 



•J, . — Length 8.5 mm. Head punctured a little closer than in 9 • Face and cly- 

 peus covered with silvery pubescence, about the same length as in the other sex. 

 Space aside and between the scape with sparce pubescence, tinged with yellow. 

 Space between hind ocelli less than that between them and nearest eye margin. 

 Antennje as long as head and thorax, slender, of almost equal width throughout, 

 first joint of the flagelluni a little less than one-third longer than the second. Pro- 



