196 WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD. 



Subfamily II. Tryphonin^. 

 Tribe I. Mesoleptini. 



SPAXOC'TEt'SfUS Forster. 



Spanocteciius <*aseyi sp. u. 



%. — Length 4 mm. General color reddish yellow; stemmaticum, occiput, 

 lateral ridges of mesonotum, depression at base of scutellum, nietanotum, meta- 

 sternum and abdomen, except base of petiole and the third and fourth segments, 

 which are yellow, black ; two basal joints of anteunte. except spot above, the 

 face, the mandibles, palpi, presternum, anterior and middle coxte and trochanters, 

 and the hind ti-ochanters, white: tip of hind femora and most of their tibife, 

 except beneath, brownish or fuscous. 



i/(T 6.— Norfolk, Va. 



Degicribed from a single % specimen received from Captain Thos. 

 L. Casey, and in honor of whom tlie species is named. 



SYi'IIXOLETER Forster. 



Syclinoleler aiiiericaiiii«$ sp. n. 



%. — Length 7.5 mm. Ferruginous, finely punctate; head black, sericeous, the 

 clypeus piceous ; mandibles pale rufous; antennie longer than the body, mostly 

 black ; joints 1-4 rufous, the flagellar joints 10-13 yellowish white. Wings 

 hyaline, the veins brown, the costa nearly black ; metathorax completely areo- 

 lated, the middle area hexagonal. Legs long, slender, the hind pair much the 

 longest, first joint of all tarsi longer than the following joints united. Abdomen 

 slender, longer than the head and thorax united, with a whitish spot at tip. the 

 petiole about as long as the second and third segments united, the spiracles situ- 

 ated at about two-thirds its length, the second segment a little longer than the 

 third, the fourth about four-fifths the length of the third, the fifth a little shorter 

 than the fourth, the following segments very short. 



Hab. — Jacksonville, Fla. 

 Described from one S sp(!cimen. 



l*EKIEI»iSi:S F5rster. 



I'ei'ilJNNiiN N4>iifliwi<'kii sp. n. 



'^ . — Length .")..■) mm. Head above, the thorax, except prosternum and lower 

 margin of collar, the jietiole, except at apex, and ajiex of abdomen, black ; face, 

 cheeks, mandibles, except teeth, antennaj, prosternum. lower margin of collar, 

 legs and middle of abdomen, ferruginous. Wings iiyaline, or with a slight tinge, 

 the stigma, except a pale spot at base, and veins dark brown, the costa towards 

 base and the tegulse ])ale yellowish. The head and thorax are finely punctate, 

 the head suhquadrate, the parapsidal furrows incompletely defined or wanting, 

 while the metathorax is conipletel.r areolated. 



i/a6.— Central Park, N. Y. 



Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. F. B. Soiith- 

 wick, and in honor of whom the species is named. 



