202 WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD. 



Tribe \"II. Orthocciifriiii. 



n \ KS 1 1> .E us Forster. 

 ilIii«'!«i<liciiN HpicaliM sp. n. 



9. — Leiijfth 3 mm. Polished black; middle of face, an ten nse beneath, logs, 

 except hind coxa;, and more or less of all femora and abdomen, brownish yellow : 

 hind coxai black, all femora more or less rufous: tcRulie and pali)i whitish ; an- 

 tenuHj above brown, fii-st joint of flagellum small, wider than long; metathorax 

 i'lutaceously sculi>tured, but without areas, the lateral longitudinal carinse alone 

 l>rcsent, but delicate. Wings hyaline, the stigma and veins brownish yellow, the 

 areoU't present, pentagonal. Alxlomen one and a half times as long as the head 

 and thorax united, sulicompressed from the third segment, smooth and polished, 

 except the first segment and the extreme base of the second, which are finely 

 aciculated ; the ventral segments 1 4, except some dark blotclies laterally, a small 

 spot at the basal outer angle of the second dorsal segment and the three apical 

 segments are entirely yellow ; the ovipositor projects slightly beyond the tip ; the 

 first segment is nearly as long as second and thii'd united, the second a little 

 longer than the third, the latter being wider than long, the following segments 

 gradually shortening. 



Hub. — Washington, D. C. 



Described from one 9 specimen taken by iny.self. 



BKi:i>IIO€TOi\lIS Forster. 

 ltr<'|>lio('toiiiiM flavosuw sp. n. 



'J,. — Length 2 3 mm. Yellow; stemmaticum, connected with a blotch on oc- 

 ciput, the sutures surrounding the scutellums. disc of metanotum, the dorsum of 

 first, l)asal two-thirds of second, and the fifth and following a1)doniinal segments 

 blackish ; antenna; above and towards tii)s brown, the first joint of fiagellum 

 sliglitly the longest, a little more .ban four times as long as thick ; metathorax 

 areolated, the petiolar or apical area divided into two by a median carina. Wings 

 hyaline, the stigma and veins light brown, the areolet wanting, the third discoidal 

 cell twice as long as the second. Abdomen one-half longer than the head and 

 thorax united, with the first and second segments, except the extreme apical 

 margin of the latter, finely aciculated, the other segments smooth ; the second 

 segment is about two-thirds as long as the first, or a little longer than wide, the 

 third is about as long as wide, while the following are subei|ual, about half as 

 long as the second. 



Hnh. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



T)es(^ribe(l from one % specimen. 



ItroplioofoiiiiM (•iiliroi*iii4'ii?<> >]>. n. 



'^ . — Length 2 mm. Hlack : face below antenna', mandibles, palpi, .scape, pedi- 

 cel, and more or less of the first flagellar joint, tegiilR;, anterior and middle coxa' 

 and trochanters, hind trochanters and the venter white: rest of legs brownish 

 yellow, the hind tibia; towards tips outwardly and their tar.si outwardly more or 

 less obfuscated ; the antenna^ are •23-jointed, cylindrical, a little longer than the 

 body, the first flagellar joint very little longer than the second, about four times 

 as long as thick, the following inipirci'iitibly and gradually shortening. Wings 



