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The abdomen is quite broad, sub-compressed at apex, shining, first segment iiunc- 

 tured at sides, 2 and 3 rufous, with sides and more or less of a band across the 

 middle of the segments black; four anterior legs with the tibise and tarsi dirty 

 fulvous ; posterior legs with base of the tibise and tarsal joints, beyond the middle 

 of the second, dirty white. 



Described from one female sent by Prof O. B. Johnson, Seattle, 

 Washington. 



Ixaiiiproiiota bibroiioiiiota n. sp. 9 -—Length 11.5 mm.: ovipositor 

 broken. Head and thorax black, abdomen mostly rufous; two short orbital lines 

 on front, light yellow ; clypeus, mandibles and palpi ferruginous ; coxae, trochan- 

 ters and posterior tibiai and tai-si black ; remainder of legs rufous. Wings yel- 

 lowish fuscous ; areolet medium petiolate. Head and thorax coarsely punctured ; 

 metanotum without carina. Abdomen shining, sparsely punctured, segments 1 

 and 2 with a slight central longitudinal depression ; segment 1 black, with the 

 terminal fourth rufous, 2 and .3 entirely rufous; following segments more or less 

 stained with black. 



Described from one female taken at the Michigan Agricultural 

 College. It comes nearest to L. montana. 



liaiiipronota nigropicia n. sp. '^.—Length 10 mm. Black, with the 

 following parts lemon-yellow ; entire face below antennae, scape beneath, mouth, 

 prosternum, line on collar, small spot on margins of mesonotum, tegulae, spot in 

 front, spot beneath, scutellum, apex of first abdominal segment, second segment,, 

 except a black spot in the centre, all of third segment, base of fourth, four ante- 

 rior legs and tarsi, trochanters, basal two- thirds of tibiae and base of femora of 

 hind legs : antennae brownish fulvous, growing lighter toward the tip. Wings 

 hyaline, without areolet. Thorax and abdomen shining, finely and sparsely 

 punctured ; spiracles on basal segment of the abdomen not tuberculate. 



Described from one male taken at the Agricultural College, Mich. 



liaiiipronota aumilata n. sp. % .—Length 11 mm. Black, with yellow 

 markings ; entire head, excejit occiput, and vertex around ocelli, entire sternum, 

 prothorax above, lines on mesonotum bordering the entire sides and returning 

 parallel half way to the scutellum, tegulae, spot in front, spot below, line between 

 meso- and metapleui-ae, scutellum and post-scutellum lemon-yellow; posterior 

 coxfe lemon-yellow with a black stain above. Abdomen with segment 1 black, 

 except two fulvous spots on apical margin ; segment 2 reddish black, with two 

 spots at base and a broad apical margin light ferruginous; .segments 3 and 4 

 entirely ferruginous, and the remainder reddish black. First segment grooved 

 at base, spiracles tuberculate; antennae dark brown, with scape beneath and a 

 broad annulus above, lemon-yellow. Wings yellowish hyaline, areolet wanting ; 

 mesonotum punctured, rufous and black; pleurae with a slight rufous tinge; 

 metathorax rugose, not carinate. 



Described from one male taken at Gaylord, Michigan. 



Liaiiipronota palloraua n. sp. 9.— Length 11 mm.; ovipositor 11 mm. 

 Pale rufous, with yellowish white markings ; antennae black, with segments 10 

 to 15 white, scape beneath rufous ; orbital lines, lower part of front, mouth, 

 cheeks, gula, entire prothorax with anterior coxae, mesopleui-se, tegulae, s])ot in 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXII. FEBRUAKY, 1895. 



