170 E. T. CRESSON. 



i: \4M-h i I ii m nigrovarium. 



Exochilum nigrovarium, Brulle, Hym., p. 172. 

 One 9 specimen. (Belfrage.) 



Thyreodon morio. 



Ichneumon morio, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii., p. 180. 



One $ specimen. (Boll.) 



A nomalon magniceps, n. sp. 



£. — Black; head large, much wider than thorax, broadly emarginate be- 

 hind, with full prominent cheeks; face, anterior orbits, lower part of cheeks, 

 clypeus, mandibles except tips, and palpi, pale yellow ; antennae two-thirds the 

 length of body, entirely pale orange-yellow ; mesothorax, scutellum, tegulae 

 and sometimes a large spot beneath wings, ferruginous; metathorax coarsely 

 reticulated, sometimes tinged with rufous on disk and at apex; wings uni- 

 formly dark fuliginous, with a brassy reflection, discoidal cell not contracted 

 at base; legs black, anterior pair entirely, intermediate femora in front, their 

 tibiae except tips, their tarsi, basal half or two-thirds of posterior tibiae, and 

 more or less of their tarsi, ferruginous or yellowish-ferruginous; abdomen en- 

 tirely black, first segment swollen at tip. Length .85 inch. 

 Two specimens. (Boll.) 



Anomalon pallitarse, n. sp. 



% . — Deep black, shining ; anterior orbits, clypeus except central black spot, 

 spot on mandibles, and palpi, yellowish ; antennas two-thirds the length of 

 body, orange-yellow, their basal joints black, scape yellow beneath; metatho- 

 rax coarsely reticulated, with a shallow longitudinal central furrow; wings 

 uniformly fuliginous, discoidal cell contracted at base; legs black, line on an- 

 terior femora in front, their tibiae, intermediate tibiae in front and all the tarsi, 

 pale yellow; sometimes the posterior tibiae are palish at base; abdomen en- 

 tirely black, first segment not swollen at tip. Length .80 inch. 

 Two specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Anomalon orbitalis, n. sp. 



%. — Black, shining; anterior orbits, cheeks, face, clypeus, mandibles ex- 

 cept tips, palpi and scape beneath yellowish; antennae about half the length 

 of body, pale ferruginous, black at base; tegulee ferruginous : metathorax finely 

 reticulated, with a deep longitudinal central furrow; wings uniformly fuligi- 

 nous, discal cell contracted at base; four anterior legs pale yellow, their femora 

 honey-yellow, intermediate coxae black at base; posterior legs black, their tro- 

 chanters, basal half of tibiae, and their tarsi, yellow; first, second and upper 

 half of third abdominal segment pale honey-yellow, remainder black, disk of 

 second segment not swollen at tip. Length .60 inch. 

 Three specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Anomalon fulvescens. 



Cre.ma.stus fulvencens, Cress. Froc. Ent. Soe. iv., p. 285. 

 Two S specimens. (Belfrage.) Color honey-yellow or pale fer- 

 rugiuous, with vertex, anterior middle of mesothorax and tip of abdo- 

 men black. 



