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tibiae and tarsi, black ; sometimes the posterior tibiae has a median pale annu- 

 lus; lobes of mesothorax each with a shallow longitudinal groove; metathorax 

 coarsely reticulated; wings dark fuscous, areolet quadrangular; abdomen 

 smooth and polished. Length .30 inch. 

 Two specimens. (Belf'rage.) 



Agathis vulgaris. 



Agathis vulgaris, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv., p. 295. 

 Two 9 specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Agatliis iucabilis, n. sp. 



% 2. — Differs from vulgaris principally by the four anterior legs being 

 mostly black ; the color of the head varies from almost entirely yellow-ferrugi- 

 nous to entirely black; the coxae also vary in the same way; the posterior 

 tibiae is entirely black. Length .25— .30 inch. 

 Five specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) 



Agathis ruforipes, n. sp. 



9- — Black, shining; face not as much prolonged as usual; metathorax 

 opaque, rugose above, with a smoother rounded space on each side of middle : 

 wings uniformly dark fuliginous, areolet small, quadrangular, stigma blackish; 

 legs honey-yellow, coxae, trochanters, apex of posterior tibiae, and their tarsi 

 except base of first joint, black; first abdominal segment opaque, rugulose, the 

 second more or less tinged with reddish, depressed centrally, remaining seg- 

 ments polished; ovipositor rather longer than abdomen. Length .18 inch. 

 Three specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Microgaster croceipes, n. sp. 



% 9. — Deep black, shining, tips of mandibles and palpi dull yellowish; 



metathorax coarsely reticulated, with a well-defined central and lateral carina ; 



wings pale fuliginous, subhyaline at tip, stigma large, black, areolet complete, 



large; legs, except coxse, orange-yellow; abdomen polished. Length .20 inch. 



Sis specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Microgaster maculipcnnis, n. sp. 



% 9 .—Black ; clypeus, mandibles, palpi, scape beneath and tegulae honey- 

 yellow: metathorax as in croceipes; wings yellow, apex pale fuliginous, a 

 fuliginous cloud beneath stigma and another covering discoidal cell, stigma 

 yellow, apex black, areolet minute, complete ; legs and abdomen honey-yel- 

 luw, tips of posterior tibiae and tarsi entirely, fuscous; abdomen polished, sides 

 of first segment pale yellow, Length .23 inch. 



Four specimens. (Belfrage.) A very handsome species. 



Bracon epictis, n. sp. 



J. — Black, smooth and polished, sparsely clothed with a whitish pube- 

 scence; head very full behind the eyes; face smooth, even ; posterior orbits 

 and mandibles more or less tinged with reddish; scape dilated at apex, with 

 the margin somewhat reflexed anteriorly ; thorax impunctured; wings black- 

 ish, a hyaline spot beneath insertion of first and second cubital cells, the latter 

 quadrangular, twice longer than broad, nervures and stigma black ; legs en- 

 tirely black, sericeous with pale hairs; abd.omen broad ovate, shining, pale 



