186 E. T. CRESSON. 



Itracon disjilnctns, n. sp. 



9- — Differs from radiatus as follows: — Face with only two foveae ; protho- 

 rax coarsely rugose ; metathorax with a rather prominent reddish tubercle on 

 each side before apex, polished spaces at base larger; posterior coxse, trochan- 

 ters and femora except extreme tips, pale sanguineous; abdomen broader, the 

 radiating stria at base of second segment not so distinct and well defined. 

 Length .35 inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. G. W. Belfrage.) 



Itracon mavoritns, n. sp. 



9 . — Sanguineous, shining; head subtrausverse, not prominent behind eyes, 

 black; orbits more or less interrupted, and spot beneath eyes, pale yellowish ; 

 thorax smooth, impunctured; metathorax with a central longitudinal groove; 

 wings blackish, paler at apex, base of radial cell darker, an oblique hyaline 

 line across first cubital cell, ending in a spot beneath it, second cubital cell 

 long; legs, including coxse, entirely black; abdomen broad ovate, covered 

 with dense longitudinal striae; first segment much as in faustus ; second seg- 

 ment with prominent basal corners and a small subrhomboidal space on basal 

 middle, prolonged posteriorly by a sharp carina to margin of median trans- 

 verse line which is deep and broadly furcate laterally; base of third and 

 fourth segments deeply incised, their apical margin smooth and polished; ovi- 

 positors shorter than abdomen. Length .32 inch. 

 Two specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Braeon Belfragei, n. sp. 



9. — Long, narrow, yellowish sanguineous, shining; head transversely 

 subquadrate, cheeks rather prominent, black, orbits, upper margin of mouth, 

 posterior margin of occiput and middle of mandibles yellowish-red; palpi 

 fringed with long white pubescence; antennae rather slender, fuscous; thorax 

 smooth and polished, immaculate except a small black spot on each side of 

 pleura beneath; metathorax with a slightly raised central longitudinal line; 

 wings as in mavoritus ; legs black, coxae, posterior femora beneath and within, 

 and tibial spurs, pale sanguineous; abdomen long, narrow, first and basal half 

 of second segment coarsly rugose, apical half of second and third segment ex- 

 cept apical margins, with dense longitudinal striae; apical segments smooth 

 and polished; first segment with a large central elevation (the apex of which 

 is polished,) bounded laterally by a deep groove and a blackish carina; second 

 segment long, divided medially by a deep transverse crenulated groove, the 

 basal corners of each half prominent but not striated, a small subrhomboidal 

 space on basal middle of anterior half, prolonged posteriorly by a fine carina 

 which ends in a smooth space an anterior margin of the median transverse 

 groove; ovipositor longer than abdomen. Length .40 inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. G. W. Belfrage.) 



Itracon novitus, n. sp. 



% . — Pale sanguineous; head black, anterior orbits, face except central 

 black spot, mouth, mandibles except tips, and palpi except basal joint, yellow- 

 ish-white; antennae as long as body, slender, entirely black; a large black spot 

 on each side of collar; thorax immaculate; wings pale fuliginous, basal half 

 and base of radial cell darker; legs black, anterior pair, and most of their 



