190 E. T. CRESSON. 



tinned nearly to apex, apical half of second segment smooth and polished : 

 ovipositor longer than body, tips of sheaths thickened. Length .25 inch. 

 Two specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Exothecus rugulosus, n. sp. 



9 . — Opaque ; fuscous, more or less varied with ferruginous, sparsely 

 clothed with white pubescence; head not full behind the eyes, ferruginous, 

 vertex and occiput dusky, the latter transversely aciculated ; antennae dusky, 

 pale at base; thorax blackish, finely rugulose ; prothorax ferruginous; pleura 

 beneath smooth and shining, with a central well-impressed line ; tegulce honey- 

 yellow; wings hyaline, stigma black; legs honey-yellow, the posterior pair 

 more or less tinged with pale fuscous; abdomen fusco-ferruginous, varied with 

 black; first and second segments densely, finely, longitudinally rugose, the 

 first with two longitudinal carinas at base, the second with a transverse space 

 behind middle, enclosed' by a deeply impressed line, extreme apex of segment 

 smooth and polished; ovipositor as long as body. Length .24 inch. 



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



Hormius ? acicnlatns, n. sp. 



9 . — Fuscous, more or less tinged with dull ferruginous ; head ferruginous, 

 with white pubescence, not full behind eyes, vertex depressed ; antennas as 

 long as body, pale at base, dusky at tips; thorax fusco-ferruginous; pleura, 

 metathorax and abdomen covered with dense longitudinal striae; mesothoracic 

 lobes smooth, the sutures rugose; tegulas honey-yellow; wings narrow, sub- 

 hyaline, apical half varied with pale fuliginous ; a streak at tip of stigma, an 

 oblique streak in first cubital cell, a spot at base of second cubital cell and a 

 short transverse line at its apex, hyaline; stigma black, whitish at base and 

 apex; legs ferruginous, with sparse erect white hairs; abdomen blackish-fus- 

 cous, tinged with reddish at base, sparsely clothed with short erect whitish 

 hairs; sutures deeply incised, the second segment with a deep transverse line 

 a little behind the middle; ovipositor about half the length of abdomen. 

 Length .20 inch. 



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



Megischns texanus, n. sp. 



9- — Opaque, dull ferruginous; head tinged with yellow; face rather 

 coarsely reticulated; vertex with two transverse carinas, in front of which are 

 three distant transverse tubercles arranged in a triangle, all tipped with fus- 

 cous ; occiput finely transversely wrinkled; cheeks smooth and polished; tips 

 of mandibles black ; antennas very slender, dusky at tips; prothorax smooth; 

 mesothorax coarsely rugose; metathorax rugose centrally and at tip; (wings 

 too much damaged to be described;) legs shining, posterior femora, which are 

 short and much swollen, with two large distant acute teeth beneath, the an- 

 terior one more robust; posterior tibias clavate, deeply pinched and yellowish 

 above middle; first abdominal segment linear, perfectly straight, as long as 

 all the remaining segments combined, the three following segments fuscous at 

 tip, short, subequal in length; ovipositor as long as body, apical half of sheaths 

 black, with a broad white annulus before apex. Length .40 inch. 

 One specimen from Comal Co. 



