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Dacnusa larviceps, n. sp. 



9- — Black, smooth and shining, with a short pale pubescence, dense on 

 metathorax and first abdominal segment; mandibles red; palpi, scape and 

 tegulae pale honey-yellow; antennae longer than body, flagellum fuscous; 

 wings subhyaline, iridescent, stigma long, fuscous, radial nerve thickened and 

 black, radial cell very large; legs pale honey-yellow, coxae paler, tibiae darker, 

 posterior tarsi obfuscated; abdomen dull honey-yellow, smooth and shining, 

 first segment black, rugulose; ovipositor as long as abdomen. Length .18 inch. 



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



I>acnusa minima, n. sp. 



£. — Black, smooth and shining; mandibles, palpi, scape and legs entirely 

 pale yellowish; antennae as long as body, black; metathorax with dense pale 

 pubescence; wings hyaline, iridescent, radial cell very long; abdomen some- 

 times tinged with brownish, shining, first segment narrow, longitudinally ru- 

 gulose. Length .10 inch. 



Three specimens. (Belfrage.) 



CHALCIDID.E. 



Leucospis texana. 



Leucospis texana, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv., p. 31, % . 

 Two specimens. (Belfrage.) Differs greatly in form from ajfinis, 

 Say, the abdomen being much shorter, broader at apex and much nar- 

 rowed to base; the posterior femora much more swollen, being almost 

 circular and having only four distinct teeth, three of which are very 

 large, long and scarcely dilated at base. 



Leucospis aflinis. 



Leucospis affinis, Say, Long's 2d Exped. ii., p. 327. Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. 

 Soc. iv., p. 32. 



Five 9 specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Smicra rufofemorata. 



Smicra rufofemorata, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv., p. 39. 

 Two % specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Smicra torvina. 



Smicra torvina, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv., p. 40. 

 Two $ specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Smicra delira. 



Smicra delir a, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv., p. 41. 

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



Smicra subobsoleta. 



Smicra subobsolela, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv., p. 42. 

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



Smicra sanguiniventris. 



Smicra sanguiniventris, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv., j>. 43. 

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



