96 BULLETIN 15, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Aiiteon lugosus, sp. iiov. 



S . Length, 4,3""". Head and tliorax, except the disk of mesono- 

 tum and scutelhim, very coarsely rugose, the niesouotuni and scutelluni 

 sparsely but coarsely punctate; head very large and thick, the lace 

 with silvery white hairs; mandibles, scape, tips of anterior femora, 

 their tibia? and tarsi, ferruginous; rest of legs, ex('ei)t the tarsi, black; 

 tlagellum brown-black, very pilose; wings hyaline, the stigma large, 

 brown-black, with a pale spot at base ; nervures distinct but pale. Ab- 

 domen very narrow, small, polished, black, subcompressed. Antennae 

 10-jointed, as long as the head and thorax united, tapering toward tips, 

 the flagellar joints nearly equal in length, four or more times longer 

 than thick, the scape thicker and a little longer than the lirst tlagellar 

 joint. 



Habitat. — Illinois. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Anteon tibialis Say. 



Boat. Jour., i, p. 284; Lt-c, Ed. Say's Works, ii, p. ToO; Asian. Eut. Am,, in, p. 71; 



Cress. Syn. Hym. p. liKi. 



S . Length, 3"'"'. Black, shining; head and prothorax tinely i>unc- 

 tured; mesonotum smooth, without furrows; metathorax rugoso-punc- 

 tate with some elevated lines toward base. Antenna? lO-jointed, fus- 

 cous, covered with a short i)ubescence, the scape and pedicel dull yel- 

 low; llagellum vsubclavate, brown, the joints after the first less than 

 twice as long as thick. Wings hyaline, the stigma brown, the nervures 

 hyaline, subobsolete, the stigmal vein very short, scarcely half the 

 length of the stigma. Legs black, extreme tips of the femora and tibiie 

 and tarsi dull honey-yellow. 



Habitat, — Indiana and District of Columbia. 



The specimen from which this description is drawn up was taken by 

 Mr. Schwarz, and agrees exactly with Say's description. 



Anteon politus, sp. iiov. 

 (Pl.vi. Fig. 2,9.) 



9. Length, 2.0"'"'. Polished black; head, collar, and mesopleura 

 irregularly microscopically shagreened ; metathorax rather coarsely 

 rugose; collar distinct, less than half the length of the mesonotum; 

 mesonotum with furrows indicated only anteriorly; legs (excei)t the pos- 

 terior coxte, which are black basally, and the posterior tibia? and tarsi, 

 which are fuscous) rufous. Antennfe 10-jointed, reaching only a little 

 beyond the tegnhe, brown-black, the scape rufous; tlagellar joints only 

 a little longer than thick. Wings hyaline, the stigma large, brown, the 

 nervures distinct pale yellow, the stigmal vein about as long as the 

 stigma. Abdomen ovate, subpetiolate, polished black, depressed, not 

 quite as long as the thorax. 



