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tfrely honey-yellow. Tlie lieacl is slightly longer than wide and wider 

 than the thorax, with a frontal eariua. 



Antennae lU-Joiiited, honey-yellow; the scape less than thrice as long- 

 as thick; the joints of the flagelluni snbmoniliforni, scarcely longer 

 than thicli. Thorax as in forhlaniis, the nn'tathorax smooth with a 

 ridge in the middle at base. Wings hyaline, the parastigma and stigma 

 black, the other veins pale yellow; the second basal cell is much shorter 

 than the first; the backward directed branch of the basal vein is curved, 

 but not as long as the first branch of the basal. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Perisemus proloiigus Prov. 



Biithylus pi'olongus Prov., Can. Nat., xii, p. 20."), 9 ; Asbm. Eut. Am., iii, p. 97; 

 Cress. Syn. Hym., p. 248. 



9. Length, 4.2""". Black, shining; tlie head very large, much 

 broader than the thorax, about twice as long as wide at base and a 

 little broader in front than behind, densely, minutely punctulate, with 

 some feeble thimble-like punctures. JMandibles black. Palpi pale. 

 AntenniB 12-jointed, honey-yellow; the scape stout, more than thrice 

 as long as thick; the flagellum much thinner, tapering towards tij); 

 pedicel as long as the first flagellar joint; the second and third a little 

 stouter than tlie first and of an equal length; the following a little 

 shorter, all longer than thick. Prothorax subquadrate; mesonotum 

 very short; scutellum with a short, faint transverse line at base; meta- 

 thorax longer, obliquely rounded oft' posteriorly, shining, at base finely 

 rugose. Wings aborted, not extending to tip of the metathorax. Legs 

 black, trochanters, tibia?, and tarsi honey-yellow. Abdomen pointed 

 ovate, much wider than the thorax, highly polished, black, segments 

 2, 3, and 4 emarginate at apex. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada, and Lafayette, Indiana. 



Tyj)e 2 in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from the type specimen, kindly given me by Mr. Harring- 

 ton. In the National Museum is a specimen, reared August 28, 1888, 

 by Mr. F. M. Webster, from Crambus eal'KjhioHtiluH. 



GONIOZUS Fcirstor. 

 Ilyin. StiKl., 11, p. 90 (ISoO) ; I'arasierola Cam.. Traus. Eiit. Soc. Loiul., 1883, p. 197. 

 (Type G. claripennin Forst.) 



Head much as in Perisemus; in $ much broader than the thorax, 

 with a prominent clypeal carina; in 9 longer and less broad. 



Antenna} lo-jointed, subsetaceous, not inserted so far apart as in 

 Periseimis, tlie scape swollen, twice as long as thick, the first flagellar 

 joint minute, smaller than the pedicel, the following joints moniliform, 

 except in the males, rarely much longer than thick. 



Maxillary i)alpi (i-jointed; labial palpi 4-jointed. 



