MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PKOCTOTRYPID.E. 59 



Epyris occidentalis, sp. uov. 

 9 . Length 5"""'. ^Euodus black, sbiniiig-; liead with sparse, dis- 

 tinct punctures; mandibles hxrge,5-dentate, rufous; palpi and antenna 

 rufous, the latter brownish toward tips. Metathorax with 5 longitudi- 

 nal carinie, the two lateral abl)reviated before attaining the posterior 

 margin, the surface between the carin;TB transversely rugulose, sides 

 finely longitudinally striate. Wings yellowish-hyaline. Legs rufous, 

 the eoxte blackish, the anterior pair always black, anterior and j)Osterior 

 femora blackish or rufo-i)iceous. 



S . Length 4.3'"'". Agrees with female in color except the posterior 

 coxfe are blackish and the anteuuiie are brown; structurally it differs 

 in the long, acuminate antenuixj, the joints being at least 3 times as 

 long as thick; and in having a smaller less pointed abdomen. 



Habitat. — California. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from 1 $ and 1 9 specimen. 



Epyris carbonarius, sp. uov. 

 (PL IV, Fig. 4, J.) 

 $ . Length 3.5'"'". Black, opaque, closely, finely punctate, sparsely 

 covered with a glittering white pubescence. Head very large, one- 

 fourth longer than wide. Anteuufe, mandibles, palpi and legs rufous, 

 the coxae black. Antennae 13-jpinted, extending beyond the tegulae; 

 the scape curved, narrowed basally, three times as long as thick at the 

 tip ; pedicel wider than long, hardly half as long as the first flagellar 

 joint; the first and second flagellar joints about equal, much longer 

 than thick; remaining to the ultimate, shorter but all of about an 

 equal length, the Liltimate longer and thinner, 2^ times as long as thick. 

 Prothorax longer than wide, laterally imj)ressed ; mesonotum broader 

 than long, without distinct furrows, although with a strong lens faint 

 traces of them can be discerned anteriorly; scutellum with a trans- 

 verse impressed line at base; metathorax longer than broad, finely 

 punctate, slightly rugose basally, with a trace of a median longitudi- 

 nal carina. Wings fusco-hyaline, the venation brown, the stigma sub- 

 quadrate, the transverse median nervure oblique, with a spurious 

 nervure almost interstitial with the median nervure. 



Habitat. — District of Columbia. 



Tyj)e in Coll. Ashmead. 



Epyris aeneiceps, sp. nov. 

 9 . Length 4™'". Bluish aeneous ; the head with a slight greenish 

 metallic luster, sparsely punctate; mandibles, palpi, antennae, and 

 tegulae, rufous; wings subfuscous; metathorax with 5 close, longitudi- 

 nal carinae on disk, interstices and laterally, transversely rugulose, the 

 abrui^t sides longitudinally striated. 

 Habitat.— Fort Capron, Fla. 

 Type in Coll. Ashmead. 

 Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



