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the last about twice as long as thick ; collar and petiole yellowish ; while 

 the basal joint of hind tarsi is as long as joints -J to 4 united. 



IIAEITAT. — District of Columbia, and Bladeusburg, Md. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Three specimens, all taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 

 Ceraphrou caiinatus, sp. nov. 



$ 9. Length, 1.5 to 2""". Polished black, feebly punctate; au- 

 tenn<^ brown-black, except a yellowish ring between the pedicel and 

 first flagellar joint; flagellum very slightly thickened toward tip; ped- 

 icel and first flagellar joint very long, the latter slightly the longer, joints 

 2 to 4 subequal, the second two-thirds the length of the first; joints 

 5, 0, and 7 about equal, longer than the second; last joint not quite 

 as long as the sixth and seventh united. Thorax with a central grooved 

 line; scutelluni a little longer than wide; post-scutelluni with a tooth; 

 posterior angles of metathorax acutely x>roinincut; metapleura bounded 

 above by a high carina. Wings subfuscous, the venation brown, the 

 stigmal vein long, curved. Abdomen polished black, Ih times as long 

 as the thorax, the secoiul segment more than twice as long as the fol- 

 lowing segments united, striate at base. Basal joint of hind tarsi as 

 long as the following joints united. 



In the $ the 11-jointed antennsB are long, filiform, the flagellum 

 alone being longer than the body; scape and legs brownish-yellow; 

 flagellum brown-black; first flagellar joint about 5 times as long as 

 thick, the following joints to the last shorter, nearly eiiual, the last as 

 long as the first; collar and base of abdomen yellowish, the latter not 

 much longer than the thorax. 



Habitat. — Oakland and Bladensburg, Md.; District of Columbia, 

 and Virginia. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead and National Museum. 



Several specimens. 



Ceraphron mellipes, sp. uov. 



$ 2. Length, 0.8 to 1'"'". Polished black, impunctured; scape, 

 pedicel, and legs, bright honey-yellow; teguhe yellowish; wings clear 

 hyaline. Antennir, in 9 10-jointed, the flagellum brown, subclavate, 

 the first funicle joint obconic, two-thirds the length of the scape; joints 

 2, 3, and 4 as wide as long, fifth subquadrate, sixth and seventh a little 

 longer than wide, the last a little h)nger than the two preceding united. 

 In the $ the antenniie are 11-jointed, filiform, not longer than the body, 

 the first flagellar joint Ih times as long as thick, longer than the ped- 

 icel, the following joints, except the last, scarcely longer than thick, 

 pubescent, the last joint a little longer than the first. In both sexes 

 the face is impressed above the insertion of the antenna' with a grooved 

 line in front of the front ocellus; thorax with a central impressed line; 



