MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID^E. 85 



The species comes nearest to (t. con tort id us Pattoii; but it is larger, 

 the head broader, and it differs also in coloratioiial <letail. 



Gonatopus decipiens Prov. 

 Add. ot Corr., p. 179, 9 ; Ashiii. Eut. Am., ui, p. 74; Cross. Syn. Hym., p. 246. 



9 . Leiigtli, 2.4""". Black, with the anteuiiie and legs, in part, testa- 

 ceous. Head large, flat, very finely punctured, with a large ocellus on 

 the vertex. Antenna' inserted near the mouth, lO-Jointed, the first the 

 longest and thickest, the following eh)ngated, slender, the terminal 

 joints dusky. Thorax polished, shining, narrow, elongated with respect 

 to the constricted part of the scutellum. Abdomen subsessile, oval. 

 Anterior femora strcmgly swollen, black, their tibia^ testaceous, their 

 tarsi brownish, with the claws long, in the form of pincers; the four 

 posterior femora with their tibiiv black, their tarsi testaceous. 



Habitat. — Cap Rouge, Canada. 



Type 9 in Coll. Abbe Provancher. 



Unknown to me. 



Gonatopus californicus, sp. uov. 



9 . Length, 3"'"'. Uniformly xnceons-brown, except the apex of the 

 metathorax and the abdomen, which are more or less black. The an- 

 tenUcB, the tarsi, and the slender part of the posterior femora, and the 

 middle of their tibia-,, honey-yellow. The head is very closely, finely 

 punctulate, pubescent, while the metathorax is transversely rugulose. 



Habitat. — California. 



Type 9 in National Museum. 



Described from a single specimen received from A. Koebele. 



Gonatopus bicolor, sp. no v. 



9 . Length, 3""". Head, thorax and legs yellow or reddisli-yellow; 

 middle and posterior knees and tips of posterior tibia^ black. Abdo- 

 men piceons black. Mandibles 4-dentate. Eyes brown. Metathorax 

 smooth, polished, the posterior face feebly transversely aciculated. 



Antenna- subclavate, brown, the 4 or 5 basal joints yellow, the first 

 flagellar joint about twice as long as the second. 



Habitat. — Selma, Ala. 



Tyix^, 9 in National Museum. 



Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. W. II. P;itton. 



DRYINUS Latveilk'. 



Hist. Nat., XIII, p. 228 (180.5); FOrst. Hym. Stml.. ii, p. 90. 

 Cheloihcliiis Reinli., Bed. Eut. Zeits, 1863, p. 409. 



(Typo I), fortiuciirins Latr. ) 



Head transverse, the vertex impressed, when viewed from in front 

 triangular; eyes large, prominent; ocelli ;> in it triangle. 



