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2 Scapalif without a grooved liuc or ouly sligbtly imlirated at the middle. 

 Legs black, anterior aud middle tibiie and all tarsi, honey-yellow, the posterior 

 til)ia> dusky at the middle. 

 Frontal ledge broad, on the same plane with the vertex; postscutcllum toothed; 

 pedicel a little shorter than first flagellar joint; flagellar joints after 

 the first only a little longer than thick; scapnhe impunctate. 



S. jnlosum Ashm., sp. iiov. 



Frontal kdge not so broad or on the same plane with the vertex, more oblique; 



postscutellum not or but slightly toothed. 



Pedicel much shorter than the first flagellar joint, the flagellar joints after the 



first wider than long ( 9 ); the flagellar joints after the first more 



than twice as long as thick {^) -S'. nigrum Ashm., sp.nov. 



Pedicel longer than the first flagellar joint, the joints beyond about ;is long 

 as thick, 9 ; in <? the pedicel is scarcely half the length of first 

 flagellar joint <S'. paeijicum Ashm., sp.nov. 



Sparasion famelicum Say. 

 Bos. Jour., I, p. 276 ; Lee. Ed. Say, ii, p. 223 ; Cress. Syn. Hym., p. 248. 



9. Length, 4.5'"'". Elongate, black, subopaque, pimctate; bead with 

 a frontal ridge, rugose; thorax shining, with small, rounded x)nn('tnres, 

 th(' parai)sidal furrows distinct, the scapidte with a longitudinal grooved 

 lifie; scutellum margined posteriorly; metathorax narrowed toward 

 apex, broader at base than long, with two parallel median carime, post- 

 st'utellum not toothed, the posterior angles subpromineiit; abdomen 

 as long as the head and thorax together, oblotig-oval, longitudinally 

 striated; wings hyaline, the venation brown black, the stigmal vein end- 

 ing in a knob with a radial ray from its tip; postmarginal as long as 

 the stigmal; legs, except the black coxa^, honey-yellow; antenme fili- 

 form, 12-jointed, fuscous, extending to the tip of the metathorax. 



Habitat. — Indiana and Fort George, Fla. 



Described from a single si)ecimen taken by Dr. E. S, Turner at Fort 

 George, Fla., and which I think without doubt is this long-lost species. 



Sparasion pilosum s]). nov. 

 (Pl.x, Fig. 7, 9.) 



$ 9. Length, 4 to 5'"'". Black, shitiing, very pilose, head rugose 

 from large, coarse punctures; the ledge very broad, on the same plane 

 with the vertex, with a broad sulcus along the anterior margin. An- 

 tenme 12-jointcd, black, the pedicel and first flagellar joint more or 

 less piceous, the latter in 9 one-third longer than the pedicel, in $ about 

 equal, the joints beyond a little longer than thick. Thorax si>arscly 

 punctate, the i^arapsidal furrows distinct, the metathorax rugose, eniar- 

 ginate behind with a A-shaped carina, the angles slightly prominent. 

 Wings fuscous, a little paler toward base, the venation black, the stigma 

 quadrate, black. Legs black, the tibia* and tarsi, hofiey-yellow, the hind 

 tibia* dusky at the middle. Abdomen smooth, shining, longitudinally 

 striate, more coarsely striate in the male. 



Habitat. — Nevada and Wasliington. 



Types in (Joll. Ashmcad. 



Described from two specimens. 



