MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID.E. 239 



Sparasiou nigrum, sp. nov. 



$ 9 . Leng'tli, 3 to 3.5""". Very close to ^S*. pUosum^ but quite dis- 

 tinct in the very short frontal ledge, and in its antennal characters. 

 The ledge in the $ merely a slight transverse carina, but in the 9 it is 

 broader and slightly oblique, the head rugose but still not so coarsely 

 rugose as in ti. pilosum. In the S the antennae are longf, flliform, the 

 pedicel less than half the length of the first flagellar joint, the joints 

 beyond more than twice as long as wide; in $ the pedicel is shorter 

 than the firstflagellar joint, the flagellar joints after the first distinctly 

 wider than long. Abdomen in S opaque, rugose, the rugosities longi- 

 tudinally directed; in 9 shining, punctate and striate. 



Habitat.— Pen Mar, Pa., and Oakland, Md. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Sparasion pacificum, sp. nov. 



S . Length, 3 to 3.5""". Black, shining, with long, sparse hairs; legs 

 brownish-yellow, pilose, the cox;e and femora black; head rugose, ante- 

 riorly with a broad semicircular ledge, margined anteriorly and with 

 a curved carina at base, conforming to the curve of the ledge. Anten- 

 nae 12-joiiited, filiform, black, the pedicel and two basal joints of flagel- 

 Inm, brown or piceous; first fiagellar joint in S tAvice the length of ped- 

 icel, narrowed toward base, the joints beyond very little longer than 

 wide, the joint ovate; in 9 the pedicel is much longer than the first 

 fiagellar joint, the joints beyond about as long as thick. Thorax with 

 sparse punctures, the collar dilated at sides to teguhi', rugose anteri- 

 orly ; mesonotum with 2 furrows, ending just before reaching the 

 scutellum ; scutellum subconvex, margined behind ;ind with some 

 punctures in thefrenum; metathorax rugose, Avith prominent rounded 

 angles. Wings fuscous, stigma and iiervures brown-black, the stig- 

 mal vein slightly curved, ending in a knob, with a fuscous ray directed 

 toward the apex of wing, forming a h)ng open marginal cell. Abdo- 

 men oblong-oval, smooth, polished, pilose, the second and third sutures 

 with punctures at bottom, the segments nearly equal, the first truncate 

 and carinated at base. 



Habitat. — California. 



Types in Nationa'l Museum and Coll. Ashmead. 



Three specimens in the i^ational Museum were collected in August, 

 by Koebele, in Marion County, Cal.; another in the Santa Cruz Moun- 

 tains, while my collection contains but a single specimen from Califor- 

 nia, obtained by purchase. 



SCELIOMORPHA Ashm., gen. nov. 

 (Type -S'. hj)i(jicornis Ashm.) 



Head transverse quadrate, the occii)ut and cheeks margined; ocelli 

 3, large, in a triangle, the lateral not touching the eye; eyes large, 

 oval or rounded, hairy. 



