MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMEEICAN PROCTOTRYPID^. 281 



Polyniecus vancouverensis, sp. iiov. 



9 . Length, 2.8""". Black, subopaqiie, closely, microscopically sha- 

 greeued. Auteiintc black, the anteunal tubercles yellow; the first and 

 second club joints quadrate, the third, fourth, and fifth not longer than 

 wide at tip, the upper outer angle acute, the last joint conical, twice 

 the length of the preceding. Legs piceous-black ; the til)ia', fuscous, 

 tarsi pale brown, the trochanters and base of tibia' yellow. Tegnhe 

 black. Wings clear hyaline. Abdomen about twice the lengtli of the 

 head and thorax combined, the third segment half the length of the 

 fourth, the fifth and sixth of an equal lengtli, one-third longer than the 

 fourth, the sixth conical. 



Habitat. — Vancouver Island. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



J)escribed from a single specimen received from Mr. W. Hague Har- 

 rington. 



Polymecus lupinicola, sp. nov. 



S 9, Length, 1 to 1.0 '"". Black, shining, impunctured. Head trans- 

 verse, as broad as the widest part of the thorax, the vertex posteriorly 

 faintly aciculated. Mandibles black. Antenna? 10-jointed, black, the 

 flagellum rather slender, not quite twice as long as the scape; pedicel 

 more than twice as long as thick at tip; funicle joints slender, cyliu- 

 dric, the first nearly twice as long as thick, the second longer, the 

 third slightly shorter than the second; club 5-jointed, slightly and 

 gradually thickened toward tip, the first joint twice as long as thick, 

 the second, third, and fourth nearly equal in length, but not twice as 

 long as thick, the last cone-shaped, very little longer than the preced- 

 ing. Mesonotal furrows distinct posteriorly, becoming obsolete ante- 

 riorly, the middle lobe projecting slightly on the scutellum, the lateral 

 lobes with a sparse tuft of pubescence at base. Scutellum con- 

 vex, smooth, shining, with a small tubercle at tip. Metathorax 

 pubescent. Legs l)lack, the tarsi fuscous or brown. Wings hyaline, 

 pubescent, but not fringed. Abdomen longer than the head and 

 thorax together, pointed at apex, contracted from the apex of the 

 second segment; the fourth segment is one-third longer than the third; 

 the fifth and sixth nearly twice the length of the fourth; segments 

 3 and 4 with a transverse row of punctures; fifth aciculated except 

 at base. 



In the S the legs are black, except the anterior tibite and all tarsi 

 which are pale brown; the abdomen is oblong-oval, not longer than 

 the thorax, the first segment and the second with the foveolai at base 

 striate or aciculate, otherwise mostly polished; teguhe rufo-piceous; 

 antennie black; pedicel shorter than the second funiclar joint; first 

 funiclar small, subtriangular; second swollen, a little curved; club 

 6-jointed, the joints loosely joined, hairy, the first, the smallest, the 



