410 BULLETIN 4.-., UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



from here to tlie last they are longer, quadrate, tlie last large, cone- 

 shaped. Head oblong, smooth, anteriorly just above the frontal exca- 

 vation roughened, tlie angles acute; the frontal prominence emargi- 

 nated, punctate, with a small discal fovea; beneath the eye is a large, 

 long sulcus. Mandiblesblack. Thorax with two furrows that term in ate 

 anteriorly just before reaching the collar. Scutellum with two large, 

 oblique foveas Metathorax pubescent. Wings fusco-hyaline, pubes- 

 cent, folded, with a deep fissure at ai^ex. Legs piceous, the trochanters, 

 the slender portion of the tibiw, and the tarsi honey- yellow. Abdomen 

 as long as the head and thorax together, smooth, polished, the apex 

 with some sparse white hairs, the ])etiole longitudinally grooved, with 

 some sparse pubescence at the apex above and beneath. 



Hauitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen received from Mr. W. Hagne Har- 

 rington. 



Galesus politus Say. 



Copter a poll la Say, Loc. Ed. Say's Works, ii, p. 727; Ashiii., Can. Ent., xix,p, 195; 

 Cress. Syn. Hyni. N. A., p. 250. 



$ 9 . Length, 2,2 to 2.6""". Polished black. Antenn.T. 12-jointed, 

 clavate, reaching slightly back of the teguhe; scape black, angulated 

 within before the tip; pedicel and the 4 or 5 following joints honey- 

 yellow, the joints beyond piceous, submoniliform, the last the largest, 

 oblong, sometimes wholly piceons. Antenna' in S 14-jointed, filiform, 

 a little shorter than the body, pale brown, the scape black, the flagellar 

 joints about 2i times as long as thick. Head nearly twice as long- 

 as wide, smooth, polished, the anterior angles acute; frontal promi- 

 nence with a discal fovea and an emargination at apex. Mandibles 

 rufous or pale. Thorax smooth, polished, with two distinct furrows, 

 the middle lobe with a fovea posteriorly. Scutellum with two oblong 

 fovea3 at base. Metathorax pubescent. Wings subhyaline, folded, 

 pubescent, with a deep fissure at apex. Legs, including cox;e, honey- 

 yellow or pale rufous. Abdomen oblong oval, polished, not as long as 

 the head and thorax together. 



Habitat. — Indiana, District of Columbia, Oakland, Md., and Fort 

 George, Fla. 



Specimens in Coll. Ashmead. 



This species is not rare and is widely distributed, occurring from 

 Florida to Canada. 



Galesus floridanus Aslim. 



Can. Ent., in, p. 105. 



S . Length, 1.5""". Black, iwlishcd, covered with sparse scattered 

 pile. Head only a little longer than wide, smooth, polished, scarcely 

 emarginated anteriorly, not cornutcd, Anteunse 14-jointed, hmgerthan 



