MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID.E. 315 

 Polygnotiis euiotice, sp. nov. 



9. Length, 1 to 1.20""", Black, polislied; head tlnice as wide as 

 thick aiiteio-i^osteiiorly, tlie vertex i^eifectly smooth. Aiiteiiiiie H) 

 jointed, black; pedicel slijihtly longer and thicker than the first and 

 second fnniclar joints together, the three funiclar joints cylindrical, of 

 a nnitorni thic-kness, the first, the shortest, the second, the longest, bat 

 oidy a little longer than the third; clnb o-jointed, slender, the joints 

 all distinctly longer tlian thick, abont li times as long as thick, the 

 last long, conical. Thorax ovoid, polished, the mesonotal grooves dis- 

 tinct posteriorly for half the length of tlie mcsonotum, the base of the 

 lateral lobes with some short striie. t^cutellum high, transversely, con- 

 vex, slightly pubescent posteriorly. Metaplenra sericeous. Teguhe 

 riifo-piceous. Wings hyaline, pubescent. Legs brown-black, anterior 

 knees, tips of tibia' and all tarsi honey-yellow. Abdomen as long as 

 the thorax, polished, the petiole a;id foveohe at base of the second seg- 

 ment striated. 



Habitat. — San Bernadino County, Cal. 



Types in National Musenm. 



Described from two specimens bred April 17, IS.ST, by A. Koebele, 

 from a Cecidomyiid gall on EnroUa canaia. 



Polygnotus rubi, s](. nn\ . 



9. Length, 1""". Black, ]»olished; head thrice as wide as thick 

 antero posteriorly, the vertex not aciculated. Antenmv 1(> jointed, 

 brown, the scape and pedicel yellowish; pedicel as long as the first and 

 second funiclar joints together; first funiclar joint very minute; second 

 and third about equal; club 5 jointed, slender, the joints, except the 

 last, not longer than thick, cup shaped. Thorax ovoid, polished, the 

 mesonotal furrows only slightly in<licated posteriorly, the basal ti}) of 

 the middle lobe slightly elevated, the parapsides at base with a small 

 tuft of pubescence. Scutellum high, transversely convex, posteriorly 

 pubescent. Metaplenra sericeous. Teguhe rufo-piceous. Wings hya- 

 line, pubescent. Legs black, or brown-black, tlie ti[)S of anterior femora, 

 their tibiiv, ami all tarsi, honey-yellow. Abdomen ])olished, about as 

 long as the head and thorax together, ]>ointed at tip, the ]>etiole and 

 the foveoliip at base of second segment striated. 



IIaeitat. — Arlington, Va. 



Types in National INInsenm. 



Described from two specimens, bred ^March .SO, ISSfi, from Crridonn/ia 

 farinosa O. S. found on blackberry. 



Prof. John B. Smith has also reared the same insect from a gall on 

 blackberry at New Brunswick, X. J. 



Polygnotus asynaptas, sp. nov. 



$ 9. Length, O.SO to 1.20 \ Black, polished; head in 9 about 3i 



times as wide as tiiick antero posteriorly, but in the r? scarcely thrice 



