338 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



vures, otherwise veiiiless. Hind tarsi as long as their tibia), the tibial 

 spur ^ the length of tlie basal tarsal joint. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Proctotrypes californicus Holnlg. 

 Kongl. sv. Freg. Eug. Resa lus., p. 434; Cr. Syn. Hym., p. 248. 



$. Length, 4 to 4.5""". Polished black 5 the mandibles, antennae 

 beneath and leg:s, except coxai, rufous, Metathorax finely rugose, with 

 a median carina. Joints 1 to 5 of Hagellum dentate beneath. Wings 

 subhyaline, the discoidal nervures distinctly visible as fuscous streaks, 

 marginal cell one-third the length of the stigmal. Abdomen black, 

 polished, not longer than the thorax, the petiole very short, rugose, 

 striated at sides and beneath, the second segment with some striie at 

 extreme base, terminal segment ending in two short prongs. 



Habitat, — California, Canada, and Virginia, 



Specimens, agreeing in all particulars with Holmgren's description, 

 are in my collection. The species is easily recognized by the dentated 

 flagellar joints, being the only species in our fauna thus distinguished. 



Proctotrypes obliquus, sp. noA-. 



S . Length, 4.5™'". Polished black. Head very broad, more than 

 thrice as wide as thick antero-posteriorly. Eyes large, ovate. Mandi- 

 bles piceous, black. Palpi very long, pale brownish. Antenniie 13- 

 jointed, very long, filiform, pubescent, the fiagellar joints nearly of an 

 equal length, about four times as long as thick. Metathorax gradually 

 sloping off i)osteriorly and produced into a point far beyond the inser- 

 tion of the hind coxa*, coarsely reticulately rugose; at the base are two 

 large foveoe which are connected by a sulcus or a grooved line with the 

 spiracular fovciie, Teguhie brown. Wings subhyaline, the stigma and 

 radius brown-black; the marginal cell is a little longer than half the 

 length of the stigma. Legs pale brownish-yellow, the hind coxa^ black, 

 the others black only at base; the tibial spurs are long, the inner spur 

 of hind tibia' being more than half the length of the basal tarsal joint, 

 all tarsi longer than tibiip, Aljdomen subcompressed, black, shining, 

 and composed of but 3 visible segments, the apex when viewed from the 

 side being obliquely trnncated, the usual two projecting spines wanting. 



Habitat, — Texas. 



Type in National Museum. 



Described from a single specimen in Belfrage collection. 



Proctotrypes flavipes I'rov. 



Nat. Can., xii, p. 264; Faim. Ent. Can., 11, p. 562 9. 

 MefiafipUuH UicensVvoy., Faim. Ent. Can., 11, p. 808 9. 

 I'rocioirupcs jlaripes Frov., Add. et Corr., ]>]). 462 and 471. 



9 . Lcngtli, 3.5 to 4" "", Polished black ; mandibles, teguhe, and legs, 

 yellow, ^letathorax finely rugose, with two large smooth areas at base 



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