MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID^. 341 



the (liscoidal region. Abdomen black, polished, the petiole very short, 

 the base of second segment with some raised lines; cauda short, im- 

 punctured, curved, very slightly longer than the basal joint of the hind 

 tarsi. 



Habitat. — Texas, 



Type in Coll. National Museum. 



Described from a single specimen in Belfrage collection. 



Proctotrypes texanus, sp. nov. 



9. Length, 3""". Polished black; mandibles, palpi, and legs, in- 

 cluding coxre, yellow; antennae longer than the thorax, slender, fili- 

 form, brownish-yellow, pubescent; first funicle joint slightly longer 

 than the second, the following joints to the last very gradually short- 

 ening, the penultimate being about 4 times as long as thick, the last 

 about one-half longer than the penultimate. Metathorax finely rugose, 

 with a median carina extending to apex. Inner spur of posterior tibiae 

 about one-half the length of the basal joint of tarsi. Wings hyaline, 

 the stigma brown, the marginal cell about one-third the length of the 

 stigma, petiolated at base. Abdomen a little sliorter than the thorax, 

 black, shining, the petiole distinct, fully as long as thick, fluted, second 

 segment at extreme base striated; prongs very short. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Proctotrypes carolinensis, sp. nov. 



$ . Length, 5™""- Polished black. Head twice as wide as thick an- 

 tero-posteriorly with a frontal carina extending from the front ocellus 

 to between the base of the antennae. Mandibles rufous, the tips black. 

 Palpi long, yellowish. Antenufe 13-jointed, filiform, brown-black, the 

 scape yellow; the flagellar joints very gradually shortening to the last, 

 the last equal with the second, the first joint is the longest and a little 

 more than 4 times as long as thick. Metathorax rugose, rounded oft* 

 posteriorly with a single central longitudinal carina extending quite to 

 its apex. TeguhT yellowish. Wings hyaline, the venation brown- 

 black, the marginal cell short, less than one-half the length of the 

 stigma. Legs yellow; the coxae behind at base dusky; the tibia*, and 

 tarsi are long, about of an equal length; the posterior tibial spurs not 

 quite half the length of the basal tarsal joint. Abdomen black, pol- 

 ished, not longer than the thorax, composed of five segments, petiole 

 distinctly grooved, second segment at base grooved, terminal segment 

 ending in two jjrongs. 



Habitat. — North Carolina. 



Type in National Museum. 



