342 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Proctotrypes longiceps, sp. iiov. 



9. Length, 7""". Polished black; anteiiiiiTP yellowish, the apical 

 joints a little dusky, the first flagellar joint the longest, the following 

 to the last slightly shortening, the penultimate being scarcely 3 times 

 as long as thick, the last one-half longer than the lueceding; palpi 

 yellowish ; legs reddish-yellow, the coxie slightly dusky basally. Meta- 

 thorax twice as long as high, finely rugulose, smoother above, with a 

 median carina. Wings hyaline, the discoidal uervures visible as 

 fuscous streaks, the stigma fuscous, the marginal cell one-third the 

 length of the stigma, petiolated. Abdomen black, shining, longer than 

 the head and thorax together, distinctly petiolated, the petiole more 

 than twice as long as thick, finely striated; ovipositor not longer than 

 the basal joint of hiud tarsi. The femora are swollen, the tibia? sub- 

 clavate, the inner spur of posterior tibiie scarcely one-third the length 

 of the basal tarsal joint. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



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

 rington. 



Proctotrypes canadensis, sp. nov. 



9 . Length, 3""". Polished black; antennre brown, the first flagellar 

 joint not longer than the second, shorter than the scape, the following 

 joints, except the last, about 2J times as long as thick, the last fiilly 

 twice as long as the penultimate; legs reddish-yellow, the coxiB dusky 

 basally. Metathorax a little longer than high, rugose, smooth on dor- 

 sum toward base, with a median carina. Wings hyaline, without dis- 

 coidal uervures, the stigma yellowish, the marginal cell less than half 

 the length of the stigma, petiolated. Abdomen black, shining, not 

 longer than the thorax, the petiole scarcely as long as thick, rugose, 

 the second segment at base Avith numerous stride ; ovipositor very short, 

 two-thirds the length of the basal joint of hind tarsi. The femora are 

 not so much swollen, the tibia' long and slender, the inner spur of hind 

 tibie not more than one-fourth the length of the basal tarsal joint. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen, received fi^om Mr. W. Hague Har- 

 rington. Its smaller size, shorter metathorax and ovipositor, relative 

 length of the auteunal joints and the shorter tibial spurs, easily sepa- 

 rate the species. 



Proctotrypes simulans, sp. nov. 



9 , Length, 4""". Polished black, antennae -rufous, the first flagellar 

 joint scarcely longer than the second, but as long as the scape, the fol- 

 lowing joints after the third about 2i times as long as thick, the last less 

 than twice as long as the penultimate; legs, including coxai, reddish- 



