MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID.E. 259 



lioiu not extending- over the vertex of the liead; first segment and 

 the extreme base of second striated. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmoad and National ^[nsenm. 



Described from many specimens. 



Iiiostemina californica, sii. nov. 



S 9 . liCngth, 1 to l.G'"'". Black, snbopaqne, closely finely punctii- 

 late, the mesouotiim less distinctly punctate, shining. ] lead transverse, 

 the vertex at the middle posteriorly, impressed. Antenna' 10-Joiuted, 

 black, the scape one-third shorter than the iiagellum; pedicel longer 

 than the first funiclar Joint, first fuuiclar joint almost as long as the 

 second and third together, second, third, and fourth joints all small, 

 the last the smallest, club -i-jointed, the first the narrowest, second and 

 third quadrate, the last conical, longer than the preceding. In S the 

 club is 5-jointed, the flagellum nearly twice as long as the scape, the 

 pedicel as long as the first two funiclar joints, the third being minute. 

 Thorax with 2 faint furrows. Mesoi)leura with a deep, glabrous imi»res- 

 sion on the disk, extending to the middle coxae. Metapleura finely 

 rugose, Avith raised lines. Tegula' rufo-piceous. Wings hyaline, not 

 fringed, the submarginal vein with the knobbed tip, black. Legs x>ice- 

 ous-black, tlie trochanters, anterior tibi;e beneath and at tips, base of 

 middle and iiosterior tibia', and all tarsi pale brownish-yellow. Abdo- 

 men slightly longer than the head and thorax together, pointed fusi- 

 form, smooth and shining; the basal segment finely rugose, in 9 with a 

 large horn extending forward over the thorax to the vertex of head, 

 finely longitudinally aciculated, and becoming distinctly striated at 

 base; the second segment is long, slightly longer than the five follow- 

 ing segments united, with a fovea and some faint stria^ at base. In 

 the S the basal segment has no horn and is longitudinally striated. 



Habitat. — Los Angeles, Cal. 



Types in National Musium. 



Bred by A. Koebele, from a Cecidomyiid gall on Telypodium inicg- 

 rifolium. 



Inostemnia Lintneri, sp. iiov. 



9 . Length, 1"'"'. Black, polished, the head subopaque, closely mi- 

 croscopically punctate, the vertex slightly impressed in the middle, the 

 face with a median furroA\', the lateral ocelli a little awa}- from the 

 margin of the eye. Antenna' 10-jointed, brown-black, the apex of 

 pedicel yellowish; first funiclar joint slender, more than twice longer 

 than thick; second two-thirds the length of the first; third and fourth 

 minute; club 4-jointed, the joints, except the last, a little wider than 

 long. Thorax smooth, shining, with distinct furrows, the scapuhe with 

 a faint trace of an impressed linej mesopleura i)olished foveated; meta- 

 pleura finely delicately punctate Avith a deep sulcus. Wings hyaline. 



