MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPHLE. 415 



length of the first fiinichir joint, faniclar joints 2 to 5 not or scarcely 

 longer than thick, Gth and 7th transverse. Scutelhini with a fovea all 

 across the base, connected with lateral grooved lines. Metapleura 

 covered with a cinereons pnbescence. Wings subbyaliue, pnbescent; 

 stigma brown, nervures pallid. Abdomen oblong-oval, polished black, 

 about as long as the thorax; the petiole rugose, pubescent. 



Habitat. — Europe, Canada. 



A specimen of what is evidently this l*]uropean species was sent to 

 me, more than four years ago, by Mr. W. Hague Harrington. 



Loxotropa californica, sp. iiov. 



9 . Length, 1.8""". Allied to L. abrnpta, but differs as follows: The 

 first flagellar joint is two-thirds the length of the pedicel; the scutel- 

 lum has a very shallow not large fovea at base, the lateral impressed 

 lines only distinct posteriorly; wings hyaline or very slightly tinged 

 with fuscous; sometimes wanting; the head is a little wider before than 

 behind; cheeks behind, collar at sides, and petiole densely woolly. 



Habitat. — Santa Cruz Mountains, California. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Loxotropa flavipes, sp. nov. 



9. Length, 1.3 to l.G""". Polished black, impunctured; antenuje 

 (except club) and legs brownish-yellow O)- reddish-yellow; wings hya- 

 line, pubescent, the stigma piceous. The head is a little longer tlian 

 wide and a little wider before than behind, the frons flattened. An- 

 tennie 12-jolnted, as in L. coliimhiana, the three last funiclar joints grad- 

 ually widened, transverse; club abrupt, 3-jointed, joints 1 and 2 quad- 

 rate, joint 3 oblong. Scutellum with 2 small fovea', at base, usually more 

 or less confluent, and with lateral grooved lines posteriorly. Metathorax 

 roughened, pubescent, with an acute prominence above. Abdomen 

 oblong-oval, black, shining, the petiole with a long, cinereous i)ubes- 

 cence. 



The S agrees with the female structurally, except the fovea? at base 

 of scutellum are deeper and always confluent, and in having 14-jointed, 

 filiform-monilifiuin antennte. Legs and antemne honey-yellow. The 

 pedicel and the second flagellar joint are aboutof an equal length, the 

 latter a little curved or dilated toward one side at apex, the first more 

 slender and shorter, the following, to the last, rounded-mouiliform, the 

 last ovate. 



Habitat. — Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Loxotropa nana, sp. nov. 



9 . Length, 1"'"'. Head and abdomen l)lack, polished ; thorax rufous ; 

 legs and antiMina', except the club, brownish-yellow, or honey-yellow; 

 wings not fully developed, narrow, not reaching to the tip of the abdo- 



