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truncate behind, the petiole small and short, woolly, the second segment • 

 with 2 foveolte at base. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Va. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



A single specimen. 



Ceratipria infuscatipes, sp. nov. 

 (Pl.xviir,Fig.3, 9-) 



5, Length, 1.2""". Polished black, impimctured-, autenme piceous 

 black; legs rufous, cox;e and the swollen parts of femora and tibiic, 

 piceous or dusky. Head globose, with long, sparse hairs. Antennai 

 12-3ointed ; the club 3-jointed, incrassated, the first joint rounded, a little, 

 smaller than the second, the second quadrate, the last ovate twice as 

 long as the preceding ; first fuuiclar joint cylindrical, as Ion g as the pedi- 

 cel,*funiclar joints 2 to 6 shortening, but all much longer than thick, the 

 seventh oval. Collar woolly, metathorax and petiole densely pubescent. 

 Scutellum with a rather large, deep fovea at base. Wings hyaline, 

 fringed, the stigma piceous. Abdomen ovate, black polished, the 

 petiole not longer than thick. 



Habitat.— Ottawa, Canada. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



A single specimen received from Mr. W. Hague Harrington. In the 

 shape of the head, the large scutellar fovea, length of the funiclar joints, 

 and the ovate abdomen, this species is quite distinct from those pre- 

 viously described, and its position in this genus is doubtful. 

 Ceratopria floridana Ashm. 

 Cephalonomia floridana Ashm., Can. Eut., xix, p. 196. 



9 . Length, 1.1""". Polished black, impunctured ; trochanters, base 

 of tibia?, and tarsi honey-yellow. AntenuiB 12-jointed, ending in a 3- 

 jointed, incrassated club, the last joint being oblong, much stouter than 

 the penultimate, and as long as the two preceding joints together, the 

 first club joint being smaller than the second; first fuuiclar joint cyhn- 

 drical, about twice as long as thick, the following very slightly widened 

 to the club, a little wider than long. Scutellum with a moderately 

 deep fovea at base. Metathorax and petiole covered with a cinereous 

 pubescence. Wings hyaline, strongly fringed, the stigma brown. Ab- 

 domen oblong-oval, black, polished. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



TRICHOPRIA Ashmead, gen. nov. 

 (Type T. pentaplasta Ashm.) 

 Head subglobose, without a frontal impression, the occiput rounded, 

 cheeks woollv; ocelli 3 small; eyes rounded. 



Antenn.e, in 9 12-jointed, the club gradually incrassated, not abrupt, 

 4 or 5 jointed; in $ 11-jointed, filiform, covered with short, sparse hairs; 



