444 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Basalys fuscipennis, sp. nov. 



S. Length, 2.7""". Polished bkick, impuuctured ; cheeks behind 

 and collar with a dense cinereons pubescence ; antennae, legs, and petiole 

 brownish -yellow ; wings fuscous. The antennre are very long, li-jointed, 

 tapering toward tips; pedicel rounded, first flagellar joint about twice 

 as long as the pedicel, or less than half the length of the second flagellar 

 joint, the latter the longest joint except the last, very stout and a little 

 curved, the following joints to the last shorter, cylindrical, all about 

 of an equal length, fully thrice as long as thick, the last joint longer 

 than the penultimate. Thorax without furrows, but convexly swollen 

 medially anteriorly, the scutellum with a transverse fovea at base, the 

 sides straight, the postscutelluui tricarinated, w hile the metathorax has 

 the angles lobed and a prominent, blunt, median carina. Wings fuscous, 

 pubescent; the submarginal nervure reaches the costa a little beyond 

 one- third the length of the wing; the marginal vein triangular, piceous, 

 with a cloud below its tip. Abdomen oval, black, shining; the petiole 

 brownish-yellow, only a little longer than thick, fluted, and covered 

 with a fine griseous pubescence. 



Habitat.— Washington, ]). C. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



Basalys picipes, sp. nov. 



S . Length, 2""". Polished black, impunctured; scape, pedicel, and 

 legs piceous ; flagellum brownish or fuscous ; base of tibia% trochanters, 

 and tarsi paler or brownish-yellow; wings subfuscous. The antennae 

 are l-i-jointed, longer than the body, the first flagellar joint about half 

 as long as the second, the second the longest and stoutest joint except 

 the last, thicker toward apex than at base, a little curved, the follow- 

 ing joints not more than two and one-half times as long as thick, cylin- 

 drical, the last joint about twice as long as the penultimate, but slen- 

 derer. Metathorax covered with a rather dense cinereous pubescence, 

 rugulose. Abdomen entirely black, the petiole fluted, pubescent. 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a specimen given me by Mr. O. Heidemann. This 

 species diliers from B. fuscipennis, in its much smaller size, color of an- 

 tenna?' and legs, the shorter flagellar joints, more pubescent metatho- 

 rax, and its wholly black abdomen. 



Basalys utahensis, sp. nov. 



S. Length, 2"'™. Pohshed black, impimctured; scape black, shin- 

 ing; pedicel and flagellum brown-black; legs ])iceous, the trochanters, 

 knees, base and tips of tihiixi and tarsi, rufous. The antenna; are 14- 

 jointed, stouter than in the preceding species, the first flagellar joint 

 less than half as long as the second^ the latter one-third longer than 



