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the third, and a littk' dilated toward tip, Joints 3 to 5 about twice as 

 long as thick, the Joints beyond to the last about two and oue-iialf 

 times as long as thick, the last one-half longer than the penultimate. 

 The scutellnm has a large, deep quadrate fovea at base, the sides 

 parallel, keeled; the metathorax rugose, with the usual central carina 

 above, prominent posterior angles and almost devoid of pubescence. 

 Wings subhyaliue, pubescent, the venation pale, the stigma brown, 

 with a slight cloud beneath the tip. Abdomen oblong-oval, black, 

 shining, the petiole very stout, not longer than thick, rugose, pubes- 

 cent above and beneath. 



Habitat. — City Canyon, Utah. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



A single specimen given me by Mr. Schwarz. Eesembles B. pioipes, 

 but the antenna', are shorter and stouter, wings paler, while the abdo- 

 men is differently shaped. 



Basalys aiialis, sp. nov. 



9 . Length, 2.5"'"', Polished black; antenuje and legs brownish- 

 yellow, the former dusky toward the tips; collar, metathorax and 

 petiole covered with a white woolly pubescence; scutellura bifoveated 

 at base; metathorax with a pyramidal prominence at base. 



AntenniE 13-Jointed, very long, the scape unusually long, more than 

 half the length of the tlagellum, the flagellum gradually incrassated 

 towards the tip; pedicel stouter but not longer than the first iiagellar 

 joint; the flagellar Joints to fifth gradually shortening, but widening, 

 the following to the last, aubmoniliform, the last, enlarged, ovate, about 

 thrice as large as the j)enultimate. 



Wings subhyaliue, pubescent, the marginal vein thickened and 

 truncate at apex. Abdomen conic-ovate, one and a half times as long 

 as the head and thorax together, polished black, the pointed tij) reddish. 



Habitat. — Carolina and Texas. 



Types in Berlin Museum and Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from two specimens. The specimen in the Berlin Museum 

 is labeled "Carolina, Zimmermann." 



Basalys ruilcornis Prov. 



Nat. Can., xii, p. 261; Faun. Eut. Can., ii, p. 560. 



S . Length, 0.15 inch. Black, polished, shining; the mandibles, with 

 the legs, rust red; the palpi pale yellow. Antennip, ferruginous, in- 

 serted on a i)rominence of the face. Metathorax rugose, short, with 

 two diverging keels. Wings subhyaliue, the 2 subcostal nervures, 

 with the stigma, black. CoxaB black at the base. Abdomen with a 

 grooved iietiole, margined at the sides, the rest polished, shining, 

 the extremity punctured. 



Habitat. — Canada. 



Unknown to me. 



