170 E. T. CRESSON. 



116. Belfragei, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 15G, % . 



Ilab. — Texas, (coll. Belfrage). Black ; sides of face and of elypeus, 

 dot on tegula3 anteriorly, short line beneath and scutellum, white ; 

 wings uniformly pale fuliginous ; anterior tibiae pale in front ; abdo- 

 men shining, second, third and base of fourth segments yellowish- 

 ferruginous. Length .50 inch. 



117. procax, n. sp. 



%. — Rather large, opaque deep black, roughly sculptured,- face except mid- 

 dle, elypeus, spot on mandibles, spot on scape beneath, tegulje, spot in front, 

 another beneath, scutellum, dot on outer side of four anterior coxae, spot on 

 their trochanters, their knees, and tibise and tarsi entirely, posterior tibi'sa 

 except tips and their tarsi except extreme tips of joints, white or yellowish- 

 white; scutellum gibbous, subangular in profile, the basal excavation very deep ; 

 mesothorax coarsely not closely punctured ; metathorax roughly sculptured, 

 with coarse elevated lines; wings subhyaline, tinged with yellowish; legs 

 slender; abdomen long, rather narrow, coarsely and longitudinally rugose, 

 second, third and fourth segments dull ferruginous, yellowish beneath, gas- 

 trocoeli large and deep. Length .65 inch. 



//a6.— Canada. 



118. leviculus, n. sp. 



%. — Black; abdomen except the first and last one or two segments, fer- 

 ruginous; sides of face and elypeus broadly, spot on mandibles, palpr, orbits, 

 spot on scape beneath, broad annulus on antennse, upper margins of prothorax, 

 dot on tegulse, line beneath, scutellum, dot behind, two spots or dots on meta- 

 thorax behind, four anterior coxae beneath, spot at tips of posterior pair and 

 narrow posterior margin of postpetiole, white; wings hyaline, slightly dusky 

 at tips; four anterior legs except femora behind pale, base of posterior tibise 

 more or less ferruginous; abdomen narrow, finely punctured, postpetiole punc- 

 tured, gastrocceli deep. Length .40 inch. 



Hub. — N. Y., Va. Resembles some of the dark varieties of dupli- 

 cutus. 



119. terminalis, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, p. 184, 9. 



JIab. — Delaware. A small robust ferruginous species, with head, 

 pro- and mesothorax, most of pleura, tips of posterior femora and of 

 their tibiae and apex of abdomen, black ; annulus on antennae, scu- 

 tellum and two spots on apex of abdomen yellowish-white. Length 

 9 .80 inch. 

 This is probably the 9 of Jinitimtis. 



120. finitimus, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i, p. 304, % , (not 9 ). 

 var. 31esostemcs cqyicah's, Prov. Nat. Can. vii, p. 2G0, % . 



Ilab. — Can., N. H., N. Y., Pa., 111. A small, long, slender species, 

 with black antennae, head, thorax and tip of abdomen ; legs and three 

 or four basal segments of abdomen, and occasionally the metathorax 



