172 E. T. CRESSON. 



127. vecors (yentralis, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i, p. 308, 9 .) 

 Hah. — Hudson's Bay Territory. A small robust black species, with 



anterior orbits, mouth, scutelluni and three basal segments of abdomen, 

 ferruginous; antennae yellowish ferruginous, black at base and apex, 

 the joints very short and thick-set; legs varied with black and yel- 

 lowish; wings clear; abdomen convex, base of first and third and 

 lateral basal margin of second segment black. Length 9 .3.3 inch. 



128. nigrovariegatus. 



Phygadeuon iugi-ovariegatus, Prov., Nat. Can. vii, p. 182. 



9- — Small, robust, ferruginous ; face, cheeks, thorax especially laterally, and 

 apex of abdomen, varied with black; antennae short, ferruginous, with short, 

 Bubmoniliform joints, three to five subquadrate, subequal, middle joints paler, 

 apical ones black; scutellum flat; metathorax with indistinct elevated lines; 

 wings tinged with dusky, the areolet broad five-angular; legs short, robust, 

 especially the femora which are swollen, coxae, four anterior femora behind, 

 posterior pair entirely and tips of their tibiae, black ; abdomen shining, sparsely 

 punctured, postpetiole broad, smooth ; gastrocoeli small, shallow. Length .25 

 inch. 



Ilah. — Canada, (coll. Provancher). 



129. humilis, Prov. Nat. Can. vii, p. 82, 9 . 



var. Phygadevon dorsalis, Prov. Nat. Can. vi, p. 285, 9 . 

 Hah. — Canada, (coll. Provancher). This is probably nothing more 

 than a variety of yiigrovariegatus with less black markings. 



130. tumidifrons, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i, p. 311, 9. 



Hab. — Illinois. A very small ferruginous species with short pro- 

 tuberant face ; head, apex of antennfe, metathorax, tips of posterior 

 femora and tibiae, and apex of abdomen black; annulus on flagellum, 

 scutellum and spot on tip of abdomen white. Length 9 .20 inch. 



131. seditiosus, n. sp. 



9. — Subrobust, black; antennae except apex and scape beneath, mandibles, 

 mesothorax, scutellum, tegulae, legs except coxae and trochanters, and three 

 basal segments of abdomen, ferruginous; wings fusco-hyaline; an tennre robust ; 

 legs slender; abdomen broadly fusiform, densely punctured, postpetiole broad, 

 aciculated, gastrocoeli large and deep, apical segments smooth and shining. 

 Length .50 inch. 



//ai.— Colorado, (B. H. Smith). 



132. indemnis, Cress. Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1877. 



Hub. — British Columbia. A ferruginous species with the thoracic 

 sutures, tips of posterior femora and of their tibiae, apical margins of 

 abdominal segments two to four, and the remaining segments entirely, 

 black. Length % .40 inch. 



