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133. caudatus, Prov., Nat. Can. vii, p. 82 9 . 

 Phi/ijad<:uon tcnninalis, Prov. Nat. Can. vi, p. 284, 9 . 



Ilab. — Can., Mass. A subrobust ferruginous species, with posterior 

 femora, tips of their tibia;, and fourth and following segments of ab- 

 domen black; scutellum and two spots on tip of abdomen whitish j 

 antennae long and slender. Length 5 .43 inch. 



134. putus, n. sp. 



$. — Small, pale ferruginous, finely punctured, rather shining; antennae 

 slender, apical third fuscous, third and fourth joints subequal in length, the 

 third being little the longer; posterior femora except base, tips of their tibiae 

 and the fifth and following segments of abdomen black; wings hyaline; legs 

 slender; abdomen depressed, second and third segments closely and uniformly 

 punctured, postpetiole and apical segments smooth and shining, gastrocoeli 

 small and deep; apical margins of two apical segments whitish. Length .35 

 inch. 



Ilab. — Connecticut. 



135. grandis, Brulle, Hym. p. 300. 



ri.gnatrix, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, p. 178, 9 • 

 amhifjuus, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, p. 161, % . 

 Hab.— Can., Mass., N. Y., Pa., Del., Ga., Col., Van. This is our 

 largest species ; it is of a deep black color, with the abdomen except 

 first segment ferruginous, and the wings dark fuliginous and violaceous. 

 The scutellum has sometimes a white spot, and the postpetiole is occa- 

 sionally ferruginous. The % has the face, clypeus, spot on mandibles, 

 scape beneath, short line before tegulae, dot beneath, generally a spot 

 on scutellum and the anterior legs in front, white. The 9 has a white 

 annulus on flagcllum, and the coxal scopa is distinct. Length S 9 

 .70—1 inch. 



136. inurbanus, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i, p. 302, 9 . 



Hdh. — W. Va., Col. A miniature of grandis, but more shining 

 and less strongly sculptured ; the postpetiole is finely aciculated ; the 

 gastrocoeli rather small and the second segment evenly and not con- 

 fluently punctured; the posterior coxae are nude beneath. Length 9 

 .55 inch. 



137. rufiventris, Brulle, Hym. p. 301. 



var. inccrtus, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, p. 180, 9 • 

 semicoccineus. Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, p. 179, % . 

 var. rah'fornicus, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, p. ISO, % . 

 Hub.— Can., Mass., Pa., N. J., Del., Md., Va., 111., Cal. Much 

 smaller than (jrandU, the 9 with slender antennae, broadly fusiform 

 abdomen and posterior coxa) nude beneath. A 9 specimen from 111. 



