184 E. T. CRESSON. 



193. proximus. 



PhygadeuQn proximus, Prov. Nat. Can. vi, p. 283, 9 . 

 Ilah. — Can., N. H. A small ferruginous species, with yellowish 

 scutellum and spot on tip of abdomen ; antennae robust, black, with 

 pale annulus; abdomen smooth and impunctured ; wings subhyaline; 

 legs robust, posterior femora and tips of their tibiae, also sutures of 

 thorax, black. Length 9 .35 inch. 



194. nanus, n. sp. 



9- — Small, subrobust, ferruginous, back of head and thorax more or less 

 varied with black; antennae stout, with short thick-set joints, black, with 

 wliite annulus, the joints beyond middle thickened; line on collar, tegulsR, 

 Bonietiraes a spot in front and line beneath, four anterior coxse and all the tro- 

 chanters, pale yellowish; wings hyaline; legs robust, tips of posterior femora 

 more or less, tips of their tibiae and sometimes their coxae above, black; 

 occasionally tlie posterior femora are entirely black, the tibiae and tarsi are 

 yellowish-ferruginous; abdomen entirely ferruginous, postpetiole indistinctly 

 sculjitured. Length .25 inch. 



//ai.— Can., N. Y., N. J., Va., N. C, 111. This is one of our 

 smallest species, nearly allied to annuUpes ; the thorax varies much 

 in color. 



195. rubicundus, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soe. Phil, iii, p. 176, 9 . . 

 Hah. — Can.. 111., Tex. A small, subrobust, opaque ferruginous 



species, with the mesothorax and second abdominal segment strongly 

 punctured; wings subhyaline; antennae of 9 with a whitish annulus, 

 that of % entirely ferruginous ; abdomen densely sculptured ; the lateral 

 angles of metathorax are prominent spiniform, quite acute in the % . 

 Length S 9 .30 — .33 inch. 



196. residuus, Say, Contrib. Macl. Lye. i, p. 73. 



Hah. — Mass., Pa., Md. A small robust pale ferruginous species, 

 with clear wings, readily recognized by the broad, very short clypeus 

 the apical margin of which is broadly arcuated, exposing most of the 

 mentum ; the antennae are short, with thick-set joints, middle joints 

 yellowish and apical ones blackish ; legs short and robust ; abdomen 

 short, finely punctured, gastrocoeli obsolete, postpetiole sparsely punc- 

 tured. Length 9 .30 inch. 



197. facetus, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i, p. 311, % . 



Huh. — W. Va., 111. A small slender pale fulvous species, with 

 the vertex, occiput, antennae and mesothorax more or less, black; 

 remainder of head, broad annulus on antennae, most of prothorax, 

 scutellum, pleura and four anterior coxae and trochanters, white ; 

 antennae long, pale at base beneath; wings hyaline, iridescent; post- 



