190 E. T. CRESSON. 



the posterior coxge are entirely black ; the second and third ventral 

 segments have each a longitudinal fold. Length S .55 — .60 inch. 



9. mormonus, Ciess. Proc. Cal. Acad. 1877, 9 . 



Hah. — Utah. A robust, dull black, immaculate species, with slender 

 entirely black antennae; wings fuliginous; four anterior legs, except 

 coxae and trochanters, and posterior femora ferruginous ; the posterior 

 tibiae are thickened at tips and their tarsi short and robust. Length 

 9 .46 inch. 



10. Ormenus, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, p. 141, 9 . 



Huh. — Can., Mass., Pa., Col. A deep black immaculate species 

 with ferruginous legs and subhyaline wings; the antennae are entirely 

 black; apex of abdomen smooth and polished; the coxae, oft^n the 

 trochanters, tips of posterior tibiae and their tarsi entirely, are black ; 

 abdomen fusiform. Length 9 -55 inch. 



11. Belangeri, n. sp. 



9 . — Long and slender, deep black, immaculate, apex of abdomen smooth 

 and polished J legs, except coxse, tips of posterior tibise, and their tarsi en- 

 tirely, black; antennae slender, with joints nine to fifteen pale beneath; wings 

 yellowish-hyaline; abdomen very narrow, acuminate and subcompressed at 

 tip. Length .56 inch. 



Hah. — Canada. (B^langer). This is colored exactly like Ormenus, 

 but the abdomen is not more than half the width and the antennae 

 are more slender. It probably belongs to Wesmael's subgenus 

 Limerodes. 



12. illaetabilis, n. sp. 



%. — Black, shining; spot beneath tegulse, Bcutellum and spot behind 

 whitish; wings faintly dusky; legs ferruginous; posterior knees, their tibiae 

 and tarsi, black; postpetiole and second segment coarsely rugose, apical seg- 

 ments shining and subcompressed; ventral segments without longitudinal 

 fold. Length .55 inch. 



Hah. — Georgia. (Morrison). 



13. luctus, Cress. Proc. Ent, Soc. Phil, iv, p. 250. 



tenebrosus, Cress, (nee Wesm.) Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, p. 145, % . 



mellipes, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i, p. 295, % . 

 Hub. — Can., N. IL, Col. A black species with honey-yellow or pale 

 ferruginous legs, except coxae which are black ; face, scape beneath 

 and scutellum, yellow ; wings yellow-hyaline ; second and third ventral 

 segments generally honey-yellow. Length S .55 — .05 inch. 



14. bifasciatus, Prov. Nat. Can. vii, p. 75, 9 . 



Hah. — Canada. A shining black species, with annulus on antennae, 

 scutellum, basal half of tibia), broad band at base of second and third 



