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PARABATES CRASSUS. new species. 



Female. — Length 11 mm. 



Subopaque slmgreened ; temples sharply convexly m^rrowed; ocelli 

 touching the eyes; face broader than long, medially convex, sparsely 

 punctate, clypeus short, broadly truncate; malar space practically 

 obliterated; antennae (broken) with middle joints less than twice as 

 long as thick. Thorax stout; mesoscutum minutely punctate, no- 

 tauli sharply impressed nearly to middle; scutellum broad, margined 

 to somewhat beyond middle, closely punctate; mesopleurum shining, 

 especially above, sparsely punctate below; metapleurum and pro- 

 podeum obscurely, finely, transversely striate, propodeum behind 

 apical carina shining and obscurely roughened, lateral portions of 

 carina fine but distinct; apical joint of hind tarsus as long as third; 

 areolet distinctly petiolate; nervellus broken at about upper fourth. 

 Abdomen stout, first tergite distinctly less than three times as long 

 as broad at apex, second hardly a half longer than broad at base; 

 ovipositor short, sheath narrow lanceolate, not extending above 

 apical truncature of abdomen. 



Pale ferruginous with antennae and legs concolorous; head largely 

 yellow; tarsi and tibiae somewhat paler; wings hyaline, venation pale. 



Type-locality. — Oswego, New York. 



Ti/pe.— Cat. No. 26004, U.S.N.M. 



One female taken May 25, 1895. 



PARABATES EXSERTUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 13 mm. 



Temples strongly convexly narrowed; ocelli large, touching the 

 eyes; face as long as wide, medially elevated, laterally concave, 

 minutely subopaquely shagreened, with scattered weak punctures; 

 clypeus sculptured like the face, concavely truncate at apex; anten- 

 nae slender, middle joints about twice as long as thick. Thorax 

 very finely subopaquely shagreened; pronotum weakly obliquely 

 striate in the impression; mesoscutum impunctate, notauli finely 

 impressed to middle; scutellum margined only at extreme base; 

 postscutellum neither margined nor transversely carinate; meso- 

 pleurum finely and rather closely punctate; propodeum finely trans- 

 versely striated above, with sharp lateral portions of apical carina, 

 the area behind the carina distinctly concave on each side; legs 

 slender, apical joint of hind tarsus about three-fourths as long as 

 third joint; areolet large, barely petiolate, nervulus subinterstitial 

 and rechvous; nervellus broken at about upper third. Abdomen 

 slender, strongly compressed, first tergite more than three times as 

 long as broad at apex, second twice as long as broad at base; sheath 

 nearly as long as first tergite. 



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