162 E. T. CRESSON. 



rufous, and by tlie arcolet of anterior wing being larger and scarcely at all pe- 

 tiolated. Length 4 lines. 



% . — Slender, black, opaque ; "face entirely, extending beneath eyes, clypeus, 

 mandibles, palpi, anterior orbits interrupted before summit, apex of first Joint 

 of antennee beneath, spot on second joint, a cuneiform spot or line on each side 

 of mesothorax, tegulse, two marks beneath, occasionally a spot on each side of 

 scutellum, lower margin of prothorax, a large, irregular mark on each side of 

 pleura before middle coxa, sometimes meeting; beneath, and four anterior 

 coxre and trochanters, yellowish-white; metathorax densely rugose; wings 

 faintly yellowish -fuscous, areolet larger than usual, subtriangular, not petio- 

 lated; legs pale ferruginous, posterior tibise and tarsi more or less fuscous; ab- 

 domen narrow, slender, shining at apex, apical margin of second and third 

 segments sometimes reddish; venter yellowish. Lengths — 1 lines. 



Eab. — Canada; Mass., N. Y., Del., W. Va., Pa., Ill, A common 

 species. 



4. Lampronota pulchella, n. sp. — %. — Black, somewhat shining, finely and 

 closely punctured; face entirely, extending beneath eyes, clypeus, mandibles, 

 palpi, anterior orbits, scape beneath, tegulse, mark beneath, hooked line in 

 front, two spots at base of scutellum, and pleura, except broad upper margin, 

 white; antennae as long as body, brown-black above, pale rufo-testaceous be- 

 neath; spot on flanks of metathorax rufous; wings hyaline, iridescent, areolet 

 small, petiolated; four anterior legs white, intermediate femora yellowish; 

 posterior legs honey-yellow, trochanters and tibise whitish, apex of tibife and 

 tarsi black ; abdomen long and slender ; venter whitish. Length 5 lines. 



Ilab. — New Jersey. A very pretty species, easily recognized by 

 the wliite pleura. 



^ 5. Lampronota laevigata, n. sp. — Black, shining ;head and thorax closely and 

 finely punctured ; abdomen smooth and shining; clypeus, mandibles, palpi, 

 tegulae and legs, yellowish-red ; posterior tibise except base, and tarsi, black- 

 ish ; wings hyaline, areolet small, petiolated; antennae brown-black; meta- 

 thorax densely rugulose; abdomen convex, subsessile; ovipostor longer than 

 body. Length 5 lines. 

 Hah. — Canada. 



' C). Lampronota'? jocosa, n. sp. — %. — Black; sides of face (narrowed beneath 

 and leaving a large triangular black mark on middle) extending beneath eyes 

 and acutely notched beneath insertion of each antenna, dot at summit of each 

 eye, clypeus, sjiot on mandibles, sjjot on scape beneath, tegulse, sjiot beneath, 

 and broad hooked line in front on each side of mesothorax, white; wings hya- 

 line, iridescent, areolet subtriangular, not petiolated; antennse brown-black; 

 legs ferruginous, apical third of posterior femora, their tibise and tarsi, black : 

 abdomen depressed, subpctiolate, gradually broader to apex. Length 3^ 

 lines. 



Hah. — Illinois. Not a true Lamj^ronota. 



V. Lampronota insita, n. sp. — 9- — -Black, rather shining, closely and finely 

 punctured; clypeus, mandibles and anterior orbits above antennse, roseate or 

 Ilesh-color; palpi whitish ; antennse nearly as long as body, slender ; tegulse, 

 spot beneath, and a broad, somewhat hooked line before, on each side of meso- 

 thorax, white; wings hyaline, arcolet triangular, not petiolated; legs honey- 



