AMERICAN IIYMENOPTERA. 103 



VfllAW; aiiloiior coxa?, four anterior troclianters and base of jiosterior tibia', 

 white; posterior tibije except base and their tarsi, black; three basal segtiioiits 

 of abdomen closely and strongly punctured, apfcal segments smootli and shin- 

 ing; venter whitish. Length 4i lines. 



Ilah. — New Jcr.s;^'y. 



S. Lampronota parva, n. sp. — 9 • — Small, black, opaque : clypcus, mandibles, 

 palpi, dot at summit of each eye, tegulse, narrow line before, on each side of 

 inesothorax (sometimes obsolete or wanting), anterior coxce behind, their tro- 

 chanters and spot on intermediate coxoe beneath, white; wings hyaline, irides- 

 cent, areolet opaque, sub-petiolated ; legs ferruginous, tips of posterior tibije 

 and their tarsi more or less, fuscous; abdomen shorter aud broader than usual, 

 depressed, densely and finely punctured, sliining at apex, apical margin of 

 second and third segments narrowly yellowish, sometimes obsoletely so; ven- 

 ter yellowish, ovipositor as long as abdomen. Length 24 — .3 lines. 



ifai.— Canada: Del., West Ya. 



0. Lampronota punctulata, n. sji. — 9- — Small, black, opaque, densely and 

 finely punctured; clypcus, mandibles and palpi pale reddish; dot at summit 

 of each eye, and tegulse, white; wings hyaline, sometimes faintly dusky ; areo- 

 let subtriangular, not petiolated ; legs pale ferruginous, posterior tibio3 and 

 tarsi more or less fuscous ; metathorax densely rugulose ; abdomen long, nar- 

 row, densely and minutely punctured, terminal margin of the segments and 

 the two or three apical segments smooth and polished; apical margin of 

 second and third segments sometimes narrowly yellowish; venter whitish; 

 ovipositor as long as abdomen. Length 3 — 4 lines. 



Ilah. — Canada; Mass., Conn., West Va. 



''^lO. Lampronota tegularis, u. sp. — %. — Long, slender, black, shining; face, 

 clypeus, mandibles, palpi, scape beneath and teguliB, white ; antennse brown 

 beneath; except base; jjleura smootli and polished; metathorax coarsely punc- 

 tured ; wings hyaline, iridescent, faintly dusky at tips, areolet minute, petio- 

 lated ; four anterior legs, including coxre, and basal half of posterior tibire, 

 white; four anterior femora and apical half of their tibiae, honey-yellow, re- 

 mainder of posterior legs black; abdomen long, narrow, with close distinct 

 punctures, the two or three apical segments smootli and shining. Lengtii 5V — 

 6 lines. 



Ildb. — Canada; Pcun., Del., Ills. A very distiuot and well 

 marked species. 



12. Lampronota macra, n. sp. — %,. — Small, slender, black, opaque ; narrow 

 anterior orbits below antennae, space beneath eyes, spots at summit of each eye, 

 clypeus, mandibles, palpi, tegulse, mark beneath and line before on each side 

 of mcsothorax, white ; wings hyaline, iridescent, areolet triangular, petiolated : 

 legs honey-yellow; anterior cosse entirely and intermediate pair, except black 

 spot at base beneath and above, white; posterior coxa3 and their trochanters 

 above, black, posterior tarsi fuscous; abdomen with incisures between se- 

 cond, third and fourth segments reddish. Length 3A lines. 



Jfdh. — T)el;i\vare. This has, at first sight, much the appearance of 



picurulis % , but is ([uitc distinct. 



