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10. Lampronota exilis, n. sp. — 9- — Long, slender, black ; apical margin of 

 rlypeiis, niniidililos, palpi and tegulre, dull testaceous; upper anterior orbits 

 pale yellowisb ; Hanks and apex of metathorax and lower margin of pleura 

 more or less rufous ; wings subhyaline, tinged with yellowish fuscous, areolet 

 small, ]ietiolatcd; legs ferruginous, posterior tibiae and tarsi sometimes more or 

 less fuscous, trochanters black, apex of the two anterior pairs yellowish; abdo- 

 men entirely ferruginous, sometimes the apex is more or less fuscous, ovi- 

 positor as long as body. Length 4V lines. 



%. — Face more or less, clypeus, mandibles, palpi and scape beneath, yellow- 

 ish ferruginous; upper margin of prothorax with a reddish spot; legs entirely- 

 ferruginous; base of first abdominal segment sometinjes black. Length 4V 

 lines. 



Ilah. — Canada ; Mass., Conn. 



20. Lampronota rubrica, n. sp. — 9- — Wead and antennae black; most of cly- 

 peus, mandil)les. j>al])i, and upper anterior orbits, pale j-ellow; pro- and meso- 

 thoraxand pleura black ; two dots in front of mesothorax, sometimes wanting, 

 tegulaj and scuteilum, lemon-yellow; metathorax and spot on each side of 

 pleura, ferruginous ; basal margin of metathorax more or less black ; wings hy- 

 aline or subhyaline, areolet more or less petiolated ; legs ferruginous, trochan- 

 ters more or less black, jiosterior tibiae and tarsi tinged with fuscous; abdomen 

 entirely ferruginous : ovipositor as long as body. Length 4i lines. 



Tar. 9- — Metathorax black, ferruginous only at sides and apex; scu- 

 teilum with two yellow spots; mc-sothorax immaculate. Length 4.^ lines. 



lliih. — Mass., Conn , West Va. 



2^Lampronota coloradensis, n. sp. — 9- — Large, yellowish-ferruginous; 

 anterior orbits dilated beneath eyes, clyjjeus, mandibles, anterior lateral mar- 

 gin of mesothorax, and tegulre, lemon-yellow; antennje black, scaj)e ferrugi- 

 nous ; wings hyaline, faintly yellowisli, areolet small, petiolated; metathorax 

 dull ferruginous, rugulose, with a deep central groove; pleura and flank, of 

 metathorax smooth and polished; anterior legs in front tinged with yellow- 

 ish ; abdomen smooth and polished ; venter pale yellow, spotted with fuscous ; 

 ovipositor as long as abdomen. Length h\ — G lines. 



Ua\). — Colorado. 



MENISCUS, Schiodte. 

 ^. Meniscus elegans, n. sp. — 9- — Black: orbits, dilated beneath eyes, spot 

 on middle of face, sometimes divided into two. and sometimes confluent with 

 orbital line, clypeus, mandibles, palpi, apex of scape beneath, upper and lower 

 margins of prothorax, two spots on front of mesothora.x,a S{ioton the disk, teg- 

 ulre, a spot beneath, a spot on each side of pleura anteriorly, another in front 

 of each middle coxa, scuteilum except base, line on postscutellum, subtri angular 

 spot at apex of metathorax, a dot on each flank, four anterior legs, apex of 

 their cox£e, apex of posterior trochanters, knees, and base of their coxre, lemon- 

 yellow; abdomen rufo-ferruginous, first and second dorsal segments black, 

 base and apex of first segment and ape.x of second, yellow; wings hyaline, apex 

 fuligiiU'US, areolet subrhomboidal, with a long petiole; head and thorax with 

 a short fine pubescence; thorax with large j)unctures, more coarse and some- 

 what rugose on metathorax; ovipositor as long as abdomen. Length 4 — Ji 

 lines. 



THAXS. AMER. ENT. TOC. (22) SEPTEMBEn, 1870. 



