AKT. 16 NORTH AMERICAN ICHNEUMON-FLIES CUSHMAN 37 



convex, occipital carina not sinuate nor prominent below ; eyes 

 slightly converfjent below ; clypeus convex with a narrow reflexed 

 mar<rin; malar space nearly as long as basal width of mandible; 

 mandibles with teeth subequal; antennae considerably shorter than 

 body, first three flagellar joints elongate, first longest, 2 and 3 sub- 

 equal, 4 a little more than half as long as 3. Thorax opaque, finely 

 confluently punctate laterally, less densely so dorsally and ventrally ; 

 notauli distinct about half way ; pronotum in j^mpressions and mes- 

 opleurum above speculum striate; apophyses strong, apical carina 

 obsolete; propodeum punctate before basal carina, reticulate rugose 

 behind, spiracle short oval; areolet longer than high, recurrent far 

 before middle, cubitus obsolete beyond recurrent; nervulus inter- 

 stitial or nearly; postnervulus broken at or below middle; nervel- 

 lus reclivous, upper abscissa perpendicular to cubitella, broken be- 

 low middle; legs slender, front tibia not inflated. Abdomen except 

 first segment opaque coriaceous ; tergites 2-6 very broad and strongly 

 folded with spiracles far from lateral margins; sheath barelj^ half 

 as long as abdomen; ovipositor stout, compressed, subsagittate at 

 apex. 



Head and thorax black, clypeus, mandibles, collar, and scutellum 

 more or less reddish, apophyses whitish ; antennae piceous at base 

 with an incomplete white annulus centering on flagellar joint 7. 

 black beyond ; wings uniformly infumate ; legs and abdomen fer- 

 ruginous, front legs paler, hind tarsus fuscous. 



Male. — More sparsely punctate and shining; apical carino of pro- 

 podeum more distinct but apophyses hardly developed; abdomen 

 narrow with spiracles close to margin of tergites. 



Black with yellow markings as follows: Orbits except narrow 

 interruptions above and below eyes; face, clypeus and mouth parts; 

 incomplete annulus centering on flagellar joint 11; collar, tergulae 

 median spot on mesosternum, scutellum, postscutellum, four small 

 or two large spots on mesoscutum, sometimes a small spot on 

 mesopleurum below, upper division of metapleurum, ])ropodeum 

 beyond basal carina and usually more or less before; apices of all 

 tergites and base of first; wings hj^nline; legs testaceous, front legs 

 largely and middle coxae yellow ; hind coxae above yellow, trochanter 

 at base, tibia at apex, and basal and apical joints of tarsus black, 

 middle three joints of tarsus yellow. 



The types of all three names are from Texas a^ are also two of 

 the additional females and one of the males. The other female 

 and two males are from Louisiana, one of each sex having been 

 collected at Opelousas by G. R. Pilate. 



