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tion of front femora, knees, and front tibiae luteous to testaceous; 

 middle tibiae black and hind tibiae pale fuscous. 



Antemiae: First funicle plus ring-joint equal to or slightly longer 

 than pedicel; none of funicle or club joints quadrate; club about same 

 width as three preceding joints. Scape black. 



Species medium to large and rather robust. 



Males. — Unknown. 



Type-locality. — Glenwood Springs, Colorado. 



Type.— C^t. No. 21771, U.S.N.M. 



Described from seven females in the United States National 

 Museum. They were collected near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 

 by Mr. C. P. Gillette. Host plant unknown. 



As previously stated in this paper, the writers have, by restrict- 

 ing the genus TIarmolita. excluded the following species: hageni 

 Howard, hromi Howard, calif 01-^,101^71 Howard, ahnorme Ashmead, 

 montanv/rn Ashmead, and nevadense Ashmead. They have also 

 dropped Decatoma hasilaris Provancher from the synonomy as the 

 types apparently cease to exist, Provancher himself in 1888 ^ having 

 thrown the species into synonomy under hordei Harris. Howard 

 gave it as a synonym of tritici Fitch in 1896.^ 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate 39. 



Fig. l=ovipositor of //. atlantica. 

 2=ovipositor of H. xvchsteri. 

 3=ovipositor of H. elymi. 

 4=ovipositor of II. grandis form grandis. 

 5=ovipositor of E. grandis form minuta. 

 6=ovipositor of II. elymoxena. 

 7=ovipositor of II. agropyropUila. 

 8=ovipositor of H. maculata. 

 9= ovipositor of //. captiva. 

 10=ovipositor of II. poae. 



Plate 40. 



Fig. l=ovipositor of II. rufipcs. 

 2=ovipositor of//, elymivora. 

 3=ovipositor of H. ovata. 

 4=ovipositor of H. hesperus. 

 5=ovipositor of //. elymophthora. 

 6=ovipositor of H. hromicola. 

 7=ovipositor of H. dactylicola. 

 8=ovipositor of //. alhomaculata. 

 9=front and profile view of the ovipositor of JET. elymicola. 



iProv. Addit faun. Can. Hym., p. 438, 1888. 



2U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., BuU. tech. ser. No. 2, p. 18, 1896 



