ART. 14 NEW ICHNEUMON-FLIES CUSHMAN 6 



flagellum with short, thick joints, first joint barely a half longer 

 than thick, joints in apical third flattened below and a little broad- 

 ened. Thorax stout, slightly broader than deep, generally rather 

 densely punctate, finely above and more coarsely so below, lower 

 pleura more or less rugosely so; scutellum flat and virtually im- 

 punctate; propodeum without distinct costulae, areola about as long 

 as broad and subquadrate, sometimes with the sides curved and the 

 base and apex of equal width and sometimes straight with base 

 broader than apex, median areas finely irregularly rugose, lateral 

 areas coarsely transversely rugose, pleural areas irregularlj^ rugose; 

 legs stout, coriaceous, coxae coarsely punctate, femora almost im- 

 punctate, hind coxa without a scopa. Abdomen broad fusiform, 

 finely coriaceous; postpetiole very broad, longitudinally striate, sec- 

 ond tergite coarsely sparsely punctate, third and fourth less dis- 

 tinctly so and only at base, gastrocoeli distinct, transverse, striate, 

 widely separated; ovipositor very slightly exserted, hypopygium 

 retracted. 



Head largely ferruginous in front, black behind, the red usually 

 completely encircling the eves but rarely interrupted in upper pos- 

 terior orbits, frontal scrobes and a broad streak each side of middle 

 of face black, inner orbits more or less distinctly yellowish ; antennae 

 black, scape below and flattened surface of flagellum reddish, a broad 

 white annulus embracing most or all of flagellar joints 5-14; man- 

 dibles reddish; palpi dusky stramineous, the labial palpi sometimes 

 piceous. Thorax black with mesoscutum except margins ferruginous 

 and scutellum white; wings yellowish hyaline, veins black, stigma 

 dark testaceous; legs black, apical trochanter joints and tarsi fer- 

 ruginous, tibiae white annulate, front and middle tibiae otherwise 

 ferruginous, hind tibiae ferruginous at base, black at apex. Abdo- 

 men ferruginous, petiole black, postpetiole laterally and a small spot 

 on seventh tergite usually j^ellow. 



Host. — Heferocampa guttivitta Walker. 



Type locality. — North Heath, Mass. 



ry;?e.— U.S.N.M. No. 44066. 



Remarks. — Described from the following four females: The type, 

 reared July 7, 1931 ; one found in a rotten stump at Mahwah, N. J., 

 March 24, 1925, by F. M. Schott ; one from Put in Bay, Ohio, June 

 20-30, 1924; and one labeled simply " Ohio." 



Only the holotype has complete antennae. 



AMBLYTELES CTENUCHAE, new species 



In Cresson's key to Ichneumon., females, Section IV, this species 

 runs to funestus (Cresson), to which it is very closely related. It 

 is easily distinguished from funestus by its longer and more slender 

 antennae and legs. In fwnestus the flagellum is noticeably stouter 



