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Tergites 5-7 mostly or entirely black; tergite 2 of female polished and punc- 

 tate; hind femur of female almost entirely ferruginous. 



4. director (Thunberg) 



1. Pycnocryptiis platyaspis, new species 



Male: Unknown. 



Female: Front wing 7.2 to 9.0 mm. long; cheek unusuall}^ long; 

 clypeus large, weakly convex, the groove separating it from face in- 

 distinct, with a median apical point; thorax rather short; notaiilus 

 shallow, weakly foveolate; punctures on mesopleurum more or less con- 

 fluent, often obscured by rugulosit}^; basal carina of propodeum vreak 

 or incomplete; median part of apical carina of propodeum weak or 

 absent; median part of both transverse carinae of propodeum, when 

 present, strongly arched forward; sides of areolet weakly convergent; 

 second tergite mat, with medium-sized punctures that are separated 

 by about 1.5 their diameter; ovipositor sheath about 0.70 as long as 

 front wmg; ovipositor tip more compressed and with more widely 

 spaced teeth than usual. 



Black. Hairs on head dark brown; legs be^yond trochanters fulvo- 

 ferruginous; wings light brown; abdomen beyond first segment 

 ferruginous. 



Type: 9, Great Whale River, Que., July 13, 1949, J. R. Vockeroth 

 (Ottawa) . 



Paratypes: 29, Gillam, Man., July 8 and 11, 1950, J. F. McAlpine 

 (Ottawa). 49, same data as type (Ottawa). 9, Mount Washburn, 

 Yellowstone Park, Wyo., C. T. Brues (Cambridge). 



2. Pycnocryptiis freeniani, new species 



Male: Unknown. 



Female: Front wing 5.2 to 6.5 mm. long; clypeus moderately con- 

 vex, without a median tooth; notaulus sharp, not foveolate; meso- 

 pleurum subpolished, with rather coarse punctures that are separated 

 by about 0.5 their diameter, but in some areas the punctures crowded to 

 produce rugulosity; transverse carinae of propodeum rather weak, 

 obsolescent medially, their median portions rather broadly and 

 strongly bowed forward; sides of areolet moderately convergent; 

 second tergite mat, with small shallow punctures that are separated 

 by 0.7 to 1.5 their diameter, the punctures a little sparser apically 

 than elsewhere: ovipositor sheath about 0.80 as long as front wing. 



Black. Mandible tinged with ferruginous apicall}^; front tibia and 

 apical 0.5 lb of front femur fulvous; front and middle tarsi and middle 

 tibia blackish brown; \vings weakly infuscate; abdomen red, its first 

 segment fuscous basally. 



Type: 9, Waweig, N. B., June 27, 1938, T. N. Freeman (Ottawa). 



