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basitarsj fully two- thirds as long as their tibiae; longer calcarium of 

 hind tibia a very little more than half as long as hind basitarsus; 

 first tergite one and two-thirds times as long as basal width; third ter- 

 gite distinctly shorter than the second; ovipositor somewhat longer 

 than the abdomen. Black; palpi, mandibles except apices, elongate 

 spots on inner superior orbits, cuneiform spots on scutum anteriorly, 

 tegulae, a spot in front and one below, sides and apex of scutellum, 

 metascutellum, spot on metanotum behind posterior wing, U-shaped 

 spot on posterior face of propodeum, prepectus, band on mesepister- 

 num below, apical margins of tergites (complete and broader on basal 

 ones, interrupted laterally on apical ones) and apical margins of the 

 sternites luteous; sides of propodeum rufous; legs rufous, anterior 

 coxae and trochanters, apical joint of posterior trochanters, apices of 

 hind femora, base and exterior face of hind tibiae, basal part of 

 joints of hind tarsi luteous; anterior tibiae and tarsi testaceous; 

 dorsal spot on apex intermediate femora, narrow apex of intermedi- 

 ate tibiae and basitarsi, basal joints of hind trochanters, base and a 

 preapical band of hind femora, hind tibiae and tarsi except where 

 luteous, blackish; wings hyaline; venation brown, stigma yellowish. 



Type locality. — Riley Coimty, Kansas. Described from one female 

 collected May 22, by Popenoe. 



Type.— C&t. No. 22169, U.S.N.M. 



PHYTODIETUS ANNULATUS (Provanchcr). 

 Mesoleius annulatus Pkovancher, Addit. faun. Can. Hym., 1886, p. 108. 



Type. — Yellow label 1242 second Provancher collection. Public Mus. 

 Quebec. 



Davis ^ considered this to be the same as vulgaris Cresson but it is a 

 more slender species and may be distinguished by characters given in 

 the above key. 



Slender; eyes prominent, their inner margins parallel; ocelli prom- 

 inent, postocellar line about one-fourth longer than the ocellocular 

 line; anterior basitarsi but little shorter than their tibiae; first tergite 

 slender about one and two-thirds times as long as apical width ; second 

 and third tergites subequal in length; ovipositor distinctly shorter than 

 the abdomen ; longer calcarium of hind tibia somewhat more than half 

 as long as hind basitarsus. 



Male. — Length, 5 mm. Structure as above. Black; palpi, mandi- 

 bles (except piceous tips) scape and pedicellum beneath, clypeus, face, 

 inner orbits, cheeks, cuneiform mark on anterior margin of scutum, 

 sides and apex of scutellum, metascutellum, lateral spots on posterior 

 face of propodeum, tegulae, spots before and below, wing process, 

 lower margin of pronotum, mesosternum and lower part of episternum 

 and apical margins of tergites and sternites whitish; legs f errugineous ; 



J Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1894, p. 189. 



