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one-half tiniv^s as long as wide at the apex, nearly three times as 

 wide at apex as at base, the sides somewhat curved; foveae distinct, 

 with a few faint striae at their inner margins ; third tergite a little longer 

 than the first, about three times as wide as long, the sides oblique; 

 fourth one and one-half times as long as the third, twice as wide 

 across the middle as long, the sides as oblique as those of the third; 

 fifth one and one-third times as long as wide at apex, the sides very 

 slightly oblique, last tergite inconspicuously shorter than the fifth, 

 about one and one-half times as long as wide, sharp at tip, longitudi- 

 nally aciculate in a rather broad arc at basal third and along the 

 sides to the apical fourth; wings extending to the apex of the fifth 

 segment, hyaline, the pubescence scattered and inconspicuous. Black ; 

 antennae, coxae, trochanters, femora, tibiae (except at base) and 

 last joint of each tarsus dark reddish-brown; anterior tibiae, tarsi 

 and tibiae basally, yellowish brown. 



Type, locality. — Vancouver Island. 



Tyye.—Cs^t. No. 24601, U.S.N.M. 



Redescribed from the type specimen in the United States National 

 Museum. I have removed the antennae from the type and put them 

 on a slide. 



14. PLATYGASTER CONFUSA, new name. 



Ectadius pallipes Ashmead, Bull. No. 1, Col. Biol. Assoc, 1890, p. 9. 

 Polymecus -pallipes (Ashmead), Ashmead, Bull. 45, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893, p. 



279, pi. 12, fig. 3, female. Preoccupied by Platygaster pallipes Say, LeConte 



Ed. Say, vol. 1, p. 383. 



Female. — Length 2.60 mm. Head a little less than twice as wide 

 as long, full behind the eyes, emarginate behind, slightly elevated in 

 the middle of the face; vertex, occiput, interocellar area, and upper 

 part of cheeks strongly shagreened; frons (except immediately above 

 antennae where it is rather finely transversely striate) shagreened, 

 not quite so strongly as are the vertex and occiput; antenna! projec- 

 tion emarginate apically, the lateral ridges sharp and with a narrow 

 median projection between them; scape long, rather slender, reach- 

 ing beyond the lateral ocelli, not much curved, as long as the six 

 following joints united ; pedicel distinct!}^ over twice as long as wide, 

 third joint as long as wide, a little narrower than the second, half as long 

 as the fourth; fourth twice as long as wide, as wide as the second; fifth 

 and sixth as long and as wide as the fourth; seventh, eighth, and ninth 

 nearly as long as the pedicel, distinctly longer than wide; last joint as 

 long as the third and fourth united, as wide as the ninth, twice as wide 

 as long, rather blunt at tip, the sides on basal two-thirds parallel; tho- 

 rax about twice as long as wide ; pronotum shagreened (except between 

 the longitudinal ridges above, and below and behind on the sides), 

 not striate anywhere; mesonotum subconvex with two low polished 

 ridges on anterior third; notauli complete; median lobe shagreened^ 



