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LAGIUM ERYTHROGASTRUM, new species. 



Related to tardum, but may be separated by the foregoing t^able 

 from that species. 



Female. — Length 12 mm. Emargination of clypeus at base less 

 than the width of lobe at base ; supraclypeal f ovese not connected with 

 theantennal fove53e; middle fovea not defined but in its place a depressed 

 area between the antennal ridges; area between the ocelli and orbits 

 sculptured like the front; postocellar line indicated; postocellar area 

 about twice as wide as the length; occiput sHghtly carinate behind 

 postocellar area; pedicellum longer than broad; rest of antennae want- 



FiQ. 1.— Sheaths of Lagium. o, planikrons; 6, taedum; c, ateoviola 

 ceum; d, preateum; e, erytheogastrum. 



ing; stigma nearly straight below, obUque apicaUy; sheath nearly 

 evenly rounded apically; lower, apical angle of nates scarcely pro- 

 duced; apical joint of hind tarsi distinctly shorter than the two pre- 

 ceding; inner tooth of claw shorter than the outer. Black; abdomen 

 beyond the propodeum reddish; anterior tibiae and tarsi in front 

 brownish; posterior coxae with a white spot; wings brownish. 



Baldwin, Kansas. One female collected May, 1897, by Bridwell. 



Type.— C&t. No. 14251, U.S.N.M. 



