NO. 2148. NORTH AMERICAN EYMENOPTERA—GIRAULT. 133 



latter nearly twice longer than wide ; f imicle 3 somewhat longer than 

 wide ; club wider than the f imicle but not as long. Venation blackish. 

 Head and thorax with the usual scaly, tetrastichine sculpture. 

 Propodeum transverse at the meson, broadening laterad, with an 

 obtuse median carina but no others. Scutum with only a few scat- 

 tered setae, these along the lateral margin. 



Described from three females captured by sweeping in a forest 

 path, Anacostia, District of Columbia, June, 1915. 



Types. — Cat. No. 19650, U.S.N.M.. the above specimens on a tag, 

 a head on a slide. 



ZAGRAMMOSOMA SANGUINEA, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.50 mm. 



Blood red, the wings hyaline, the body marked with black as 

 follows : An obscure line across upper occiput, an irregular blotch on 

 upper scape some little distance before apex, upper pedicel at proxi- 

 mal two-thirds, a narrow line along the dorso-lateral aspect of pro- 

 notum, parapsidal furrows narrowly except at extreme apex, median 

 line of scutum narrowly, the line broken in three places (thus com- 

 posed of four longer than wide spots), cephalic margin of propo- 

 deum to the spiracle (a wavy line), median line of same (both rather 

 narrowly), an hourglass-shaped median line from base of abdomen, a 

 short, thin line across its apex; and then four wider but incomplete 

 cross-lines of which the last is composed of a transverse spot on each 

 side of the meson and is a little distad of distal three-fourths, while 

 the first of the four is incised at meson caudad. Mandibles 5-dentate. 

 Propodeum noncarinate. Grooves of scutellum absent except on 

 one side distad. Club with a distinct terminal nipple. Two ring- 

 joints; funicle 2 a little longer than wide, shorter than the pedicel. 

 Body finely scaly. 



From one female in the United States National Museum, labeled 

 " Colorado, 1091." 



Type. — Cat. No. 19651, U.S.N.M., the above specimen on a tag, a 

 middle and hind leg and the head on a slide. 



