OF NATURAL niSTOUY. 723 



face is very obviously puncturctl, the scutel ig larj^or ami more 

 acutely emargiuutod, and the abJouion is clcvateJ above, into na 

 acute, transverse ridge. 



TORYMUS Dalm. (MISOCAMIMS Klug ) 



1. T. OCREATUS. — Green, tinged with bluo ; base of the an- 

 tonnie, tibiae and tarsi whitish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body bright green, more or It'ss tinged on the pleura, abdomen 

 and thigh.s with blue or purplish; retieulately punctured : an- 

 tennoB black ; first joint before dull whitish : mandibles and palpi 

 piceous : scutel, on the posterior half with very small pujictures : 

 wings hyaline ; ncrvure brown : abdomen polished, inipunctured : 

 terminal joint 9 brassy : oviduct as long as the body, fuscous : 

 tibiae and tarsi whitish. 



Length one-tenth of an inch. 



Kesenibles hcJcffuaris F., but is smaller, the abdoujcn and 

 thighs differently colored, and the minute puncturation of the 

 posterior half of the scutel strongly contrasts with the larger dis- 

 coidal punctures of the basal half. It inhabits the receptacle of 

 a Liatris. 



The male has generally more of the purple tinge. 



2. T. PAViDLS. — Cupreous green ; no large punctures ; tibiae 

 and tarsi yellowish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Bod}' coppery-greenish, with the appearance of minute granules 

 or scales J antennae black: hyi)Ostonia with the earinate line very 

 distinct: mandibles piceous: wings hyaline; nervure pale brown- 

 ish: abdomen bluish-green: [276] feet honey -yellow : thigh.s 

 bluish-green; posterior pair of tarsi whitish. 



Length % nearly one-tenth of an ineh. 



The surface has no large and obvious punctures like those 

 which distinguish the preceding. 



SPARASION Latr. 

 S. FAMELICUS. — Slender; abdomen longitudinally lineated. 

 Inhabits Indiana. 



Body much elongated, very slender ; with small punctures ; 

 1835.] 



