The Phalan(jiin<r of lUhwis. 97 



tuberculate. Remaining joints mottled with blackish brown 

 and gray ; all except tarsi with longitudinal rows of small 

 black spines, and acute tubercles on their dorso-distal borders. 

 TibiiL' angular. Tarsi hairy. Sheath of penis enlarged dis- 

 tally, trnncate ; shaft moderately robust, distally canaliculate, 

 then expanded into a spoon-shaped portion, and terminating in 

 a short, black, acute, articulated piece. 



?. Body 7 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide. Palpi 4.3 mm. long. 

 Ringed portion of ovipositor 4 mm. long. Legs: I., 11 mm.; 

 IT., 27 mm.; III., 13 ram.; IV., 20 mm. 



Besides its larger size and more robust appearance, it dif- 

 fers from the male in having no tubercles on the mandibles ; 

 joints of ovipositor grayish. 



Described from many specimens collected in Champaign 

 Co., 111., during September, October, and November, 1886. 



