200 ASHMEAD 



spot beneath the tegulae, an angulate line at apical angles of first dorsal 

 abdominal segment, a transverse oblong spot at the apex of segments 

 2 to 5 and a line below it at the lateral apical angles, and a line at the 

 apex of the sixth segment, white ; the legs, except the coxae, basal 

 joint of hind trochanters and the hind tibias and tarsi, which are black, 

 are red; sculpture and venation as in Rhyssa persuasoria Linn6. 



Type, — Cat. No. 5620, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Fox Point, 

 July 28. One specimen. 



Comes nearest apparently to R. alboitiaculata Cresson but is quite 

 distinct in color of legs and in shape of the areolet in front wings. 



Genus Pimpla Fabricius. 

 PIMPLA YAKUTATENSIS sp. nov. 



Male. — Length 6 to 7 mm. Polished black, the face below the 

 antennae distinctly, closely punctate, the metathorax sparsely punctate 

 without carinae, the abdomen closely punctate, with dorsal segments 3 

 to 5 slightly tumid and smoother at their apices. The legs, except the 

 hind tibiae and tarsi, are red, the hind tibiae and tarsi black or fuscous, 

 the tibiae with a yellowish or whitish annulus before the middle, some- 

 times incomplete or interrupted with black beneath, represented by a 

 whitish spot on outer face. Wings hyaline, the stigma and viens brown, 

 the areolet sessile, subrhomboidal, wdiile the disco-cubital vein has 

 usually only a faint trace of a stump of a vein beyond its middle, rarely 

 distinct. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5621, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Yakutat, June 

 21. Five specimens. 



Genus Epiurus Forster. 



In this genus fall two species, which may be separated as follows : 

 Black. 



Hind coxae and legs red 2. 



All coxae and the first joint of trochanters black. 



Legs, except as noted, red, the hind tibiae and tarsi black oi- fuscous, 

 the hind tibiae with an annulus at base and a spot on outer face 

 near the middle pale yellowish or whitish, the basal joint of their 

 tarsi sometimes white at base E. atrocoxalis. 



2. Legs, except the front and middle coxae and the first joint of tro- 

 chanters which are black, red ; labial palpi fuscous ; maxillary 

 palpi pale yellowish E. bicoloripes. 



