178 E. T. CRESSON. 



BRACONID^. 



Perilitus vnlgaris. 



PerilUuf; vulgaris, Cress. Can. Ent. iv, p. 83. 



Three % 9 specimens. (Belfra<;e; Boll.) 



^ Opius brimneiventris, n. sp. 



%. — Black, shining ; clypeus, mandibles and scape beneath honey-yellow; 

 antennaj as long as body, brown-black j metathorax roughly sculptured ; tegulje 

 honey-yellow; wings faintly dusky, iridescent, stigma blackish, broad lanceo- 

 late; legs entirely pale honey-yellow; abdomen depressed, smooth and shi- 

 ning, pale brown, first segment black, lateral margins raised. Length .12 

 inch. 



One specimen, (Coll. G-. W. Belfrage.) 



- £ul>aflizon luacailiventris, n. sp. 



% . — Pale honey-yellow, darker above; antennae as long as body, dusky at 

 tips; metathorax with a large square black central spot; tegulse whitish; 

 wings hyaline, beautifully iridescent, nervures and stigma dusky; tips of four 

 posterior femora above, tips of their tibise, and a band near base (which is 

 pale) and their tarsi except base of joints, fuscous; first and second abdominal 

 segments above except lateral margins, black, middle of remaining segments 

 fuscous or blackish. Length .20 inch. 

 One specimen from Comal Co. 



Pliylax mellens, n. sp. 



9. — Honey-yellow, thorax beneath, legs and abdomen beneath paler; an- 

 tennas much longer than body, dusky towards tips which are very slender and 

 involute ; mesothorax slightly trilobed, and with the pleura dark honey-yellow; 

 metathorax slightly rougliened above; wings hyaline, iridescent, nervures 

 dusky, stigma very pale, second cubital cell' small, quadrate; legs slender, pos- 

 terior pair darker, the tarsi dusky; first abdominal segment larger than 

 second, sides nearly parallel, sides of second segment narrowly yellowish, apex 

 of abdomen com23ressed, truncate, ovipositor short. Length .25 inch. 

 Three specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Macroceiiti'HS sguperas, n. sp. 



_i 9- — Pale honey-yellow, shining; eyes large, prominent, black; tips of 

 mandibles and band across vertex, blackish; antennae longer than body, very 

 slender, the five or six basal joints blackish; mesothorax strongly trilobed. 

 middle lobe blackish centrally, side lobes dusky; metathorax very finely rugu- 

 lose ; wings hyaline, beautifully iridescent, nervures dusky, stigma pale; ab- 

 domen long, slender, apex dusky, first segment slender, with lateral tubercles 

 prominent; ovipositor as long as body, honey-yellow, sheaths pilose, fuscous. 

 Length .30 inch. 



Two specimens. (Belfrage.) 



9Iacroccnti°us dciicaius, u. sp. 



j^ %, 9 — Slender, pale honey-yellow; spot enclosed by ocelli, and tips of 

 mandibles blackish ; eyes prominent, black ; antennae longer than body, very 

 slender, curled at tips, base more or less dusky, incisures of joints fuscous; 



