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and generally interrupted at summit, sometimes entirely obsolete ; scape sim- 

 ple, accuminate at base, the apex not reflexed ; di-^c of metathorax more or less 

 reddish-yellow; wings as in simplex ; legs entirely black, with pale sericeous 

 hairs; abdomen ovate, polished, sanguineous; first segment much as in epicus, 

 the disc with two short oblique depressed lines, or fovese, near apex, diverging 

 towards base; second segment with' a flat triangular space on basal middle, 

 bounded laterally by a deep subcrenulated depression, on each basal corner a 

 more or less deep oblique fovea, median transverse line deep, sinuate, simple, 

 not crenulated, a small shallow fovea on each side near apical corner; oviposi- 

 tor of 9 longer than abdomen. Length .20 — .40 inch. 



Twelve specimens. (Belfrage.) Varies much in size. Distinct 

 from simplex by the smaller head, by the scape being simple, and by 

 the diflPerent sculpture of the abdomen. 



Bracon radiatus, n. sp. 



0. — Narrow, elongate, black, shining, with long, sparse, whitish hairs: 

 head very full behind the eyes; face punctured, with four small deep punc- 

 tures above orifice, the anterior two approximate; scape simple, flagelhim long 

 and very slender; sutures of thorax crenulated; a deep transverse depression 

 at base of scutellum ; metathorax with large confluent punctures, coarse at 

 apex, a smooth polished space on each side of basal middle; tegulae piceous; 

 wings blackish, with a small subhyaline spot on lower basal corner of second 

 cubital cell, which is shorter than usual, with its basal nervure very oblique : 

 legs black, with long pale hairs, apex of trochanters tinged with reddish; ab- 

 domen long, narrow, without transverse depressions; first segment subquad- 

 rate, about one-fourth the length of entire abdomen, longitudinally rugose, the 

 intervals confluently punctured, a small polished space on apical middle; re- 

 mainder of abdomen smooth and polished except basal fourth of second seg- 

 ment which is covered with radiating strise; ovipositor as long as abdomen. 

 Length .35 inch. 



Two specimens. (Belfrage.) 



X Bracon fanstas, n. sp. 



5". — Black, shining, clothed with white pubescence; head small; mandi- 

 bles tinged with reddish; a yellowish spot beneath each eye; sides of protho- 

 rax, except lower margin, sanguineous; mesothorax sanguineous, with a more 

 or less broad black stripe on each lobe, sometimes obsolete on middle lobe ; 

 metathorax smooth, more or less reddish centrally; wings as in epicus ; legs 

 entirely black, with pale sericeous hairs; abdomen usually broad ovate, 

 ojiaque, sanguineous, coarsely punctured, with broad, deep, crenulated incisures; 

 first segment with the disc ovate and prominent, on each side a broad trans- 

 versely striated excavation bounded laterally by a prominent carina; second 

 segment carinate at base, a small smooth space on basal middle and a deep 

 fovea on each basal corner, behind the middle a broad, very deeply im- 

 pressed, longitudinally striated, transverse line, interrupted or divided by a 

 smooth prominence; remaining segments convex, sometimes shining on disc, 

 deeply incised at base ; ovipositor rather more than half the length of abdomen. 

 Length .32 inch. 



Five specimens. (Belfrage.) 



TRANS. AMER. ENT. SOC. IV. (24) NOVEMBER, 1S72. 



