164 E. T. CRFSSON. 



metathorax with indistinct elevated lines and very prominent obtuse lateral 

 tubercles which are white, posterior face concave and transversely wrinkled; 

 wings hyaline, areolet small, quadrate, apical nervure hyaline; legs uniformly 

 honey-yellow, anterior coxce and joints 2 and 3 of posterior tarsi whitish: 

 apical segment of abdomen with a white spot. Length .35 inch. 



Three specimens. (Belfrage.) 



IVIesostenii!^ Iongieau«Iis, n. sp. 



9- — Slender, uniformly ferruginous, shining ; antennae long and slender, 

 black, with part of joints 7 and 8 white above, three basal joints ferruginous: 

 middle lobe of raesothorax convex and prominent; metathorax rounded, de- 

 pressed on posterior face, rugulose, a well defined arcuate carina near base, 

 enclosing on each side at base a smooth space; wings fusco-hyaline, areolet 

 very narrow longitudinally; legs long and very slender, posterior tarsi slightly 

 dusky; abdomen long, slender polished; ovipositor more than twice the 

 length of body, pale ferruginous, sheaths black. Length of body .40 inch, of 

 ovipositor one inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. G. W. BeHVage.) A very remarkable spe- 

 cies. 



Arotes decorns. 



Accenitus decorus, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, i., p. 248 9 • 

 One % specimen. (Boll.) 



Tlialessa luiiator. 



Pimpla lunator, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii , p. 162. 

 Three % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) 



Epliialte*^ tiiber€u1atu»«. 



Ichneumon tuhcrculatufs, Fourcr. Grav. Ich. Eur. iii., p. 22S. 

 One 9 specimen. (Belfrage.) 



Piinpla iiianra. 



Piynpla maura, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iii., p. 145. 

 Two 9 specimens from Comal Co. 



Pimpla toxana. 



Pimpla te:ca7ia, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent, Soc. iii., p. 145. 

 One 9 specimen from Comal Co. 



Piuipla teiiuicorniH. 



Pimpla tenuicornis, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iv., p. 267. 

 One 9 specimen from Comal Co. 



Pimpla anuiilipes. 



Pimpla annulipcs, Brulle, Ilym., p. 102. 



Three % 9 specimens. (Belfrage.) 



Pimpla iiiflagatri.x. 



Pimpla indagalri.c, Walsh. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iii., p. 146. 



Two % specimens. (Belfrage.) 



