160 E. T. CRESSON. 



Joppidinm rnbriceps, Walsh, MS. 



J. — Deep black, smooth and polished; head ferruginous, face paler; an- 

 tenna citron yellow, scape reddish, flagellum blackish at tips; tegul£e brown; 

 nietathorax rugose, sparsely pubescent laterally; prothorax sometimes tinged 

 with reddish-brown ; wings broad, blackish-fuliginous, with a strong seneous 

 reflection, areolet large, quadrate; four anterior legs honey-yellow, femora 

 darker towards base, coxce black, trochanters piceous, posterior legs black, 

 their tarsi yellow, dusky at tips ; abdomen slender at base, gradually dilated 

 towards apex, which is sometimes tinged with brownish; ovipositor more than 

 half the length of abdomen. Length .55 inch. 



■^ . — Much more slender; vertex and occiput black; antennse long, bright 

 citron yellow, tips of flagellum dusky; bases of intermediate femora black, in- 

 termediate tarsi dusky; abdomen very slender, especially at base, smooth and 

 polished. Length .60 inch. 



Four S 9 specimens. (Belfrage ; Boll.) 



Joppi«liuni apicale, n. sp. 



f . — Head dull rufous, blackish at base of antennae, which are yellowish, 

 darker at base and black on apical third; thorax entirely black, except a dull 

 rufous spot on each side of prothorax anteriorly; tegulae pale; metathorax 

 rounded, deeply punctured, pubescent; wings blackish-violaceous; coxse, pos- 

 terior trochanters and femora black, remainder of legs yellowish-ferruginous, 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi paler; abdomen shining, ferruginous, first and second 

 segments, except narrow apical margin, black, base of third segment blackish; 

 ovipositor about one-half the length of abdomen. Length .45 inch. 



One specimen collected in Comal Co. Quite distinct from ruhriceps 

 by the color of the legs and abdomen. 



Phyga<Ieuoii texanus, n. sp. 



"^ . — Black, head and thorax with short, pale pubescence ; mandibles rufo- 

 piceous, palpi whitish ; antennse black above, brown beneath, scape yellow be- 

 neath ; thorax shining, with sparse, not deep, punctures; metathorax very 

 rough and uneven, with sharply defined carinae, posterior face deeply exca- 

 vated, lateral angles very prominent and obtuse; tegulse rufo-piceous ; wings 

 hyaline, faintly tinged with yellowish, areolet 5-angular; legs honey-yellow; 

 four anterior coxse at base and posterior pair except tips, black; four anterior 

 coxffi beneath, tips of posterior pair, anterior trochanters, two posterior pair ex- 

 cept dusky spot above, and four anterior tibiae and tarsi, whitish; posterior 

 tibiffi pale, bases and tips dusky, their tarsi blackish; abdomen smooth, shining, 

 ferruginous or rufo-ferruginous; first segment above with two sharply defined 

 longitudinal carinas, becoming obsolete before reaching apex, which is con- 

 siderably dilated, sometimes the base of this segment is more or less blackish; 

 apex of abdomen pale ferruginous. Length .28 — .33 inch. 

 Seven % specimens collected in Comal Co. 



Phygadeuon iiiteriiie<lius, n. sp. 



^ .— Subrobust ; head and thorax black, abdomen and legs ferruginous, 

 smooth and shining; spot on mandibles and palpi pale; antennae fusco-fer- 

 ru^inous, paler at base, incisures of joints dusky, scape swollen, three basal 

 joints of flagellum about equal in length, each being nearly as long as scape. 



