INSECTS OF BEULAH, NEW MEXICO. ill 



I > m m-ri tun obscuripes n. sp. — Face and dorsulum opaque; longitudi- 

 nal ridge on mesopleuree distinct; parapsidal furrows absent ; metathorax imper- 

 fectly areolated. Areola and petiolar area not separated by a carina. 



9 Length 7 mm. Face finely indistinctly sculptured, the tegument mostly 

 obscured by silver pubescence, cheeks more shining. Dorsulum medially ante- 

 riorly, finely, obscurely sculptured, posteriorly rngoso-punctate sides, somewhat 

 shining, finely, closely punctured. Mesopleura more or less shining, more closely 

 punctured below than above the middle. Metathorax with the basal area narrow, 

 much longer than wide, the areola longer than wide, the petiolar area widen- 

 ing promptly. Lateral area not divided, separated from the pleural area by a 

 distinct carina, mesonotal mesopleura] carina distinct, areas all opaque, mi- 

 nutely granular. Wings transparent, with a dark cast, nervines dark brown, 

 stigma paler, cubiti uniting on the radial nervure, second recurrent nervure re- 

 ceived beyond the middle of the areolet. Abdomen opaque to subopaque, apical 

 segments considerably inflated ; ovipositor exerted, hardly one mm. in length. 



Black. Mandibles a dirty yellow, trochanters of four anterior legs much the 

 same color; anterior femora, tibia; and tarsi, median and posterior tibiae and tarsi 

 obscurely colored, from dark ferruginous to brown. Greater part of the third 

 segment ferruginous; part of the fourth segment ferruginous to testaceous. 



Type, Coll. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phila. Type locality, Beulah, 

 N. M., August 17, 1901 (H. Skinner). Two female specimens. 



Limneriiim ausl ralis n. sp. — Face and dorsulum opaque, the latter 

 with a median longitudinal impressed line, the longitudinal carina on meso- 

 pleura prominent. Metathorax almost without raised lines 



J Length 5 mm. Face indistinctly punctured, clypeus more shining, cheeks 

 dull shiuiug. Dorsulum finely obscurely sculptured, parapsidal grooves absent. 

 Mesopleura? shining on the upper half, obscurely sculptured and opaque on the 

 lower half, a short impressed line, extending backwards from the longitudinal 

 carina. Metathorax with a broad basal area, an oblique line directed from each 

 posterior corner, an indistinct line running from the end of this line to the im- 

 perfect lateral longitudinal line, the apex of the metanotum with a lateral short 

 line, mesopleura separated from the mesonotum by a moderate raised line. 

 Metathorax opaque, indistinctly and finely sculptured. Wings transparent, with 

 a dark cast, nervnres dark brown, stigma pale brown, areolet distinctly petio- 

 late, the petiole shorter than either cubitus, recurrent nervure received by the 

 areolet before the middle. Petiole of abdomen narrow and smooth, suddenly 

 dilated beyond the middle. Ovipositor about one-third the length of the abdo- 

 men. 



Black. Mandibles (excepting apex, which is brownish), second trochanter of 

 anterior and middle legs, base of wings and part of tegulse, greater part of abdo- 

 men ventral'.y, yellow. Anterior femora except base, tibia?, tarsi, middle femora 

 except base, more or less dark ferruginous; middle and posterior tibiae dirty 

 whitish above, excepting at base and apex. 



Type, Coll. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phila. Type locality, Beulah, 

 N. M., August 17, 1901 (H. Skinner). One female. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXIX. FEBRUARY. 1903. 



