228 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 



PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 



SCELIONID^. 



ScelJo venata Brues, sp. nov. 



" Female.— Length 4.25 mm. — Black, the coxse, legs and markings on abdomen 

 reddish or rufous. Head coarsely rugose; the narrow central portion of the face 

 directly above the antennfe somewhat elevated, the raised portion bounded on 

 each side by carinae which converge posteriorly. Scape, pedicel and first flagellar 

 joint of antennae fuscous, remainder of flagellum black ; pedicel distinctly shorter 

 than the first flagellar joint; second and third joints about equal, the third 

 nearly twice as wide as long; club narrower than usual, the sixth flagellar joint 

 widest, two and one-half times as wide as long. Mesonotuni coarsely rugose with 

 no indications of furrows. Scutellum and metanotum similarly sculptuied, the 

 posterior part of the latter coarsely longitudinally striated, its lateral angles rec- 

 tangular, not prominent. First abdominal segment striated, but little wider 

 than long, narrowed basally. Second segment two times as wide as long, the 

 third large, a little wider than long; fourth a trifle shorter; entire surface of 

 abdomen finely aciculated ; the second, third and fourth segments each with a 

 large basal spot of reddish brown. Legs rufous, the hind coxfe brownish basally. 

 Wings brownish on apical half, the stigma small but very distinct, with a dis- 

 tinct oblique stigmal vein and a straight radial nervure which forms a long indis- 

 tinct closed marginal cell." 



"A. single specimen from Bill William's Fork, Arizona, August, 

 F. H. Snow." 



" This species is closely related to *S'. fuscipennis Ashm., from 

 which it is most easily distinguished by its pale coxse, black tegulse 

 and spotted abdomen." 



DIAPRIID^. 

 Ceratopria sp. 



Oak Creek Canon, Arizona, 6000 ft. (F. H. Snow). 



VESPOIDEA. 



MUTILLID^. 



Mutilla tegina Cress. 



Oak Creek Canon, 6000 ft., July (F. H. Snow). 



itliitilla (Tiinnlla) vesta Cress. 

 Ft. Apache, August 26, 1897. 



Miitilia Iiippodainia Fox. 

 P't. Apache, August 26, 1897. 



