AMERICAN HYMEXOPTERA. 85 



Tijpe, Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila. Tijpe locality, California. Cali- 

 fornia, two raale.^, El Chinche, Lower California. September, 1893, 

 ( Eif^en), one male. 



OdoiitophotopsiM siibtenuis n. sp. 



Length, %, 6.5 mm. — Head with ])unctuies irregularly placed, strong, medium 

 sized, rather close together, no distinct median impressed line. Distance between 

 posterior ocelli about twice the distance between them and the anterior ocellus; 

 distance between posterior ocelli distinctly less than that between them and 

 nearest eye margin. Malar space distinct, about one-half mm. high. Mandibles 

 narrow, gently curved, slightly emarginate, teeth weak. 



Thorax. — Prothorax closely rugose. Punctures on dorsulum separated, not 

 far from contiguous, furrows only present on posterior half. Scutellum shining, 

 almost reticulate; postscutellum indistinctly sculptured, rugulose. Propleura 

 almost punctured, rugose, hardly any smooth space. Impressed portion of meso- 

 pleura with closely arranged punctures on the superior half, on lower half 

 smooth ; bulged part not strongly so, with close shallow punctures, rugose in 

 appearance. Disc of metathorax with a rather oblong, irregular area. Meshes of 

 the reticulation of metathorax moderately large, not strongly outlined. Only an 

 indistinct abcissa on radial and subdiscoidal nervure; first submarginal cell not 

 much more than twice as long as high ; transverse median nervure interstitial 

 with basal nervure. 



Abdomen. — Petiole with only a few very shallow punctures on a shining sur- 

 face. Second segment with sparse Small punctures; the felt line on dorsal seg- 

 ment more than one half length of the segment, the felt line on ventral segment 

 about one-half the length of the dorsal line. 



Color. — Pubescence white, that of the felt lines dark, grayish. Testaceous; 

 antennse and legs very much darkened, dull brownish ; stigma dark brown, ner- 

 vures paler. 



Remarks: — One specimen has the transverse median nervure originating be- 

 yond the basal nervure. 



Type, Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila. Type locality, Texas. Texas, 

 two males. Georgia, one S . 



Odoutopliotopsis sarpedou (Fox). 



MHtilla sarpedon Fox, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxv, 267, % , 1899. 



Type, Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila. Type locality, Texas. Texas, 

 eight males. 



Odontopliotopsis Ihamyras (Fox). 



Maiilla thamyras Fox, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxv, 267, % , 1899. 



Type, Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Phila. Type locality, Texas. 



Odoiitophotopsis truiicului^ n. sp. 



Length, % , 6.5 mm.— Head. — Punctures strong, medium sized, close together 

 on front, rather sparse beyond, no median line. Distance between posterior 



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