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Leptacis flavicornis. 



LeplacU flavicornis, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Troc, p. 275. 

 Throo 9 9, four S S from IIull and OUiiwa in August. 



PoiA'MECrS CANADENSIS. 



J'JcUkUus canadrnsix, Asliiiioad, Can. Ent., xx, p. 51. 

 Poli/iiiicus cau(i(lensi.<<, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 278. 



Type 9 in Coll. Ashmead, from Ottawa. One 9 and one <î taken 

 in June near Hull. 



roLYMECLS PALLIPES. 



Ecladius jMllipes,- Ashmead, Bull. No. 1 Col. Biol. Ass., p. 9, 1895. 

 Polymccus pallipes, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 279, pi. xii, fig. 3, 9. 



Two 9 9 and one i, June, Hull, Que. 



PoLYMECUS XIGRIFEMUR. 



EctmUus nigrifemur, Ashmead, Bull. No. 1 Col. Biol. Ass., p. 10. 

 FoJi/mecus nigrifemur, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc., p. 280. 



One 9 taken 13th May, Ottawa. 



PoLYMECrS VANCOUVERENSIS. 



Polymecus vancouverensis, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 281. 



Typo 9 in Coll. Ashmead, collected by Rev. Gr. "W. Taylor, Victoria, 

 V. I. Mr. Taylor has also sent to me a 9 and S taken by him at Gabriola 

 Island, V. I., on 12th April, 1887. 



POLYMECX'S PICIPES. 



Polymecus picipes, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, j). 282. 



Three 9 9 taken at Hull and Ottawa in June and August. The 9 

 taken in August is considerably smaller and is possibly distinct. 



Pnl.YMECUS MELMSCAPL'S. ? 



Polymecus melliscapus, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 282. 

 One 9 taken 19th June, at Ottawa, is doubtfully referred to this 

 species. 



Polymecus airipe.s. 



Polymecus pu ripes, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 283. 



Two 9 9 taken at Hull on 7th and 21st August. 

 Sactogaster VARIPE8, sp. nov. 



Ç. — Length 07 mm. Black, microscopically punctate. lA'gs piceons, ba.'je 

 of tibiiu and tarsi yellowish. Scape, of antennie pale. Scutellum with sharp awl- 

 like spine ; sides of metathorax and base of abdomen with silvery pubescence. 



