196 KOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



SCOKI'IOTKI.KIA .MllJAllll.lS. 



Scorpiolilria mlrnhllis, Aslmiiad, Can. Knt., xxiv, p. 03. 

 Type 9 in Coll. Ashmcad, from OUawii (Kettle Island), 18th August, 

 1894. 



Styi.iuolox I'ui.nr.M. 



Stiilhhjlon polit\iiu, Asliim-ad, Can. Kiit., xxix, ]). 54. 



Type 9 in Coll. Ashmcad, from Ottawa, 13th May, 18!»C. 



Afltnl'IEST.V KL.WIC.M'D.V. 



ArrapitMn JJavimnda, Ashmcad, .Aloiiog. X. A. Proc, p. 354, pi. xiv, fig. 3, 9- 

 Tj'pe 9 in Coll. Ashmead, from Ottawa. 



BeI.YTA EKYTIIKOPl'S. 



Jich/ta ernlhropun, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 357. 



Two 9 9 and eight S $ from Hull, Chelsea and Ottawa, August and 

 October. One $ taken at Sudbury, Ont., on 12th July, 1889, by Mr. J. 

 D. Evans. 



Bei.yta iîostkata, i<}>. nov. 



9 . — Lengtli 3'5 mm. Black, liigldy polished, sparsely pilose, legs honey- 

 yellow. Head globose, narrower than thorax ; eyes rather small, ocelli in equal- 

 sided triangle ; frontal prominence much produced, fully half the length of head ; 

 antenn» stout, rufous, terminal joints darker ; scape stout, as long as pedicel and 

 first four joints of flagellnm ; pedicel rounded, slightly longer than wide ; firet joint 

 of flagellnm hardly twice as long as pedicel, joints beyond moniliform, subjiedicel- 

 late, gradually larger toward apex, last joint obconic ; palpi pale ; face iiolished, 

 ^vith grooves extending from base of mandibles almost to apex of frontal promin- 

 ence, apex i)nnctate. Mesonotal furrows and transvei-se furrow between teguhe 

 distinct ; scutellum fiat, fovea at ba«e large and shallow. ]\Ietathorax smooth, with 

 divided central and distinct lateral carina, posterior angles prominent. Wings 

 hyaline, nervures pale brownish ; marginal vein shorter than the closed cell ; tegulaî 

 rufous. Legs stout, honey-yellow, including coxfe. Abdomen highly polished, 

 terminal segments more pilose ; petiole longer than wide, with irregular raised 

 lines ; base of second segment with median sulcus and a few short stria*. 



Described from one 9 taken at Chelsea, Quo., on the occasion of an 

 excursion of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, on 3rd October, 1807. 



The species agrees with B. frontalis, Ashm., in the prominent face, 

 but the head is more globose, and the mctathorax has a divided central 

 carina. 



Bei.yta texana. 



Belyta texana, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 357. 

 One 9 from Hull, Que., 2nd August, 1897. 



OxYi.AiJis si'ixosrs. 



Anrurhjinrhus ftplnoKKs, Provancher, Faune llym. Can., ii, p. 5()0. 



O.fiflahÏH f>])iuo.viH, Provancher, Add. et Corr., j). 405. 



OxylabU spinosus (Vrow), Ashmead, INIonog. N. A. Proc. ]>. :>5S, ]>!. xiv, fig. 5, 9 . 



