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Pantoclis canadensis. 



PdiiltjcliM c(i»a(lt'ii.'>!.i, AsliiiK'ail, L'un. Eut., xxix, p. r>ô. 



Type 9 in Coll. A.shmead, from Ottawa, 13th Augu.st, 1894. Ono 9 

 and three <? (? which seem to belong to this species, from Hull and Ottawa, 

 in Juno and August. 



Pantoclis ana lis. 



PfDitocHx (iiKilis, .VsliiiK-ad, .Miinojr. X. A. Proc, p. 'ATO, pi. xv, l\<:. 2, 9. 



One 9 from Hull, 22nd Augu.st, 1897; larger and more robust than 

 the previous species. 



Pantoclis cra.ssicornis ? 



Pantoclis craxvconus, A.«hini'ad, ^lonog. X. A. Proc, p. 3(59. 



One 9 from Hull, 16th Augu.st, 1894. 



Pantoclis mandiihlahi.s, .ij). nor. 



9- — Ijcngth 3 mm. Black, polished, with rather long sparse pubescence. 

 Head transverse ; palpi and mandibles pale, the latter long, crossing at tips. 

 Antenna', with scape and pedicel, yellowisb, beyond black ; pedicel not much 

 longer than thick ; first joint of flagellum about three times a.s long as pedicel ; 

 joints two, three and four decreasing slightly in length, five much shorter, but 

 longer than six, which is subequal with iiedicel ; remaining joints moniliform, sub- 

 pedicellate ; eight and nine are the stoutest, and beyond these the joints are more 

 elongate and slenderer, oval instead of spherical, the terminal pointed, as long as 

 the fifth. Wings hyaline, nervures brownish ; marginal vein longer than first 

 abscissa of radius, marginal cell twice as long as the marginal vein. Legs yellow, 

 the hind tibia; and tarsi slightly darker. Teguhe pale. Petiole of abdomen stout, 

 strongly fluted ; abdomen short and stout, slightly recurved at tip, the second 

 segment piceous at base. 



Described from one 9 captured near Hull on 22nd August, 1897. 

 The mandibles are larger than in our other species o£ Pantoclfs, but the 

 structure of the antennie seems to separate it from JCenoto7na, to which I 

 was at fir.st disposed to refer it. The antemuv ditlcr from those of our 

 other species of Pantoclis in being stoutest in middle of flagellum, and 

 perceptibly slenderer towards apex. 



ZygOTA AMERICANA. 



Zi/i/oIh tiiiwrirtoiii, Ashmead, ^lonog. N. A. Proc, p. 373, pi. xv, fig. .■>, $• 



Types 9 ^ in Coll. Ashmead, from Ottawa. Forty 9 9 and twenty 

 ^ <î from valions lociilities in Ottawa district, occurring from May to 

 October. One <? from Mr. J. 1). P]van.s, which he captured at Sudbury in 

 1892. 



The species, like the majority of our Proctotrypids, occurs most 

 frequently in August, but in 1894 it was abundant in Hull on the 15th 

 July, and on the 3rd Octobei-, 1897, it wîis common near Chelsea. One 

 S was taken as early as the 21st May. Individuals vary much in size, 



