1919] Hall — Neio Tryphonince of the Tribe Clenopelmini 157 



ment one-fifth longer than scape and pedicel. Apical 6 segments 

 each as long as broad except the last segment which is one and one- 

 half times the length of previous one. Scutellum flat, margined, 

 sloping suddenly behind. No parapsidal furrows. Pleurae rather 

 flat. Basal carina wanting on propodeum. Abdomen sessile, 

 carinse extending to middle of petiole, apex of petiole one and one- 

 half times the width at base and two-thirds the length. Third 

 segment not quite as wide as thorax. Ovipositor short. Legs 

 rather stout, claws pectinate. Face and propodeum coarsely 

 punctate, rest of thorax sparsely so; abdomen finely punctate. 

 Areolet rhomboidal, petiolate. Humeral cross-vein of hind wing 

 broken at middle. 



Black. Rufous as follows : apical part of clypeus, apex of petiole 

 and remainder of abdomen, apex of trochanters, femora except 

 black apices of hind ones and yellow tips of others. Coxae and 

 bases of trochanters black, rest of fore legs yellow-ferrugineous 

 with last tarsal segment dusky; remainder of hind legs dusky. 

 Bases of hind tibiae yellow. Tegulae, bases of wing veins, palpi 

 and mandibles except teeth, yellowish-white. Tibiae with a faint 

 rufous annulus. 



Female from Kaniac Butte, Washington, collected by Prof. A. L. 

 Melander, I-IV, 1912. 



Grypocentnis rufiterminalis sp. nov. 



9 . Length 9-10 mm. Head large. Distance from eye to eye 

 almost two-thirds the distance between ocellus and clypeus. 

 Malar space one-third the width of clypeus. Face slightly convex. 

 Clypeus wude, almost from eye to eye, with transverse ridge and 

 short bristles at apex. Antennae with 36 segments, extending to 

 middle of abdomen; segments 9-25 thickened. Scape two-thirds 

 the length of first flagellar segment, which is three times as long as 

 width at apex. Middle segments and those beyond slightly longer 

 than wide. Parapsidals present anteriorly. Scutellum rounded, 

 sloping gradually behind. Pleurae convex. Areola open anteriorly, 

 propodeum otherwise completely areolated. Apex of petiole one- 

 third wider than base, its length two and one-third times the basal 

 width. Carinse close together and extending almost to apex. 

 Length of segment about the same as width at base. Legs robust; 

 claws finely pectinate. Body covered with silver pile. Face very 



