158 Psyche [December 



coarsely punctate except apex of clypeus which is sparsely so; 

 thorax coarsely so; abdomen almost smooth. Ovipositor short and 

 curved. Humeral cross nervure of hind wing broken at middle. 

 Areolet rhomboidal, slightly petiolate. 



Black. Rufous as follows: abdomen except base of petiole, 

 apex of clypeus, mandibles, palpi, and tegulse; apex of antennae 

 and underside of base and pedicel; legs, except tips of hind femora, 

 tarsal segments and outside of hind tibiae, which are dusky. Wing 

 veins dusky except fulvous bases and spot on stigma. 



Four females, collected by C. T. Brues at Petersham, Mass. 

 VII, 1918. 



Prinopoda media sp. nov. 



9 . Length 8 mm. Head large, thickened behind the eyes, 

 front rather flat. Malar line one-third the basal width of mandi- 

 bles. Distance from ocellus to clypeus one-fourth longer than from 

 eye to eye. Front gradually and slightly convex. Clypeus with 

 transverse ridge near base, emarginate at apex, and indistinctly 

 bilobed. Antennte with 39 segments. First flagellar joint longer 

 than scape and pedicel; segments 5-9,5 thickened; twelfth segment 

 three-fourths as broad as long and one-third wider than first seg- 

 ment. Parapsidal furrows faint. Scutellum rather flat, margined 

 anteriorly. Pleurae flat. Areola open anteriorly. Abdomen peti- 

 olate, first segment slightly wider at apex than at base; third twice 

 as wide as apex of first and almost as wide as thorax. Parallel 

 carinae extending to apex of first segment. Ovipositor 2 mm., 

 curved. Legs long, slender; claws with 4-6 long teeth. Areolet 

 irregular, petiolate. Front finely punctured. Pronotum smooth. 

 Lower meso- and metapleurae coarsely punctate. Propodeum rug- 

 ulose. Abdomen smooth, except petiole, which is faintly rugulose. 



Black. Yellow as follows: mandibles except teeth, clypeus, 

 tegulae, all trochanters, anterior coxae, tips of anterior femora, 

 tibiae, and tarsi except apices which are ferrugineous. Second and 

 third abdominal segments, antennae beneath, anterior femora, hind 

 coxae and hind tibiae except apices, ferrugineous. Palpi, annulus on 

 posterior tibiae, spurs and bases of tarsal segments, white. Rest of 

 hind tibiae and tarsi black. 



Female from Machias, Maine, VII, 1917. 



