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of scape and pedicel, in the tegulaj which are stramineous, in the 

 legs which are black or blackish except for the fore tibia? and tarsi, 

 basal half of mid tibia?, part of mid tarsi, base of hind tibia? and 

 hind metatarsi, all of which are pale stramineous or yellowish white, 

 in the propodeum which is rather indistinctly areolated, rugulose 

 and longitudinally channeled, longitudinal carina? virtually want- 

 ing, and the apical transverse carina confused with the sculpture 

 down the middle of the propodeum, in the abdomen which has a 

 yellowish band at apex of first and second tergites, the basal third 

 of the second tergite mostly brownish, second sternite yellowish 

 and bro^^alish stramineous, and in the wings which are broadly 

 margined with a blackish brown stain the lower edge of which is 

 parallel or nearly parallel to the terminal or pale abscissa of the 

 cubitus, stigma and costa blackish, rest of veins blackish-brown, 

 areolet sessile, five-sided. 



It gives me much pleasure to dedicate this beautiful species to its 

 well-knoA;vTi collector. 



Cryptohelcostizus Cushman. 

 Judging from the following species this is an atypical member 

 of the Osprhynchotiuffi with the spiracles of the first tergite in or 

 before the middle and nearer to each other than to the apex of the 

 tergite. According to Ashmead's classification this genus is related 

 to CalUcryptus Ashmead, it also has characters in common with 

 Spilocnjptus as exemplified by S. extrematis Cresson. 



Cryptohelcostizus dichrous sp. nov. 



Type.— m. 11189, M. C. Z. 



Type-locality. — Southern Pines, North Carolina, November 3, 

 1908. (A. H. Manee). 



Female. — Length 13 mm. ; shiny, black except an almost con- 

 tinuous yellowish line along the eye margin of the head, the red- 

 dish abdomen and the deeply infumated wings; axial line : tem- 

 poral line :: 2o : 10, malar space : width of mandiles at base as 

 8 : 8 or malar space or width of mandibles at base, each 336 u, 

 anterior third of clypeus in the form of a broad facet, antennjB 

 twenty-five jointed, the terminal joint truncate at apex, face with 



