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acters with the female. Antenne are stouter and somewhat compressed. 
Differs from the female in that the pronotum is entirely black. 
One male and one female. Sea Cliff, Long Island, and Ithaca, N. Y. 
Mr. Nathan Banks, collector. (Coll. U.S. Nat. Mus.) 
9, Pristiphora idiota Norton. 
1867. Pristiphora idiota Norton. . Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1, p. 77. 
1867. Pristiphora identidem Norton. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1, p. 77. (Cat., ete., 
p. 47.) 
1869. Pristiphora identidem Glover. Rept. U.S. Dept. Agr., p. 207. 
1870. Pristiphora identidem Packard. Guide to Study of Insects, p. 217. 
1872. Pristiphora identidem Norton. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe., rv, p. 78. 
1877. Pristiphora identidem Glover. Rept. U.8. Dept. Agric., p. 92. 
1878. Pristiphora idiota Provancher. Nat. Can., x, p.50. 
1881. Pristiphora identidem Thomas. 10th Rept. State Ent. I1., 1880, p. 69. 
1882. Nematus idiotus Kirby. List Hym. Brit. Mus., 1, p. 140. 
1883. Pristiphora idiota Provancher. Faun. Ent. Can. Hym., p. 182. 
1883. Pristiphora identidem Saunders. Ins. Inj. to Fruits, p. 373. 
Female.—Length 5 mm.; moderately robust; head with coarse, deep 
puncturing; ridges on either side of anterior ocellus rounded, nearly 
obsolete; clypeus nearly truncate; antenne slender, third joint very 
much longer than fourth, fourth and fifth subequal; sheath rather 
slender, rounded at tip, with dense bordering fringe of hairs; claws with 
minute inner tooth; venation normal, except that the first cubital cross 
vein is wanting. Color black, shining; elypeus and palpi, tegulwe, and 
central area of abdomen, latter more or less interrupted (dorsally, yellow; 
legs yellow; femora usually brown basally and apieally, especially on 
upper and lower margins, or brown with sides reddish yellow; tips of 
posterior tibie and tarsi brown; wings hyaline; veins brown. 
Male.—Agrees with female in structural and colorational characters, 
except that the abdomen is entirely black. Antenne are considerably 
stouter than those of the female, cylindrical, not at all compressed. 
Many specimens of both sexes. New Hampshire. (Colls. Am. Ent. 
Soc. and U. 8. Nat. Mus.) 
10, Pristiphora dyari new species. 
Female-—Length 5.5 mm.; very robust; head with coarse, dense 
puncturing; frontal ridge slightly elevated; fovea shallow; clypeus 
nearly squarely truncate; antenne tapering, third joint longest; 
sheath not very broad, rounded at apex, with dense bordering hairs; 
claws minutely cleft, sharp, inner tooth near apex; venation normal, 
except that first cubital is wanting. Color black, shining; clypeus, 
outer half of pronotum, tegule, segments 1 to 4 of abdomen, and legs 
reddish yellow; apical third of posterior tibiz and their tarsi black; 
wings hyaline; veins dark brown. 
One female. Keene Valley, N. Y., June 21, 1894. (Coll. Dyar.) 
