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face is very obviously punctured, the scutel is larger and more 

 acutely emarginated, and the abdomen is elevated above, into an 

 acute, transverse ridge. 



TORYMUS Dalm. (MISOCAMPUS Klug.) 



1. T. OCREATUS. — Grreen, tinged with blue; base of the an- 

 tennae, tibiae and tarsi whitish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body bright green, more or less tinged on the pleura, abdomen 

 and thighs with blue or purplish; reticulately punctured : an- 

 tennce black ; first joint before dull whitish : mandibles and palpi 

 piceous : scutel, on the posterior half with very small punctures : 

 wings hyaline ; nervure brown : abdomen polished, impunctured : 

 terminal joint 9 brassy : oviduct as long as the body, fuscous : 

 tibiae and tarsi whitish. 



Length one-tenth of an inch. 



Resembles hedeguaris F., but is smaller, the abdomen and 

 thighs differently colored, and the minute puncturation of the 

 posterior half of the scutel strongly contrasts with the larger dis- 

 coidal punctures of the basal half. It inhabits the receptacle of 

 a Liatris. 



The male has generally more of the purple tinge. 



2. T. PAViDUS. — Cupreous green ; no large punctures ; tibiae 

 and tarsi yellowish. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body coppery-greenish, with the appearance of minute granules 

 or scales; antennse black: hypostoma with the carinate line very 

 distinct : mandibles piceous : wings hyaline ; nervure pale brown- 

 ish : abdomen bluish-green: [276] feet honey-yellow: thighs 

 bluish-green ; posterior pair of tarsi whitish. 



Length % nearly one-tenth of an inch. 



The surface has no large and obvious punctures like those 

 which distinguish the preceding. 



SPARASION Latr. 



S. FAMELICUS.— Slender; abdomen longitudinally lineated. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body much elongated, very slender ; with small punctures; 



1835.] 



