ART. 16 WASPS OF THE SUBFAMILY BEACONINAE MUESEBECK 31 



metapleura polished; stigma long and narrow, with radius arising 

 from beyond its middle; areolet large, sessile, triangular; second inter- 

 cubitus Aveakly bent near tlie middle; nervulus practically interstitial; 

 first abscissa of mediella much shorter than the second; nervellus 

 slightly bent inwardly below; discoidella not distinct; legs slender; 

 posterior coxae rather long, polished; inner spur of middle tibia a 

 little longer than ha.lf the basitarsus; inner spur of hind tibia just 

 about equal to half the posterior basitarsus; hind tarsi slender, the 

 third segment distinctly longer than the fifth; abdomen slender, first 

 tergite nearly twice as long as broad at apex, very narrow at base, 

 completely polished, with an impression at base and a low polished 

 median longitudinal ridge arising behind this impression, the latter 

 not sharply margined by carinae ; second and following tergites pol- 

 ished; second tergite about as long as broad; ovipositor sheaths a 

 little longer than the body. Testaceous; head and antennae black, 

 palpi pale; area between clypeal foveae and eyes rufous in type; 

 propectusmargined with blackish; otherwise thorax wholly testaceous; 

 abdomen wholly testaceous; wings strongly infumated; anterior and 

 middle legs entirely testaceous, with only tarsal claws blackish; 

 posterior legs testaceous, with the trochanters, apex of tibiae, and 

 the tarsi blackish. 



Type.— Cat. No. 28679, U.S.N.M. 



Type locality. — Pyziton, Clay County, Alabama. 



Described from a single specimen collected by H. H. Smith. 



2. BASSUS FLORIDANUS.new species 



Male. — Length, 9 mm. Face broader than long from antenna! 

 foramina to apex of clypeus, with a slight median incision just below 

 antennae; clypeus broad, only slightly convex, truncate at apex; 

 palpi as in marginatifrons ; eyes rather large, attaining the vertex, 

 which is not at all convex; frontal impressions margined by carinae 

 as described for marginatifrons; ocell-ocular line about twice the 

 diameter of an ocellus ; occiput flat, not excavated; antennae rather 

 stout, 51-segmented in type, all the flagellar segments longer than 

 broad ; thorax slender, not as broad as high; pronotal pits large, deep, 

 and sharply margined; parapsidal furrows impressed, polished; mid- 

 dle lobe of mesoscutum very prominent, with a low polished ridge 

 down the middle; scutellum a little convex, polished, margined at apex 

 by a distinct carina; propodeum coarsely, rather regularly, areolated, 

 the areas rugose within ; petiolarea not distinctly separated from the 

 areola; the basal, middle, and apical lateral areas sharply delim- 

 ited; propodeal spiracle large, elliptical; propleura polished; meso- 

 pleural furrow coarsely foveate; metapleura rugose-reticulate; stigma 

 long and narrow; radius arising from beyond middle of stigma; 

 areolet large, triangular, sessile; nervulus slightly postfurcal; first 



