North-American Insects. 19 
HYMENOPTERA, RHYNCHOTA, NEUROPTERA, 
AND ORTHOPTERA. By W. F. Kirpy. 
Only a few species of these orders were obtained, and in 
most cases only single specimens. Some of these belong to 
well-known and widely distributed North-American species ; 
but several of the remainder belong to imperfectly studied 
groups, in which the genera only can be determined with 
certainty from the materials before us. Most of the specimens 
ee taken at Carberry, Western Manitoba, on August 4, 
2. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
1. Nematus erythrogaster (?). 
Nematus erythrogaster, Norton, Proc. Ent. Soe. Philad. iii, p. 8 (1864) ; 
Trans. Amer. Ent. Soe. i. p. 205 (1867). 
Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 
Norton’s species is recorded from the United States and 
Canada. His type was from Massachusetts. 
2. Strex albicornis. 
Sirex albicornis, Faby. Spec. Ins. i. p. 419. n. 9 (1781). 
Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 
Widely distributed throughout the northern part of North 
America, being met with from Newfoundland to Vancouver’s 
Island. 
3. Strex bizonatus. 
Sirex bizonatus, Steph. Il. Brit. Ent., Mand. vii. p. 114, pl. xxxvi. fig. 2 
(1835). 
Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892; Athabasca River, Aug. 15, 1892. 
As common and widely distributed a species as the last. 
4, Ichneumon, sp. 
Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 
5. Mesoleptus, sp. 
Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 
| 6. Mimesa borealis. 
Mimesa borealis, Pack. Proc. Ent, Soc. Philad. vi. p. 408 (1867). 
Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 
Described by Packard from Canada, This species will 
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