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6. Second tergite striate; wings hyaline mellem, new species. 



Second tergite smooth ; wings blackish or fuscous 7. 



7. Clypeus anteriorly produced medially into an obtuse angle; mesopleural impres. 



sion smooth crawfordi Viereck. 



Clypeus anteriorly truncate or only slightly rounded; mesopleural impression 

 crenate sanguineus Ashmead. 



8. Mesopleurae with a crenate impression 9. 



Mesopleiural impression smooth kukakense Ashmead. 



also indotatus Viereck. 



9. First abscissa of radius almost as long as the second and nearly half the length of 



the transverse cubitus; parapsidal grooves impressed to the middle of the 



mesoscutum politus Provancher. 



First abscissa of radius not half the length of the second and not more than one- 

 third the length of the first cubital cross vein; parapsidal grooves effaced except 

 at the anterior lateral angles of the mesoscutum anthomyiae Ashmead. 



10. Mesopleural impression smooth; postnervellus absent; ovipositor scarcely ex- 



serted; color black foveolatus Ashmead. 



Mesopleural impression crenate; postnervellus present; ovipositor longer than the 

 abdomen ; color stramineous fenugineus, new species. 



11. Eyes small and nearly circular; malar space longer than the width of a mandible; 



mesopleural impression strongly crenate; mesoscutum without an impression 

 medially in front of the scutellum; second tergite striate; ovipositor nearly as 

 long as the abdomen; length, 4.25 mm.; head, tegulae, legs, and abdomen 



beneath pale yellow; rest of body black flaviceps, new species. 



Eyes distinctly oval; malar space shorter than the width of a mandible, or, if 

 longer, then not combining all of the above characters 12. 



12. Eyes distinctly diverging below and unusually large; ocell-ocular line hardly 



twice as long as the greatest diameter of an ocellus; malar space about half as 

 long as the width of a mandible; wings fuscous; ovipositor about half the 

 length of the abdomen; body-color testaceous; head and legs blackish. 



vierecH, new species. 

 Eyes not especially large and not diverging below; ocell-ocular line usually dis- 

 tinctly more than twice as long as the diameter of an ocellus; if shorter, then 

 not combining all of the above characters 13. 



13. Ovipositor as long as the body; posterior orbits about as broad as the diameter of 



the eye; clypeus and mandibles hardly separated; mesopleural impression 

 smooth; mesoscutum without a median impression; antennae inserted about 

 the middle of the eyes, 47-iointed; hind tibiae, all tarsi, the eyes and ocelli 



black; rest of the body pale testaceous 6rM?mei7ams, new species. 



Ovipositor much shorter; otherwise not combining all of the above characters. . 14. 



14. Head unusually thick antero-posteriorly, apparently not more than twice as 



broad as long as seen from above; posterior orbits broad and only slightly 

 sloping; broad opening between mandibles and clypeus; mesoscutum without 

 a median impression; mesopleural impression smooth; ovipositor half as long 

 as the abdomen; head and thorax black; legs and abdomen testaceous; length 



3.5 mm crassiceps, new species. 



Head more transverse, appearing more than tvvdce as broad as long; orbits some- 

 times broad but usually more sloping; otherwise not combining all of the above 

 characters 15. 



15. Second abdominal tergite sculptured; suturiform articulation usually evident. 47. 

 Second tergite smooth; suturiform articulation usually obsolete 16, 



IG. Parapsidal grooves complete; antennae ringed with white 17. 



Parapsidal grooves incomplete; antennae not ringed with white 18. 



