392 DESCRIPTIONS OF ICHNEUMONID.E ASHMEAD. 



AMBLYTELES Wesmael. 



Ambly teles contractus sp. nov. 



Female — Length, 7 mm . Head and thorax black; palpi, clypeus, spot 

 on face, anterior orbits, antennae, inesonotam, scutellum, legs and ab- 

 abdomen, ferruginous-, all coxae black. The head and thorax are mod- 

 erately punctulate ; inetathorax uiiuutely rugose, distinctly areoiated, 

 the spiracles ovate. Abdomen a little longer than the headaud thorax 

 together, the apex of petiole bent, aciculated, the two following seg- 

 ments finely punctulate, the segments beyond almost smooth, and at 

 apex of the third segment is a strong constriction or deep transverse 

 groove. Wings subhyaline; stigma and veins pale yellowish-brown; 

 the cubital nervure has a little stump of a vein at about its middle; 

 areolet pentagonal, the upper side being about the same length as the 

 lower outer side. 



Habitat. — Alaska. 



Described from one specimen. The species may be at once recog- 

 nized by the strong constriction at the apex of the third segment. 



Ambly teles Cookii sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, ll mm . Ferruginous; autenual joints 8 to 15, yel- 

 low ; suture of thorax, posterior femora and apex oi tibia3 and the 

 five terminal abdominal segments, black, the seventh with a large spot 

 above and the extreme margin of eighth, yellow. Wings subhyaline ; 

 the areolet large, pentagonal, the upper side being the same length as 

 the lower outer side, the cubital nervure with a distinct stump of a vein 

 at about the middle. The antennae are moderately slender, the first 

 joint of flagellum twice the length of the second, the following a little 

 longer than wide. The second abdominal segment is moderately punct- 

 ulate, the third less distinctly punctulate, the following being smooth 

 and shining; gastrocceli distinct, but neither large nor deep. 



Habitat.— Lansing, Mich. 



Described from one specimen received from Prof. A. J. Cook. 



PHiSO GENES Wesmael. 

 Phceogenes gelecliiee sp. nov. 



Male and female. — Length, 7 to 8 mm . Black, polished, sparsely punc- 

 tulate; clypeus, mandibles, two basal anteunal joints beneath and legs, 

 in male, ferruginous, in the female the disk of clypeus is black, the 

 antennae ferruginous, except toward apex above, while the collar has a 

 ferruginous blotch in the middle above. Thorax in both sexes exhibits 

 indications of parapsidal grooves anteriorly, the sides of collar and 

 pleurae with some raised lines and punctures ; inetathorax distinctly are- 

 oiated, the surface of the areas being rugose, except the lateral areas an- 

 teriorly, these are smooth with a few scattered punctures; the middle 



