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8. Metathorax spined. 



Black; the second and third abdominal segments, except apex, red. 



H. bicornutus sp. nov. 

 Black ; abdomen red, blackish at apex, the last segment with a large white 



spot above ; antenna' 25-jointed, ringed with white H. annulicornis sp. nov. 



Metathorax not spined. 

 Abdoinei: with the second and third segments, except lateral margins and a 

 blotch at base of fourth, red, the rest black; antennas 26-pointed (a ale). 



H. albiscapus sp. nov. 

 Abdomen with the second and third segments, including lateral margins red- 

 dish yellow ; antenna* 22-joiuted 11. meJUcornis sp. nov. 



Abdomen red, the petiole black. 

 Antenna' female 21-jointed, male, 25-joiuted. 



Petiole and second abdominal segment aciculated H. texanus sp. nov. 



Antennas (? broken.) 



Petiole and abdomen granulated, apex black ^....H. virginiensis sp. nov. 



Petiole aciculated, rest of abdomen smooth polish.. ..H. rubricorui-s sp. nov. 



Antenna 1 , male, 23-jointed, petiole aciculated, rest of abdomen smooth. 



H. Townsendi sp. nov. 

 Antenme 26-joiuted, male. 



Petiole and basal two-thirds of second segment longitudinally aciculated. 



H. si/rphicola sp. nov. 



9. Small, slender, head quadrate H.valliduG sp. nov. 



Hemiteles Belfragei sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, 5 to 6 mm ; ovipositor, l mm . Kobust, black, ska- 

 greened, opaque, pubescent ; tbe abdomen beyond the second segment 

 smooth, polished; the lateral membranous part at apex of petiole, a large 

 spot at apex of fifth segment, and the sixth and seventh segments, 

 white; the petiole Las two keels on the disk abbreviated posteriorly; 

 palpi and antennae ferruginous, the latter 24 jointed ; thorax with the 

 parapsidal grooves strongly indicated anteriorly for one-third the length 

 of the mesouotum, then entirely obliterated ; metathorax strongly 

 areolated, the surface of the areas being more or less wrinkled or rugu- 

 lose; the spiracles round; legs ferruginous. Wings hyaline, with two 

 transverse smoky bands, one narrow at about one-third the length of 

 the wing, the other wider, taking in the upper part of the stigma and 

 all of the marginal cell; teguhc yellow ; stigma and veins black, the 

 former with a yellowish spot basally ; the cubitus is broken at the mid- 

 dle by a small stump of a vein ; hind wings hyaline. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Described from two specimens in Belfrage collection. 



Hemiteles meliteeae sp. nov. 



Female.— Length, 5 nnn ; ovipositor, 1 mm . Yellowish-brown, shagreened, 

 opaque ; the thorax has three black streaks posteriorly; the metathorax 

 above basally, a median line on the posterior face, streak on petiole, 

 and the terminal abdominal segments are more or less black. Antennae 



