438 DESCRIPTIONS OF ICHNEUMOXID.E ASHMEAD. 



Subfamily TKYPHONIN.E. 



METOPIUS Panzer. 

 Metopius xanthostigma sp. uov. 



Male, — Length, 14 mm . Black; coarsely punctured aud sparsely cov- 

 ered with fuscous pubescence. Autenna3 brown black, not reaching to 

 the middle of the abdomen. Face yellow, with a central, long-oval 

 black spot; the face is separated Irom base of antenna; and surrounded 

 by a sharply defined keel. Palpi dusky; the second joint of labial 

 palpi yellow. A line on upper margin of collar, interrupted medially, 

 the posterior half of the quadrate scutellum, a dot at base of the lateral 

 keels of same, spot below tegula? and a dot below this, a dot on lower 

 posterior angles of mesopleura?, large spot on metapleura?, the sutures 

 between joints of trochanters, extreme apex of femora and anterior and 

 middle tibia? aud tarsi and posterior tibia? at base, the apical lateral 

 corners of the first abdominal segment, and the apical margins of second, 

 third, fourth, and fifth segments, bright yellow. The middle tibiae 

 beneath aud posterior tibiae and tarsi, rufous, rest of the legs, black. 

 Abdomen very coarsely, irregularly pitted, the first segment short, 

 bicariuated. Wings fuscous, the stigma and inner margin of costa? 

 yellow, the outer margin and veins black. 



Habitat. — North Carolina. 



Described from one specimen. This species approaches nearest to 

 M. pollinctorius Say, but it is somewhat differently colored and at once 

 distinguished from that species by the absence of medial carina? on the 

 second, third, aud fourth abdominal segments and by the yellow stigma. 



Metopius terminafis sp. uov. 



Male, — Length, 8 mm . Black, polished aud but sparsely punctured. 

 Antenna? brown, the two basal joints black, pale beneath. Face pubes- 

 cent, not surrounded by a keel. . Clypeus, mandibles, and middle and 

 anterior legs, ferruginous ; the clypeus is transversely prominent or 

 ridge-like; the fore and middle coxa? black at base; hind legs rufous, 

 the coxa? entirely black, the tibiae and tarsi obfuscated. Scutellum 

 quadrate keeled at sides aud with a slight carina on the middle poste- 

 riorly. Metathorax distinctly, coarsely areolated. Abdomen rufous, 

 the first aud three terminal segments, except the extreme margins, 

 black. Wings dusky hyaline; the stigma and veins brown. 



Habitat.— Missouri. 



Described from one specimen in Biley collection. The non-keeled 

 face of this species is entirely different from all other Metopii known 

 to me. 



