448 DESCRIPTIONS OF ICHNEUMONID.E ASHMEAD. 



middle and posterior tibiae banded with white in the middle, the apex 

 and a subbasal annulus on the posterior tibiae, black, posterior tarsi 

 pale, the joints tipped with black. Abdomen similar to P. texana Or., 

 only a little wider at the middle, the basal five segments rufous, the 

 punctuation finer and more confluent, the segments transverse with 

 subnodose prominences. Wings fusco-hyaline ; stigma and veins 

 brown, the areolet entirely wanting. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Described from one specimen in Belfrage collection. 



CLISTOPYGA Grav. 

 Clistopyga pulchripicta sp. uov. 



Female. — Length, 7 mm ; ovipositor, 1.4 unn . Black; face, except a line 

 down the middle, anterior orbits to beyond the summits of the eyes, 

 clypeus, mandibles, except tips, base of cheeks, palpi, two basal joints 

 of antenna? beneath, teguhe, a broad line in front and a short line below, 

 a line on collar above, tip of scutellum postscutellutu, anterior legs 

 and middle coxa 1 and trochanters, and extreme apical edges of the 

 abdominal segments, white. Antenna? 30-jointed, brown, blackish 

 basally. Thorax: mesouotum trilobed, the lobes, mesopleurte, except a 

 spot at insertion of wings, metapleune, and oblong spots on metathorax 

 above, rufous; metathorax finely, transversely aciculated. Legs, with 

 the above-mentioned exceptions, reddish-yellow. The abdomen is much 

 longer than the head and thorax together, sparsely, finely punctured, 

 and finely pubescent, the first segment longer than wide, the three 

 following segments with oblique grooves laterally as in Glypta, and 

 connected with a transverse groove or depression towards the apex, 

 forming disk-like prominences on these segments. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma and veins brown ; no areolet. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Described from one specimen in Belfrage collection. 



Clistopyga pleuralis up. uov. 



Male. — Length, 7 mm . Head, except disk of vertex inclosing the 

 ocelli, and the occiput, sides of mesouotum, collar, except a line above, 

 scutellum, all pleura?, sternum, legs, and extreme apical edges of the 

 abdominal segments, white. There is a large red blotch on the disk of 

 the white sides of the mesouotum, another at the base of the meso- 

 pleura?, aud a triangular red spot ou the scutellum. Middle of mesouo- 

 tum, metathorax aud abdomen black. There is a black dot on the 

 middle coxa? and a black stripe on hind coxa?; base and apex of hind 

 trochanters, tips of hind tibia? and subbasal annulus, black ; the hind 

 tarsi, except the joints basally, dusky. The head aud thorax are 

 smooth, polished ; metathorax minutely transversely rugulose and then 

 punctured, much longer than high and gradually sloping off behind. 



