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palpi, apical bait' of antennal joiut 10 aiid the following joints to 14 

 inclusive, sutures of coxre aud trochanters, knees, annulus at base of 

 all tibiae and under surface of anterior tibioe, tegulas, line beneath and 

 the apex of scutellum, white. Tarsi yellowish ; two terminal joints of 

 posterior tarsi and the terminal joints of anterior and middle tarsi, 

 black. The head is smooth, polished, finely punctured ; thorax densely 

 punctured, longitudinally striated just in front of the scutellum ; 

 scutellum aud pleura finely rugulose; metathorax distinctly areolated. 

 The apex of abdomeu beyond the fifth segment blackish ; basal seg- 

 ments minutely rugulose ; the segments beyond fourth transversely 

 aciculated. Wings hyaline; a small, faint, dusky cloud below the 

 stigma ; the stigma, except basal half which is white, and the veins, 

 dark-brown. 



Habitat. — Cadet, Mo. 



Described from one specimen, received from Mr. J. G. Barlow. 



Xylonomus floridanus sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, IS""" ;- ovipositor, 16 ,nm . Obscure rufous; an- 

 tennas, mandibles, anterior legs except tibia? and tarsi, middle legs 

 except tarsi, and posterior legs except coxa; above basally, and the 

 tarsi, black. All the tibia? at base are auuulated with white ; anterior 

 tarsi yellowish, the apical half of the first joint and the last, dusky; 

 middle tarsi black, except the basal half of first joint and joints 3 and 

 4, which are white ; posterior coxa? above basally rufous ; the tarsi, 

 except first joint basally and the third aud fourth joints which are 

 yellowish, dusky or black. The sculpture of this species is almost 

 exactly as in X. stigmapterus Say, aud like that species the posterior 

 lateral angles of the metathorax is prolonged into a projecting promi- 

 nence or tooth. Wings fusco-hyaline ; stigma and veins brown, the 

 stigma with a white spot at base. 



Habitat.— Archer, Fla. 



Described from one specimen. 



