no. 1837. K EW SPECIES OF WASPS— ROHWER. 567 



Family NYSSONID^. 



Genus GORYTES Latreille. 

 GORYTES (GORYTES) NEGLECTUS, new species. 



Related to Gorytes mystaceus (Linnaeus), but is smaller and the 

 suture between the mesonotum and scutellum is foveolate. Super- 

 ficially resembles G. (Hoplisoides) costalis (Cresson), but is otherwise 

 quite different. 



Female. — Length about 8 mm. Anterior margin of the clypeus 

 broadly rounded out, the surface finely, closely punctured apically 

 the punctures are much larger; facial quadrangle higher than broad; 

 eyes distinctly but not strongly emarginate above the middle, disre- 

 garding the emargination subparallel; front with small, distinct, well 

 separated punctures, no impressed line from the anterior ocellus; 

 postocellar line almost twice as long as the ocellocular line; antennae 

 slightly thickened apically, the third and fourth joints subequal; 

 mesonotum with rather large, well defined, separated punctures; the 

 suture between the scutellum and mesonotum foveolate; mesopleurse 

 more finely punctures than the no turn, the suture strongly foveolate; 

 sides and posterior face of propodeum sinning, with small well sepa- 

 rated punctures, posterior face with a broad irregularly foveolate 

 furrow, enclosure sharply defined by strongly foveolate sutures, a 

 median foveolate furrow which is broader anteriorly, surface with 

 well defined punctures; third cubital cell strongly narrowed to radius 

 where it is shorter than the second; first and second recurrent veins 

 separated by a distance about as great as the length of third cubital 

 cell on the radius; first dorsal segment with small, setigeous punc- 

 tures, the following dorsal segments finely reticulate; pygidium rather 

 narrow, with rather large, close punctures covered with fuscous hair; 

 second ventral segment prominently angular basally, with large 

 punctures interspread among the fine close ones which cover the entire 

 center. Black; two basal spots on clypeus, scape beneath, line on 

 pronotum, tubercules, spot behind, spot above tegulae, metanotum, 

 small spot on propodeum, band on first three dorsal segments (broad- 

 est on the first) and lateral spots on second ventral segment yellow; 

 basal three joints of flagellum beneath, tegulae, legs except the dusky 

 coxae and trochanters and slightly yellowish anterior tibiae and tarsi 

 ferruginous; pile fuscous; wings dusky hyaline, radial cell strongly 

 clouded; venation dark brown, stigma paler. 



Texas. One female from the Belfrage collection. 



Type— Cat. No. 13747, U.S.N.M. 



From the description Gorytes sapellonis Baker would seem to be a 

 very different insect. 



