Dcscrijitions of new species of Hymenoplera. S3 



TIPHIA. Fabr. Latr. 



T. transversa. Blue-black, somewhat hairy. 



In hub. Indiana. 



Body black, with a slight bluish or purplish reflection; 

 with numerous whitish hairs; immaculate, punctured; 

 antennae black, opaque; mandibles piceous at tip; palpi 

 fuscous; wings a little dusky, hyaline; nervures black; 

 apicial line of the second cubital cellule transverse, recti- 

 linear; metathorax each side striated, above with three- 

 slightly elevated longitudinal lines and a posterior trans- 

 verse one; abdomen, first segment narrower than the se- 

 cond, somewhat gibbous above and flat beneath, the inci- 

 sure indented; remaining segments more hairy, ciliated; 

 tibiae and tarsi with silvery hairs. 



Length nearly half an inch. 



( To be continued. ) 



The Lyceum intends giving illustrations, as fine speci- 

 mens offer, of North American Reptiles, so that in time 

 a complete monograph may be presented. Plate No. 5, 

 is from a drawing very kindly made by Mr. Titian Peale 

 from an individual taken by Mr. Jacob Gilliams last sum- 

 mer, in Maryland, being rather farther north than usual. 

 It is the Coluber getulus, Lin. Syst. Nat. idem Gmelin, 

 Syst. Nat. p. 1106. La Chaine, Daub. En. Method, 

 idem Lacepede, Hist, des Serpens in 12 torn. torn. ii. p. 

 89. La Couleuvre Chaine, Latr. Hist. Nat. des Serpens 

 in 18 torn. torn. iv. p. 174. The Chain Snake, Catesbv, 

 Hist, of Carolina, pi. lii. La Couleuvre Gitule, Daud. 

 pi. lxxvii. fig. 1. ^ 



