274 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 



Three specimens from Wyoming and Colorado (types, coll. G. C. 

 D. and Amer. Ent. Soc). 



RHIIVIPHAL.RA Foerster. 

 (Synopsis fler Fara. und Gatt. der Ichaeuraoiien, 1868.) 

 Rhimphalea brevicorpa n. sp. 



9. — 7 iiitii. ; anteiiiue 8 mm.; hind legs 9 mm. Head, pro- and mesothorax 

 black, metathorax black at base and with broad black stripe extending back along 

 the dividing line between pleura and notiim; posterior tibise except apical seg- 

 ment, anniilus on antennte, clypens except basal portion, base of mandibles, collar 

 on prothorax. tegulie. spot in front, spot beneath, large triangular spot ou margins 

 of mesonotnm and scutellnms, yellowish white ; apex of posterior tibise and apical 

 segment of posterior tarsi blackish ; antennae black below annulus, reddish brown 

 above; the remainder of the body rufous; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma 

 brown; areolet large, four sided, petiolate ; stigma long, slender, lanceolate; 

 marginal cell long, narrow; second recurrent nervure broken and with a stub 

 nervure extending apical ly ; humeral cross-nervure broken far above middle; 

 wings longer than abdomen ; head, thorax and coxae very coarsely punctured ; 

 abdomen highly polished and without puncture or shagreen ; face triangular, 

 being much narrowed beneath, eyes large and placed mostly outside the head ; 

 clypeus narrow, elliptical, scarcely separated from face and with transverse ridge 

 above middle; antennae long, slender; ocelli widely separated; mesothorax 

 strongly gibbous, no parapsidal grooves ; metathorax without carina, except the 

 one forming a small apical median area, lateral apical portion projecting broadly 

 over hind coxae ; abdomen very short but strong, smooth ; ovipositor short, slightly 

 exserted ; basal segment sessile, somewhat broader at apex, without carinae, but 

 with median groove; when viewed laterally the basal segment ajipears arched on 

 basal third and again at apex, with a transverse depression between ; legs very 

 long and slender; posterior femora reach considerably beyond apex of abdomen. 



One specimen from Algonquin, 111. (Dr. W. A. Nason). Type, 

 coll. G. C. D. 



ERYMA Foerster. 

 (Synopsis der Fain, und Gatt. der Ichneumonen, 1868.) 



Eryiiia pilo^a n. sp. 



"J, . — 7 mm. Entire body, including legs and margin of wings, covered with 

 fine, moderately long gray pile ; head, thorax, antennae, coxae, trochanters, petiole 

 except apex and two apical abdominal segments, black ; palpi and tegulae yellow- 

 ish ; tarsi and apex of tibiae on hind legs dusky ; remainder of legs and abdomen 

 rufous; wings subhyaline, nervures and stigma dark brown ; areolet petiolate, 

 oblique; transverse median nervure uniting back of the basal; nervure above 

 third discoidal cell bent at nearly right angles; humeral cross-nervure of hind 

 wing broken below the middle: body polished, rather coarsely but not closely 

 punctured ; face tlat and coarsely punctured, clypeus scarcely elevated, coarsely 

 punctured and broadly rounded at apex ; parapsidal grooves wanting; scutellum 

 broadly rounded and with carinate margin ; metathorax completely areolated ; 

 abdomen broadly oval and even above except slight oblique depressions at base 

 of second segment, petiole broad, gradually widened, oval and carinate above; 

 carina leading to the spiracles on second segment, prominent, distinct. 



