308 AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. 



and hairy ; wings snbhyaline, nervures and stigma brown ; areolet present, petio- 

 late ; transverse median and basal nervures nearly interstitial ; face swollen be- 

 neath antennse, coarsely punctured, pilose; clypeus transverse, broadly rounded 

 and depressed at apex ; thorax polished, pilose, sparsely punctured ; pleurje with 

 very few punctures; parapsidal grooves distinct in front; metathorax polished 

 and without caringe, spiracles small, round : abdomen slender, slightly compressed 

 toward apex, excavated at apex above ; ovipositor strong, slightly exserted, guides 

 much widened toward apex ; petiole smooth or faint crease toward base, grad- 

 ually expanding toward apex ; legs long, posterior femora slightly swollen. 



One specimen from Agricultural College, Michigan, July 17th 

 (coll. College). 



HOMASPIS Foerster. 

 (Synopsis der Fam. und Gatt. der Icbneumonen. 1868.) 



Elongate, slender, with clypeus compressed strongly toward apex ; 

 wings ample, without areolet, humeral cross-vein of hind wing broken 

 above the middle. Thorax with parapsidal grooves present in front 

 and metathorax areolated, lacking only the transverse basal. Legs 

 slender. 



Honiaspis albipes n. sp. 



f, — 10 mm. Black, with abdomen rufous, petiole dusky on basal portion; 

 clypeus, basal half of mandibles, palpi, anterior orbital lines, two parallel stiifies 

 on face beneath antennae, scape of antennse beneath, tegulse, spot in front, line 

 beneath, scutelkim. spot on mesopleura, upper portion of four anterior coxpe, four 

 anterior tibite with tarsi except apical segments, white; remainder of legs rufous, 

 with tarsi, trochanters and apical portion of tibite of hind legs dusky; antennae 

 brown ; wings hyaline nervures and stigma reddish brown ; thorax rather coarsely 

 and closely punctured ; abdomen slender, truncate at apex, not compressed ; 

 petiole smooth, slender at base and gradually expanding toward the apex ; ovi- 

 positor scarcely exserted. 



One specimen from New York (coll. Amer. Ent. Soc). 



Hoinas^pis rliadiiiiis n. sp. 



9. — 10 mm. Dusky rufous, with head, protborax. most of mesoplerte. meta- 

 pleurse. sutures ai'ound scutellum, posterior tibiae, except at base, and three apical 

 segments, black or reddish black ; orbital spot above eyes, large oval spot beneath 

 antennae on face and four anterior legs, ferrugious; clypeus. mandibles except 

 teeth, palpi and posterior tarsi, white ; antenna; wanting ; wings yellowish hya- 

 line, nervures and stigma yellowish brown ; entire body rather coarsely punc- 

 tured and pilose; metathorax with heavy sharp carinae ; abdomen narrowed, but 

 not compressed at apex; petiole slender, broadening rapidly toward apex and 

 with distinct longitudinal groove. 



One specimen from New Hampshire (coll. Amer. Ent. Soc). 



NOTOPYGUS Holmgren. 

 (Monographia Tryiihonidum Sueciae, 115, 1856.) 

 Large, rather slender species with metathorax lacking only the 

 basal transverse carina ; petiole curved, much broadened toward 



