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cate ; dark, the exserted ovipositor very short ; wings hyaline ; feet 

 flavous. 



This description is too incomplete to make recognition 



possible. 



OpMon relictus Fabr. 



Ophion relictus Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 236, n. 5 1798. 



Syst. Piez., p. 133, n. 12 1804. 



" Olivier, Encycl. Meth., Ins., VIII, p. 511, n. 18.. ..1811. 

 Ichneumon relictus Thunberg, Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 



VIII, p. 262 1822. 



" " Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 



IX, p. 314 1824. 



Anomalon " Norton, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., I, p. 360, n. 



13, 9 c? 1863. 



" relictum Provancher, Nat. Can., XI, p. 143, n. 3, fig. 



5, 9 cf 1879. 



" " Provancher, Faun. Ent. Can., Hym., p. 357, 



n. 3, fig. 37 1883. 



,Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., Ill, p. 169 1901. 



This species was placed in the Genus Anomalon by Norton, 

 and his action has been accepted by all later writers. 



Ophion spinator Fabr. 



Ophion spinaior Fahricius, Syst. Piez, p. 138, n. 37 1804. 



Olivier, Encycl. Meth., Ins., VIII, p. 515, n. 46. ..1811. 

 /chneumon spinator Thunberg, Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 



VIII, p. 262 1822. 



" " Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 



IX, p. 313 1824. 



ophion " Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., Ill, p. 199, Amer. 



Merid 1901. 



" " Szepligeti, Gen. Ins., Hym., 34nie Fasc.,p. 32, 



n. Ill 1905. 



Posterior of the thorax and base of the abdomen black, posterior femora 

 one-toothed 



Habitat. — Amer. Merid, 



Smaller than the preceding {O. dentator), head dark red, antennae 

 black; thorax red in front, black behind; abdomen petiolate, falcate, 

 the first and second segments black, the rest red ; ovipositor exserted, 

 black. Wings white, with a black marginal spot. Feet rufous, the 

 posterior femora with a small acute tooth. 



I fail to recognize this description as that of any Ophion I 

 have seen. 



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