456 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell on 



Ichneumon ruidosensis, sp. n. 



Length 11 millim. 



Head, body, and le'j;a deep Prussian-blue; wings clear but 

 hairj, nervures and stigma black. Antenna entirely black, 

 minutely pubescent, 4i-jointed ; palpi, except first joint, 

 whitish. Cream-coloured markings as follows : — a round 

 spot on each side of clypeus ; a broad band, narrowed to a 

 point above, along the lower inner orbital margin ; a narrow 

 stripe running forwards in front of tegula ; a short stripe 

 beneath tegulte ; a large transversely oblong spot on middle 

 of scutellum ; a broad stripe on anterior femora in front; a 

 spot at end of middle femora in front ; anterior and middle 

 tibise in front; and anterior and middle tarsi in front, except 

 the last two joints and the extreme apical margins of the 

 others. The tarsi, where not cream-colour, are black, and the 

 tibia3 are not entirely blue. Head, thorax, abdomen, and 

 hind coxfe and femora with strong very close punctures. 

 Sides of metathorax with three longitudinal carina ; first 

 abdominal segment grooved on each side and longitudinally 

 striate in the middle. 



Hab. Side canon north of Ruidoso, N. M., about 6S00 feet, 

 July 22, 1898, at a patch of Verhascum thapsus {C. H. T. 

 Townsend) . 



Related to 1. ccerideus, Cresson, of which it may possibly 

 be a variety, but it presents several differences, and is pre- 

 sumably a valid species. 



Hylotoma humeralis, P. de Beauv., 1797. 



Three females, Ruidoso, N. M., 6500 feet, July 18, on 

 flowers of Rhus glabra {C. H. T. Townsend). New to 

 New Mexico. One other specimen was taken, July 19, 

 at flowers of Cicuta occidentalis. 



Hylotoma mentzelice, sp. n. 



Belongs to Section II. of Ashmead (Canad. Entora. 1898, 

 p. 213). 



Length 9 millim. 



Entirely blue-black ; the antenna and legs black ; the hind 

 tibia with the upper two thirds pallid, but not white. This 

 differs very little from H. McLeayi, Leach, but the tibia, 

 except the hind pair, and all the tarsi are black ; the hind 

 tibia are sometimes all black ; the costa is black, not 

 yellowish ; the wings vary in smokiness. 



Hab. Five found dead, sticking to the leaves and stems 



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