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second abscissa of discoidal vein nearly as long as third; 

 nervellus angulate or strongly curved below middle; dis- 

 coidal vein of hind wings wanting Viereckiana p. 271 



8. Second abscissa of discoidal vein as long as or shorter than 



third 9 



Second abscissa of discoidal vein longer than third 10 



9. Propodeum virtually exareolate Viereckiana p. 271 



Propodeum areolated; eyes not distinctly converging below, 



not hairy; areolet present Idechthis p. 270 



10. Nervellus not angulated Neonortonia p. 271 



Nervellus angulated or branched below middle ..Casinaria p. 270 



Subgenus Pseuderipternus Viereck (new subgenus). 

 Podogaster Provancher, not Brulle. Limneria Cresson (in part). 



Casinaria (P.) radiolata Provancher. Eripternus primus 

 Ashmead MS. 



Female : length 7.5 mm. ; black ; clypeus, mandibles and palpi 

 reddish ; wings hyaline, veins blackish ; legs red except mid and 

 hind coxae, their trochanters and the hind tarsi, which are black 

 or blackish ; abdomen with third, fourth and fifth segments red 

 except at base above ; exserted portion of ovipositor 4.2 mm. in 

 length. 



Stratford, 21 July, 1908 (W. E. B.). 



Subgenus Pseuderipternoides Viereck (new subgenus). 

 Limneria Cresson (in part). 



Type: Limneria porrecta (Cresson). 



Casinaria (P.) porrecta (Cresson). 



Black; most of mandibles, palpi and tegulae yellowish; legs 

 reddish ; abdomen reddish and blackish, especially black or black- 

 ish at base and apex ; all coxae reddish or pale. 



Colebrook, 21 July, 1905 (H. L. V.), on flowers of water 

 hemlock (Cicuta maculata) ; Woodmont, 9 July, 1904 (P. L. B.). 



Subgenus Amorphota (Foerster) Howard. 



Casinaria (A.) orgyias Howard. 



Hind tibiae without whitish annuli ; all coxae mostly reddish or 

 pale; abdomen above mostly reddish, disk and apical border of 

 second segment black. 



