312 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Dorsulum maculated with yellow; legs reddish, except prox- 

 imal trochanters, which are mostly black, distal trochan- 

 ters and extreme base and apex of femora, which are^yel- 

 low, a brown annulus near base and apex of latter, ex- 

 treme bases of their tibiae and line on the tibiae, which are 

 yellowish, and rest of tibiae and all their tarsi, which are 

 dark brown vulgaris 



P. vulgaris Cresson. 



Poquonock, 27 June, 1905; New Haven, 22 June, 1904 (H. 

 L. V.). 



P. distinctus Cresson. 



Meniscus Schiodte. 

 Key to Species. 



1. Wings uniformly hyaline; body mostly black 2 



Wings hyaline, tipped with fuscous; head and thorax black, 



maculated with yellow; fore and mid legs mostly yellow, 

 hind pair mostly brown; abdomen reddish, with first and 

 second dorsal segments blackish, banded with yellow; 

 length 8-12 mm.; exserted portion of ovipositor equalling 

 or exceeding abdomen in length elegans 



2. Sternum and sides of thorax more or less pale, reddish stra- 



mineous or reddish 3 



Sternum and sides of thorax mostly or entirely black; fore 

 and mid coxae and trochanters stramineous and yellowish, 

 their femora stramineous; hind coxae and trochanters red- 

 dish stramineous, hind knees yellowish, hind femora mostly 

 brown, reddish on basal half; fore tibiae reddish stramin- 

 eous; mid tibiae brownish stramineous; hind tibiae brown, 

 with a basal whitish annulus, their metatarsi whitish, 

 their tarsi otherwise brown; fore tarsi stramineous to 

 brownish stramineous; mid tarsi brownish; exserted por- 

 tion of ovipositor about half the length of abdomen. 

 Length 1 1 mm superbus 



3. Thorax with its pleurae and sternum partly or mostly red- 



dish 4 



Thorax partly or mostly yellow on its pleurae and sternum; 

 face and cheeks mostly yellow; dorsum of thorax macu- 

 lated with yellow; apical margin of dorsal abdominal seg- 

 ments with a rather broad yellowish band; fore and mid 

 legs mostly yellow, hind legs mostly stramineous to red- 

 dish stramineous, their coxae yellow, with a black stripe 

 and an apical brown annulus pulcherrimus 



4. Very like superbus, but without an annulus at base of hind 



metatarsi; exserted portion of ovipositor longer than in 

 superbus scutellaris 



