NO. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 571 



A. subaptera Ashmead. 



Head black ; thorax and abdomen piceous brown ; antennae 

 piceous, the scape and pedicel brownish yellow ; legs brownish 

 yellow; wings of female abbreviated. Length 2.2 mm. 



Belyta Jurine. 

 Key to Species. 



Marginal cell closed erythropus 



Marginal cell open at apex texana 



B. erythropus Ashmead. 



Shining black. Antennae and legs rufous or reddish yellow. 

 Wings subfuscous. Abdominal petiole striate. Length 3-4.5 

 mm. 



B. texana Ashmead. 



Polished black. Antennae reddish, darker toward the tips 

 in the male. Legs reddish yellow. Wings hyaline, petiole rugose, 

 without any raised lines. Length 3-4 mm. 



Oxylabis Foerster. 

 Key to Species. 



Scutellum with a single fovea at base spinosa 



Scutellum withtwo foveae at base bifoveolata 



0. spinosa Provancher. 



Black. Legs and antennae rufous. Wings subfuscous, the 

 marginal cell almost closed. Length 2.5 mm. 



0. bifoveolata Brues. 



Black. Legs fuscous, varied with rufous. Antennae fuscous, 

 black at the base. Wings hyaline, the marginal cell completely 

 closed. Length 3 mm. 



Miota Foerster. 



Key to Species. 



Marginal cell twice as long as marginal vein mellipes 



Marginal cell three times length of marginal vein similis 



M. mellipes Say. 



Polished black. Female antennas filiform, the flagellum fus- 

 cous. Legs honey-yellow. Length 2.5 mm. 



