242 ASHMEAD [236] 



mandibles, tegulse, front coxae beneath and at apex, their trochanters, 

 and the apex of the first joint and the second joint entirely of middle 

 trochanters, pale yellowish or yellowish-white ; palpi white ; coxae 

 and first joint of middle and hind trochanters, except as noted, black ; 

 rest of legs rufous. Wings hyaline, the costae blackish, the stigma 

 and internal veins brown, the areolet small, very oblique and longly 

 petiolate, the second recurrent nervure being interstitial with its apex. 

 The abdomen is black, with the apex of the second dorsal segment, seg- 

 ments 3, 4 and 5 entirely, and the venter, except the last segment, rufous. 

 Type. — Cat. No. 5683, U. S. Nat. Museum, From Juneau, June 

 25. One specimen. 



Genus Hypothereutes Forster. 

 HYPOTHEREUTES ANNULIFES sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 7 mm. ; ovipositor less than one third the length of 

 the abdomen. Black, opaque, finely coriaceous ; mandibles, protho- 

 racic scale, and the legs, except tips of hind femora, their tibiae and 

 tarsi rufous , tips of hind femora, their tibiae, except a broad median 

 annulus or a long spot outwardly which is white, and tarsi black ; palpi 

 and tegulae yellowish-white. Wings subhyaline, the stigma and veins 

 brown-black, the areolet minute, petiolate. Metathorax incompletely 

 areolated, the carinae remaining poorly defined, but with the areola 

 and petiolar area complete. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5684, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Yakutat, July 

 21 ; Kukak Bay, July 4. Two specimens. 



Genus Ischnoscopus Forster. 

 ISCHNOSCOPUS YAKUTATENSIS sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 6.5 mm. Black, very finely, closely punctate, the 

 metathorax completely areolated ; mandibles and legs, except coxae, 

 rufous; palpi, tegulae and epitegulae yellowish-white ; abdomen black, 

 with the venter pule yellowish, dorsal segments 2 and 3 at apex rufous, 

 the rufous on the third obliquely broadened laterally towards base, 

 dorsal segment 4 and beyond, rufous at the sides. Wings hyaline, 

 the stigma and veins brown-black, the areolet not small, subpetlolate, 

 receiving the second recurrent nervure a little before its middle. 



Male. — Length 6 mm. Agrees well with the female, except that 

 dorsal abdominal segments 2 to 5 at apex are rufous, and the rufous 

 along the sides of segments 3 to 5 extend clear to the base. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5685, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Yakutat, June 

 21. Two specimens. 



