[l57] HYMENOPTERA 163 



CRATICHNEUMON ALASKENSIS sp. nov. 



Male. Length 8 mm. Black shining, the head and thorax punc- 

 tate ; face below insertion of antennae, mandibles, palpi, and an ab- 

 breviated line in front of the tegulae, ivory white ; legs, except coxae, 

 trochanters, and hind femora, mostly ferruginous, the front femora be- 

 neath, the middle femora basally, apex of the hind tibiae and hind tarsi 

 being black or fuscous ; tibial spurs whitish. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma and veins brown, the disco-cubital vein simple, not broken by a 

 stump of a vein, the second recurrent nervure joining the areolet be- 

 yond its middle, the sides of the areolet strongly converging above. 

 The metathoracic areola is horse-hoof shaped, the basal lateral and 

 middle lateral areas being distinctly separated. 



Type. Cat. No. 5541, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Kodiak, July 

 20. One specimen. 



CRATICHNEUMON KODIAKENSIS sp. nov. 



Male. Length 15.5 mm. Black shining and punctate; labium, 

 apical joints of labial palpi and last three joints of maxillary palpi, 

 yellowish ; mandibles except at base rufous ; legs black, with the 

 apices of the front and middle femora, their tibiae and tarsi and the 

 hind tibiae, except at apex and their tarsi, reddish-yellow ; abdominal 

 segments 2 to 5, except the first apically, rufous. Wings subhyaline, 

 the stigma, except the margins, brownish-yellow, the internal veins 

 dark brown, the disco-cubital vein not broken by a stump of a vein, 

 the areolet rather large, pentagonal, the second recurrent nervure join- 

 ing it only slightly, hardly perceptibly, before its middle. The meta- 

 thoracic areola is horse-hoof shaped, the basal lateral and the middle 

 lateral areas being confluent. The abdomen is distinctly punctate, the 

 punctuation on the second and third segments being closer and more 

 distinct, on the following finer and less distinct, the second with some 

 coarse elevated lines basally, the gastrocoeli broad and widely separated, 

 the apex of the petiole being longitudinally striate. 



Type. Cat. No. 5542, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Kodiak, July 

 20. One specimen. 



CRATICHNEUMON YAKUTATENSIS sp. nov. 



Male. Length 7.5 to 8 mm. Head thorax and petiole of abdomen, 

 except at apex, black ; a dot at summit of eyes, the anterior orbits, face 

 below antennae, lower hind orbits and the cheeks, mandibles except 

 teeth, palpi, scape beneath, tegulae, an abbreviated line in front of 



