[223] HYMENOPTERA 



middle coxae, apex of hind coxae and all trochanters, except the first 

 joint of the hind trochanters above at base, and the venter, yellowish- 

 white ; remainder of leg rufous. Wings hyaline, the stigma within 

 yellowish, outwardly and the other veins brown. 



Type. Cat. No. 5661,1!. S. Nat. Museum. From Popof Island, 

 July 10. One specimen. 



CALLIPHRURUS CONFUSUS sp. nov. 



Male. Length 7 mm. Black, with dorsal abdominal segment, 2 at 

 apex, and segments 3, 4 and 5 almost entirely rufous, the fifth blackish 

 laterally ; face below antennae, clypeus, mandibles, scape beneath, a 

 large hook-shaped spot on each side of the mesonotum, tegulae, a spot 

 in front and a short line beneath, lemon-yellow; palpi, front and 

 middle coxae and trochanters and second joint of hind trochanters, 

 yellowish-white ; remainder of legs, except the apex of hind tibiae and 

 their tarsi which are black, rufous ; ventral fold pale yellowish-white. 

 Wings hyaline, the stigma and veins brown. 



Type. Cat. No. 5662, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Kukak Bay, 

 July 4. Two specimens. 



Genus Gemophaga Forster. 

 GEMOPHAGA RUFA sp. nov. 



Male. Length 7.5 mm. Rufous ; sutures of the thorax and the 

 pro- and mesosternum black ; mandibles yellowish-white. Wings 

 subfuscous, the stigma, except a yellowish spot at base, and the veins 

 brown. 



The metathorax is short but strongly and completely areolated, the 

 carinae sharply elevated, the spiracles large, broadly oval. Abdomen, 

 except the first two segments and base of the third, is smooth and 

 shining, the first two segments shagreened, the first with two strong 

 dorsal carinae. 



Type. Cat. No. 5663, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Popof Island, 

 July 12. One specimen. 



Genus Mesoleius Holmgren. 



MESOLEIUS STEJNEGERI Ashmead. 



Mesolieus stejnegeri ASHMEAD, Fur Seals and Fur Seal Islands, iv, p. 337, 9. 

 1899. 



Type. Cat. No. 3651, U. S. Nat. Museum. From Bering Island 

 (Dr. L. Stejneger) ; Pribilof Islands (Fur Seal Commission). 



