North- American Insects. 19 



HYMENOPTEEA, EHYNCHOTA, NEUROPTERA, 

 AND OETHOPTERA. By W. F. Kirby. 



Only a few species of these orders were obtainedj and in 

 most cases only single specimens. Some of these belong to 

 well-known and widely distributed North-American species ; 

 but several of the remainder belong to imperfectly studied 

 groups, in which the genera only can be determined with 

 certainty from the materials before us. Most of the specimens 

 were taken at Carberry, Western Manitoba, on August 4, 

 1892. 



HTMENOPTERA. 



1. Nematus erythrogaster (?). 



Nematus erythrogaster, Norton, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliilad. Hi. p. 8 (1864) ; 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. i. p. 205 (1867). 



Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 



Norton's species is recorded from the United States and 

 Canada. His type was from Massachusetts. 



2. Sirex alhicornis. 



Sirex alhicornis, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 419. n. 9 (1781). 



Carberr/, Aug. 4, 1892. 



"Widely" distributed throughout the northern part of North 

 America, being met with from Newfoundland to Vancouver's 

 Island. 



3. Sirex bizonatus. 



Sirex bizonatus, SteT^h. lU. Brit. Ent., Mand. vii. p. 114, pi. xxxvi. fig. 2 

 (1835). 



Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892 ; Athabasca River, Aug. 15, 1892. 

 As common and widely distributed a species as the last. 



4. Ichneumon, sp. 

 Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 



5. Mesoleptus, sp. 

 Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 



6. Mimesa horealis. 



Mimesa borealis, Pack. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. vi. p. 408 (1867). 



Carberry, Aug. 4, 1892. 



Described by Packard from Canada. This species will 



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