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cloudy shade. The stigma very dark brown, the nervure brownish 

 testaceous. The third abscissa of the radius with the second transverse 

 culbitus forming an obtuse angle. The tuberculate process on the first 

 abdominal segment is apparently not normal, as in the paratype it is 

 absent. 



Type locality. — New Haven, Conn. 



One male collected by B. H. Waldon, August 16, 1904. 

 Paratype male from North Haven, Conn., by the same col- 

 lector, August 3, 1905. 



Tiphia brunneicornis n. sp. 



In many respects this answers the unsatisfactorily brief 

 description of tarda (say). From the same, however, it dif- 

 fers in having the stigma brown instead of black. Color black, 

 face mostly shining, with close and with greater part almost 

 adjoining punctures. 



C? 7 mm. — The vertex polished and with the punctures quite separate. 

 The distance between the posterior ocelli approximately a little greater 

 than that between them and the nearest eye margin. The relation 

 between the antennae joints practically as in waldonii. The pronotum, 

 mesonotum and scutellum bearing the same relation to the vertex as in 

 the preceding species. The postscutellum closely punctured, having a 

 rugulose appearance. The enclosure on the metanotum in the form of a 

 trapezium, forming but a single area, with the basal and apical sides 

 parallel, the apical side being a little shorter than the basal side. The 

 area shining and finely roughened. The wings practically as in 

 waldonii, but the etoid abscissa of the radius forming with the second 

 transverse cubitus a reversed figure "3." Abdomen polished with the 

 first and second segments sparsely, finely punctured, the punctures on 

 each succeeding segment becoming closer and more distinct. The first 

 abdominal segment with a median transverse groove as in waldonii. 



Type locality. — New Haven, Conn. 



One male collected by H. L. Viereck, July 6, 1904. 



Tiphia eyregia n. sp. 



c? 6 mm. — Head and thorax approximately as in the preceding species. 

 Wings as in waldonii. Abdomen as in brunneicornis, but there is no 

 transverse median groove on the first abdominal segment. The mandibles 

 almost entirely blackish. The antennae brownish beneath, and the tarsi 

 brownish. The area of the metanotum partially bisected by a median 

 raised line. Inclosure is nearly smooth, being finely roughened. 



Type locality. — New Haven, Conn. 



