MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRVPID^. 53 



stoutest, the tarsi not or scarcely longer tliau tlie tibiae, slender, claws 

 simple. 



This genus, the type of the subfamily, is of small extent, few species 

 in it having been discovered either in Euroi)e or America. 



It resembles my genus LwUuh in venation, but the 12-joiuted auteu- 

 na; and the G-jointed palpi readily distinguisli it. 



Our species may be tabulated as follows: 



TABLE OP^ SPEriES. 



KEMALKS. 



Abdomen with a strimj; constriotiou between the third and fourth segments. 



Lejjs, except ciixie, reddisli-ycllow H. CONSTKICTIIS, sp. nov. 



Ab<b»iiieu noruiiil. 



Legs honey-yellow B. pedatus, Say. 



Legs black, tibiie and tarsi brownish, B. centratus, Say. 



Bethylus constrictus, sp. nov. 



9 . Length 3™™. Black, shining, impuuctured, with some sparse 

 black hairs. Head a little longer than wi<le. Antenna? 12-jointed, less 

 than twice the length of the head, brown, the pedicel very small, the 

 flagellar joints very little longer than wide. The mesonotum shows 

 traces of furrows posteriorly. Metathorax finely, closely punctate, 

 subopaque, with raised longitudinal lines towards the base. Legs red- 

 dish-yellow, the coxae black. Wings dilute fuscous, the veins brown. 

 Abdomen black, highly polished, as long as the thorax, the petiole 

 very short, the second and third segments long, the latter the longer, 

 with a strong constriction between it and the fourth, the apex produced 

 into a stylus like point, with long, sparse black hairs. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen, which is remarkable for, and easily 

 distinguished by, the constriction between the third and fourth abdomi- 

 nal segments. 



Bethylus pedatus Say. 



(PI. Ill, Fig. 8, 9.) 



Best. Jour., I, p. 279; Lee. Ed. Say's Works, ii, p. 727; Ashm. Ent. Am., ni, p. 97; 



Cress. 8yn. Hym., p. 247. 



? . Length 2.5"'". Polished black, with sparse hairs. Head hardly 

 longer than wide. Anteuuie 12-jointed, 1.^ times as long as the head, 

 honey-yellow or pale brownish-yellow, fuscous at tips; the scape is a 

 little more than thri(!e as long as thick, the joints of the ttagellum 

 scarcely longer than thick, Mesonotum without furrows. Scutellura 

 with a transverse impressed line at base. Mesonotum finely punctulate, 

 with longitudinal raised lines or carinae. Wings hyaline, very faintly 

 tinged, the venation yellowish. Legs dark honey-yellow the cuxai 



