MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTHYPIDiE. 59 



Epyris oocidentalis, sp. uov. 

 ?. Length 5""". ^neous bla(;k, shining; hea<l with sparse, dis- 

 tinct punctures; mandibles large, 5-dentate, rufous ; i)alpi and anteniife 

 rufous, the latter brownish toward tips. Metathorax with 5 longitudi- 

 nal carinoB, the two lateral abbreviated before attaining the posterior 

 margin, the surface between the carinie transversely rugulose, sides 

 finely longitudinally striate. Wings yellowish-hyaline. Legs rufous, 

 the coxfe blackish, the anterior pair always black, anterior and posterior 

 femora blackish or rufo-piceous. 



S . Length 4.3'""'. Agrees with female in color except the posterior 

 coxre are blackish and the antenuie are brown; structurally it differs 

 in the long, acuminate antenna?, the joints being at least 3 times as 

 long as thick; and in having a smaller less pointed abdomen. 



Habitat.— California. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from 1 S and 1 9 specimen. 



EpyxiB carbonariuB, sp. noT. 

 (PI. IV, Fig. 4, ,f.) 

 $ . Length 3.5""". Black, opaque, closely, finely punctate, sparsely 

 covered with a glittering white pubescence. Head very large, one- 

 fourth longer than wide. Antennae, mandibles, palpi and legs rufous, 

 the coxie black. Antenn* 13-jointed, extending beyond thetegulae; 

 tlie scape curved, narrowed basally, three times as long as thick at the 

 tip ; pedicel wider than long, hardly half as long as the first flagellar 

 joint; the first and second flagellar joints about equal, much longer 

 than thick; remaining to the ultimate, shorter but all of about an 

 equal length, the ultimate longer and thinner, 2J times as long as thick. 

 Prothorax longer than wide, laterally impressed ; mesonotum broader 

 than long, without distinct furrows, although with a strong lens faint 

 traces of them can be discerned anteriorly; scutellum with a trans- 

 verse impressed line at base; metathorax longer than broad, finely 

 punctate, slightly rugose basally, with a trace of a median longitudi- 

 nal carina. Wings fuscohyaline, the venation brown, the stigma sub- 

 quadrate, the transverse median nervure oblique, with a spurious 

 nervure almost interstitial with the median nervnre. 



Habitat. — District of Columbia. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Epyria aeneiceps, sp. nov. 

 9 . Length 4"'"'. Bluish aeneous ; the head with a slight greenish 

 metallic luster, sparsely punctate; mandibles, palpi, antennae, and 

 tegulae, rufous; wings subfuscous; metathorax with 5 close, longitudi- 

 nal carinae on disk, interstices and laterally, transversely rugulose, the 

 abrupt sides longitudinally striated. 



Habitat.— Fort Capron, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



