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loiif? I)lmit t(»otli, tlu' surfiUMi within <»htu.H<% scarcely (leiiticiiliitc, whilo 

 tlir lla^'elliir joints, after the lirst, are twice as lonj; as thick. 



IIaiutat. — Nevada. 



Type 9 in (JoII. Ashniead. 



Described from a sinnh' specimen. 



MesitiuB minutUB, Hp. nov. 



S . Length, 2.2""". Hhick, shining, the surface minutely coriaceons, 

 very finely sparsely pubescent. Head a little longer than broad across 

 tlie eyes. Mandibles rufous, not broadened at tips, the outer tooth 

 acut<\ followed by about 4 very minnte denticulations. Antenna? 13- 

 jointed, long, brown; scape stout, not more than twice as long as thick 

 and very little longer than the first funiclar joint; pedicel and first 

 funiclar joint about equal; the remaining joints longer, fully thrice as 

 long as thick. Prothorax twice as long as the mesonotum, rounded 

 anteriorly; mesonotum with 2 furrows more deeply imi>ressed iM)ster- 

 iorly; scutellum with two oblique fovete opposite the mesonotal fur- 

 rows; metathorax sub(|uadrate, the posterior angles a little rounded, 

 minutely coriaceous, with a median longitudinal carina and some very 

 sh(n t raised lines at base. Teguhe brownish-yellow. Wings hyaline, 

 the venation yellowish or pale; the trausvetse medial nervure curved 

 outwardly. Legs rufous, coxie and anterior femora bhick, the middle 

 and posterior femora fuscous. Abdomen polished black, shorter than 

 the thorax, the third segment one-third longer than the fourth. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Va. 



Type 6 in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Mealtius californicus, dp. nov. 



9 . Length, 3.1 '"•". Polished black, the head alutaceous. Head 

 oblong, 1^ times as long as broad, the eyes whitish. Mandibles brown- 

 ish-yellow, truncate but not broadened at apex, the outer tooth su^ute, 

 followed by about 4 minute teeth. Antennje 13-jointcd, extending to the 

 tegnlie ; scape stout, piceous, as long as the three following joints united, 

 a little curved and narrowed at base ; fiagellum brown, tapering towards 

 tip; pedicel and first flagellar joint about eipial, the following joints 

 li times as long as thick, the last longer. Prothorax fully thrice as 

 long as the metanotum, rounded before; mesonotum with 2 nearly 

 parallel furrows and a delicate short line on the scapula; ; scutellum 

 with 2 oblique fovesti at base; metathorax about li times as long as 

 wide, minutely sculptured with a median carina and some faint, short, 

 irregular raised lines at base. Wings hyaline, very faintly tinged, the 

 iiervures brown, the venation as in couveremiH. Legs rufous, coxse 

 and anterior femora black, middle and posterior femora more or less 

 piceous. Abdomen oblong ovate, nearly as long as the thorax, black, 



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