84 BULLETIN 4.-), UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



jiuother ubovc ill front of and iiidudiiij;' the ocelli; «i ra,ise<l lino ex- 

 tending forwards from anterior ocellus to the face. Head transverse, 

 broader than thorax or abdomen ; convex beneath, ccmcave behind, 

 above and in fiont; the mouth prominent; tlie eyes longitudinally 

 ovate, prominent, not reaching the posterior b(»rder of the head. An- 

 teiuue lO-jointed, the basal Joint stout, the second joint more slender 

 and one-lii\lf 5i>* \o\\g as the first, tlie third very slender and eciual in 

 length to the first and second together, the fourth and following Joints 

 slender but gradually becoming thicker, the tburth one-half as long as 

 the third, the fifth a little shorter than the fourtli and a little longer 

 than each of the following joints. Thorax and abdomen i)iceous black. 

 The thorax slender, binodose. The trochanters formcil of only one Joint. 

 Anterior coxai long and robust, i)ale testaceous with a darker stripe 

 above; anterior trochanters whitish, more slender, clavate ; femora 

 large, obdavate, dark testiu'eous, paler at tip ; ribiic as long as the 

 femora and, together with the first tarsal Joint, pale testaceous ; termi- 

 nal joint of the tarsi and the chehe whitish. The chehc at rest extend- 

 ing back to the tip of the first joint of the tarsus, the outer claw pointed 

 and slightly curved at the extremity, the inner claw more robust, cilia- 

 ted internally and with a wrench-shaped curve at tlu^ extremity ; pul- 

 villus tipped with fuscous. The other legs slender, the coxa' and the 

 base of femora dilated, testace<»us, the coxa', base of femora, tibia; 

 above and daw joint of tarsi, darker. Abdomen ovate, i>ointed at tip 

 and Avith a short pcitiole." {l*atton.) 



II AiJiTAT. — Waterbnry, Conn. 



Type in Coll. American Entom.)logical Society, at Pliiladelphia. 



The type is in jjoor condition and I have copied JMr. Patton's de- 

 scription. It was captured at Waterbnry, Conn., on herbage a few 

 inches abov<^ the ground, August 18, 1879. 



Gouatopus flavifrons, Hjt. iiov. 



(PI. V, Fi-. 4,9.) 



9 . Length, 4.4""". Black, shining, with a fine shagreened punctua- 

 tion. Occiput, fiu-e, mandibles, except teeth, palpi, antenna', except 

 the three tenninal Joints, which are fuscous, and legs, yellow; the long 

 large anterior coxa' have two black spots beneath; the greatly sw<>llen 

 anterior fenutra above are almost entirely black, while their tibiic ha\e 

 a black streak above ; the middle and posterior coxa' and femora basally 

 are also more or less black above. The anterior or constrii;ted part of 

 the metathorax and its posterior face are transversely striated. 



The abdomen, except blotches at the sides of the first segment, the 

 apical edge of the third and fourth segments, esj>ecially laterally, and 

 the terminal segment, which are rufous, is highly ])olished, black. 



Habitat. — Albany, N. Y. 



Tyi>e 5 in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single si)ecimen received from Mr. W. H. Harring- 

 ton, who informs me that it was ca])tured by Mr. Van Duz<.'e at the 

 above place. .. 



