MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTPI AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID.E. 85 



The 8i)ecies coiues nearest to (f. c(nitortuhis Partoii; but it is laij^er, 

 the head l)roader, and it (litters also in cohnational detail. 



Gonatopus decipiens Pro v. 

 Add. <'t. Corr., \k 17it, 9 ; Ashin. Kiit. Aiti., iii, j). 71; Cn^ss. Syii. Hyiii., p. 246. 



V . Length, 2.4""". Blaek, with the antenna' and legs, in part, testa- 

 ceous. Head large, tlat, very finely puuetured, with a large ocellus on 

 the vertex. Antenna' inserted near the mouth, 10-Jointed, the first the 

 longest and thickest, the foUowing elongated, slender, the terminal 

 joints dusky. Thorax polished, shining, narrow, elongated with respect 

 to the constricted part of the scutellum. Abdomen subsessile, oval. 

 Ani*^ ior femora strongly swollen, black, their tibite testaceous, their 

 tarsi brownish, with the claws long, in the form of pincers; the four 

 posterior femora with their tibia' black, their tarsi testaceous. 



Habitat. — Cap Rtmge, Cana<la. 



Type 9 in Coll. Abbe Provancher. 



Unknown to me. 



Goiiatopus californicus, sj). uov. 



V 



9 . Length, .}""". Uniforndy i)iceons-l)rowu, except the apex of the 

 metathorax and tlic abdomen, which are more or less black. The an- 

 tenna', the tarsi, and the slender part of tlie posterior femora, and the 

 middle of their tibia', honey -yellow. The head is very closely, linely 

 l)unctulate, pubescent, while the metathorax is transversely rugulose. 



Habitat. — California. 



Type 9 in National Museum. 



Described from a single specimen received from A. Koebele. 



Gonatopus bicolor, sp. nov. 



9 . Length, .>'"'. Head, thorax an<l legs yellow or reddish-yellow; 

 middh' an<l posterior knees and tips of posterior til)ia' black. Abdo- 

 men i>iccous l»Iack. Maiulibles 4-dentate. Eyes l)rown. Metathorax 

 smooth, i>olished, the posterior face feebly transversely aciculated. 



Antenna' snbdavate, brown, the 4 or 5 ])asal joints yellow, the tirst 

 flagellar Joint about twice as long as the second. 



Habitat. — Selma, Ala. 



Tyix' 9 in National Museum. 



Desm'ibed from a single specimen collected by Mr. NV. H. I'atton. 



DRYINUS Latreill.-. 



IliKt. Nat., xni, p. 228(180.t); Foist. Ilyiii. Stud., ii. ]>. <»0. 

 CIkIoIIuUhm Keinh., Berl. Kut. Zeits, lXti3, p. 4(W. 



(Typo I). formicariuK Latr. ) 



Head transverse, the vertex impressed, wlu'u viewed from in front 

 triangular; eyes large, i)rominent; o<;elli ;i in a triangle. 



