96 BULLETIN 15, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Anteon rugosus, sp. iiov. 



S . Leiigtli, 4.3""". Head and thorax, except the disk of mesoiio- 

 tum and wtutelhun, very coarsely rugose, the niesonotuiii and scuteUuni 

 sparsely but coarsely punctate; head very large and thick, the face 

 with silvery white hairs; mandibles, scai>e, tips of anterior femora, 

 their tibiae and tarsi, tV'rruginous; rest of legs, ex('ei)t the tarsi, black; 

 tlagelluni brown-black, very pilose; wings hyaline, the stigma large, 

 brown-black, with a i)ale spot at base; nervures distinct but pale. Ab- 

 domen very narrow, small, jtolishetl, black, subconipressed. Antenna'- 

 10 jointed, as long as the head ami thorax united, tapering toward tips, 

 the flagellar joints nearly equal in length, four or more times longer 

 than thick, the scape thicker and a little longer thau the tirst flagellar 

 joint. 



Habitat. — Illinois. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Anteou tibialis Say. 



liost. Jour., I, p. 284; Lcc, Ed. Siiy't« Works, u, ]>. 730; Ashin. Eut. Am., ill, p. 74; 



Cress. Syn. Hym. p. 24t). 



$ . Length, 3""". lilack, shining; head and piothorax finely punc- 

 tured; mesouotum smooth, without furrows; metathorax rugoso-punc- 

 tate with some elevated lines toward base. Antennae 10-jointed, fus- 

 cous, covered witii a short i)ubescence, the scape and pedicel dull yel- 

 low; flagellum subdavate, brown, the joints after the flrst less than 

 twice as long as thick. Wings hyaline, the stigma brown, the neivures 

 hyaline, subobsolete, the stigmal vein very short, scarcely half the 

 length of the stigma. Legs black, extreme tips of the femora and tibise 

 and tarsi dull honey-yellow. 



Habitat. — Indiana and District of Columbia. 



The specimen from which this description is dra n up was taken by 

 Mr. Schwarz, and agrees exactly with Say's description. 



Anteou politus, sj). nov. 



(PI. VI, Fig. 2, 9.) 



9. Length, 2.6'""^. Polished black; head, collar, and mesopleura 

 irregularly microscopically shagreened ; metathorax rather coarsely 

 rugose; collar distinct, less than half the length of the mesouotum; 

 nu'sonotum with furrows indicated only anteriorly ; legs (excei)t the pos- 

 terior coxie, which are black basally, and the posterior tibia' and tarsi, 

 which are fuscous) rufous. Antenme 10-jointed, reaching only a little 

 beyond the teguhe, brown-black, the scape rufous; flagellar joints only 

 a little hinger than thick. Wings hyaline, the stigma large, brown, the 

 nervures distinct pale yellow, the stigmal vein about as long as the 

 stignui. Abdomen ovate, subpetiolate, polished black, depressed, not 

 •juite as long as the thorax. 



