100 BITLLKTIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MrSEUM. 



3. Head iintt-rioily from a little aliovo tht) iiixert'um (if tin- aiitfiiiiii- ami iu«luiling 

 the l(»\vi>r part of rluM-ks, tlie clypcus. raaiiili))Ii-s, ami jtaljii wliitf. 

 Clypcns anteriorly Irmieate. 



Anterior ami middle le<j;s white, Hometiinrs the miildle femora fiiscoiiH, ])ob- 

 terior h'l^s fuscons, with soinetimeM most of the eox.-e, tro<'liaiit«;rK 



and base of the femora white 9 A. NrKi.Ai-Krcrs Daliu. 



Clypens anteriorly slijihtlv emarfjiiiate at the middle. 



Pronotum aiid all le<;s, except th«' apical half of i>i.steiior femora and their 



tihiie, white 9 A. ai.boi'Ictis h]». nov. 



Head anteri(H-ly from a litth^ above the iu.sertioii of the antenme and inclndinj; 

 the lower part of the eheekK. dypen.s, and mandibles, pale br«)wnisli 

 yellow ; palpi white. 

 ClyjK'ns anteriorly ar<'nate. 



Leg« honey-yellow, the posterior til»ia« funcoiis 9 A. akkinis np. nov. 



Aphelopus rufiveiitris sp. nov. 



9 . Leiifjftli, 2 """. Ilt'sul iin«l tliorax bl;wk, iniiiiitely imnctatc ; iib- 

 dojiu'ii rufous ; anteiiniii siiid lejjs lidiiev yellow. Aiiteiini^ lO-joititcd, 

 short, the tlaselluui subchivat*; ; s('a[n> stout, as louj; as the pedirel and 

 first tiajjellav joint united ; first tiaj,'t'llar joint scarcely as \o\\g as the 

 pedicel, joints 2 and .5 sub<*(iual, tliose beyond scarcely as long as thick. 

 Mesouotnin with furrows indhated only anterictrly. Wings hyaline, 

 the nervures, excepting the stiginal, obsolete ; stigma very large, pale 

 brown, the stignial vein very short, oblicjue, only about one-third as long 

 as the stigma. Metathorax roumled ott' ])osteriorly, rather coarsely 

 rugose. Abdomen oblong-oval, much narrower than the thorax, but 

 fully as long, rufous. 



IIAIUTAT. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



A species readily distinguished by the color of the abdomen, the an- 

 tenme, and the venation of anterior wings. 



Aphelopus ainericanus Ashui. 

 Ent. Am., in, ]>. 74, <? ; Cress., Syn. Hym., p. 247. 



S . Length, 1.5""". Blac^k, subopatpie, tiiiely punctate, and covered 

 with a fine whitish pubescence ; mesonotum ami scut<ellum smooth, 

 polished, with only i few faint widely separated punctures ; clypeus 

 subtriangular. Antenna; 10-jointed, long, reaching to the middle of the 

 abdomen, the scape brownish-yellow, the tiagellum brown, covered with 

 u short, dense pubescence, the joints of the tiagellum three times as 

 long as thick. Mesonotum with 2 faint furrows. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma large brown, the other nervures very pale, or hyaline, the stig- 

 inal vein being as long as the stigma. Legs honey-yellow, the posterior 

 femora and tibia; fuscous or bhu^k. Abd< mien very small, black, shiaiiig. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville^ Fla, 



Type ^ in Coll. Ashmead. 



