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tlie last about twic** sis loiij; iis thick ; rollar iiiid p«'tioh' yt'll<»wisli ; wliile 

 the basal joint ofhiml tarsi i.> as Umij; as Joints li to 4 united. 



IlAiiiTAT. — Distriit ot'Oolumbia, ami IJladeusburg, Md. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Three specimens, all taken by Mr. K. A. Sehwarz. 



Ceraphroii cariiiatus, Np. nov. 



£ 5. Len^^th, 1..5 to 2""". Polished blark, feebly punctate; an- 

 tennae brown-bla(!k, except a yellowish ring between the pedicel and 

 tirst tlagellaijoiut; tlagelluni very slightly thickened toward tip; ped- 

 icel and tirst tlagellar joint very hnig, the latter slightly the longer, joints 

 2 to 4 subeqiial, the second two thirds the length of the tirst; joints 

 5, (>, and 7 about equal, longer than the second; last joint not quite 

 as long as the sixth and seventh united. Thorax with a central grooved 

 line; scutc'lluni a little longer than wide; post-scutelluin with a tooth; 

 jKisterior angles of uietatliorax ju!utely i)rondueut; iuetai)leura bounded 

 above by a high (carina. Wings subfuscous, the venation brown, the 

 stiguial vein long, curved. Abdomen polished black, lA times as long 

 as the thorax, the second segment more than twice as long as tlu^ fol- 

 lowing segments united, striate at base. Basal joint of hind tarsi as 

 long as the following joints united. 



In the i the 11-jointed antenuie are long, filiform, the tlagellum 

 alone being longer than the body; scape and legs brownish-yellow; 

 tlagellum brown-black; first tiagellar joint about 5 times as long as 

 thick, the following joints to the last shorter, nearly ecinal, the last as 

 long as the first; collar and base of abdomen yellowish, the latter not 

 much longer than the thorax. 



Habitat. — Oakland and Bladensburg, Md.; District of Columbia, 

 and Virginia. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead and National Museum. 



Several specimens.* 



Ceraphrou mellipes, up. nov. 



S 2. Length, 0.8 to 1""". Polished black, impunctured; scape, 

 pedicel, and legs, bright honey-yellow; tegul.e yellowish ; wings clear 

 hyaline. Antenna? in $ 10-jointed, the tlagellum brown, subclavate, 

 the first funicle joint obconic, two-thirds the length of the scape; joints 

 2, 3, and 4 as wide as long, fifth subquadrate, sixth and seventh a little 

 longer than wide, the last a little longer than the two preceding united. 

 In the $ the antenna} are 11-jointed, filiform, not longer than the body, 

 the first tiagellar joint 1| times as long as thick, longer than the i)ed- 

 icel, the following joints, except the last, scarcely longer than thick, 

 l)ubescent, the last joint a little longer than the first. In both sexes 

 the face is impressed above the insertion of the antennae ^^ith a grooved 

 line in front of the front ocellus; thorax with a central impressed line; 



