MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID.I':, 1 70 



Abdomen long-oval, twice as lonj,' as the head and thorax toj^'ether, the 

 widest part as bro{»d as the head. 



Habitat.— Washinjjton, 1). C. 



Type in National Museum. 



Described from a single specimen, taken September 21, 18S4. 



Baeus piceus, Hp. nov. 



9 . Length 0.6""". Brownish-piceous, smooth, shining, impunctnred; 

 antenn.T and legs brownish-yellow, the scape and pedicel above fuscous, 

 pale at tips ; the three last fuuicle joints very minute transverse, the 

 ttrst not longer than thick, less than one-third the length of the pedicel. 

 Abdomen oval, convex, polished and shining, a little longer than the 

 heav4 and thorax together. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single si)ocimen received from W. llagui^ Har- 



rington. 



Baeus clavatus Pruv, 



Trichaniiin vJavatitH Piov., Add. et Corr., p. 2W. 

 lid'im claratits Haigtn., Ins. Life, ii, p. 359. 



9. Lcnj^tli O.O.") inch. Of ii nniforni .eddish-ltrown, with the l«>jjs yellow. The 

 clnb of the antenna' black. Thorax <leuHely i)nnctnred. nietathorax rugose. Legs 

 pale yellow, the tarsi with the la^t .jidiit brown. Abdomen browner than the rest, 

 polished but not metallic. ( Transln ted from I'rovaiither.) 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 

 Type in Coll. Harrington. 



Baeus aniericanus How. 



(IM. Mil. Fi- !t,^ 9.) 



Ins. Life, ii, j). L'7<), Fij;. .Vt. 



9. Length 0.»r>""". Length of antenna! clnb O.I>C)'""', or in other words the en- 

 tire body is only 'i\ times as long as the antennal clnb. Width of antennal clnb 

 0.082'""'. General color dark honey-yellow; scai>e and fnnicle of antennae brownish, 

 clnb lighter, dark at tip; vertex and face light honey-yellow; dorsnni of thorax and 

 abdomen dark honey-yellow, almost ai>]>roaching mahogany; legs throughout con- 

 colorons with the head; middle and hind tibije a little darker near b.isc. Surface 

 of abdomen smooth, shiny; mesonotum very faintly punctate. Thorax and abdo- 

 men with extreujely line, sparse, whitish pile; ti]) of abdomen with a short and con- 

 tracted fringe of white pile. Antenn.al clnb very large, longer than rest of funicle 

 and ]>edicel together; funicle Joints very narrow and abort, 8ube<iual; pedicel wider 

 and as long as entire fnnicle, except club. ( IToiiard.) 



S . Length 0.8"'"'. Dark honey-yellow ; th«' head i)iceous, with a 



median carina anteriorly ; antenna' and legs ])ale yellowish ; abdomen 



small, rounded, fnscous, the basal segment short, transver.se, striate. 



"Wings Uy$»Uut?, filnged, tUt^ veuatlou paJe brovru, the b^sal wervmy 



