MONOGRAPH OF TFIE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID^. 199 



Vertex not striated, but slightly sculptured; three basal abdominal seg- 

 ments striated, the fourth and fidlowiug, finely punctate at base; 

 rim of soutellum black T. coxalis, sp. nov. 



Vertex smooth ; lirst abdominal segment alone striate ; the sec jnd and third, 

 liolished, but with a mii-roscopic wavy sculpture. 



T. MANDIBULARIS Ashm. 



2. Vertex of head rugose but not striated; three basal segments striated. 



T. PALLIUU'ES, sp. nov. 



Teleas lineaticeps, sp. nov. 



S. Length, 2.S0""". Black, pubescent; head transverse, the vertex 

 and occiput transversely striated ; the face, except a space at the mid- 

 dle, longitudinally strated. Antennse 12-iointed, d?«rk brown, the 

 scape pale at base ; pedicel small, annular ; first funiclar joint four times 

 as long as thick (antenuie broken beyond). Thorax and scutellum 

 coarsely rugose or scabrous. Posterior riiu of scutellum yellow. Post- 

 scutellar spine large, triangular, oblique. Metapleura smooth, pol- 

 ished. Legs pale rufous or brownish-yellow, the coxa? black, the jjos- 

 terior femora swollen, dusky, their tibia? dilated at tip with two dis- 

 tinct spurs; tarsi dilated, spinous. Wings fusco-hyaline, pubescent. 

 Abdomen black, shining, as long as the head and thorax together, nar- 

 rowed at base; tiie first three segments wholly longitudinally striated; 

 the fourth, with a tine, transverse wavy sculpture; the first, at extreme 

 base, yellowish. 



Habitat. — District of Columbia and Virginia. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



The larger size of this species, longer first funiclar joint of antennae, 

 coarser sculpture, yellow rim of scutellum, and stouter femora and 

 tarsi, will at once separate it from the European T. clavicornis Latr., 

 specimens of which are in my collection from France. 



Teleas coxalis, sp. nov. 



9. Length, 1.80 to 2""". Black, shining, pubescent; head trans- 

 verse, polished, the vertex very slightly sculptured but not striated; 

 lower part of face and the cheeks coarsely striate, the latter rounded; 

 thorax coarsely, lineatedly rugose. Mandibles very large, rufous, the 

 teeth stout, the outer the longer. Antenna? 12-jointed, black, reaching 

 to tlie middle of the abdomen, the scape pale at base; first funiclar 

 joint long, twice as hnig as the scape; second, one-third shorter than 

 first; third and fourth transverse. Post-scuteliar spine large, triangu- 

 lar, oblicpie. Metapleura striated. Angles of metathorax produced 

 into a tooth. Legs pale rufous, the coxic black. Abdomen broadly 

 oval, polished, the three basal segments striated, the third laterally 

 smooth, the fourth and following segments very finely puuctulate at 

 base. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Va. 



Type in Coll. Ashme<ad. 



Described from two specimens. 



