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200 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Its smaller size, uon striated vertex, tlie lineatetl rugosities of the 

 thorax, the length of tlie fiiiiielar joiuts, and the sculpture of tite thorax 

 sufficiently distinguish the si>ecies. 



Teleas mandibularis Ashiu. 

 Prosacanlha .naiidibularis A^hm., Ent. Am., in, p. 117. 



5. Length, 1.80""". Robust, black ; tliorax rugose and covered with 

 a fuscous pubescence; cheeks flattened; lower part of head below the 

 eyes striated, rest of the head smooth, polished. Mandibles long, 

 curved, brownish yellow, the teeth black, the outer tooth very long, 

 acute. Antenuie 12-jointed, very short, black, not reaching beyond 

 theteguhe, the scape pale at base; first fuuiclar joint very little longer 

 than the i)edicel, the second slightly shorter; third and fourth minute, 

 transverse; club scarcely longer than the funicle. Posterior rim of 

 scutelhim. black. Post-seutellar spine small. Wings fusco-hyaline, 

 pubescent. Legs brownish yellow, the coxje black. Abdomen a little 

 longer than the head and thorax together, smooth, sliining, with a 

 faint wavy-lined sculpture, the first segment alone striated. 



Habitat.— Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



The short antenuw, relative length of the funidar joints, and the 

 sculpture of abdomen can be depended upon to distinguish tlie species. 



Teleas pallidipes, Hp. nov. 

 (PI. vni. Fig. 5, <?.) 



S . Leugtlj, 2.20""". Black, pubescent; head transverse, polished, 

 the vertex almost smooth, the lower part of the face striate; thoi-ax 

 coarsely rugulose, the pronotum and pleura yellowisli or rufous. 

 Mandibles large, yellow. Clypeus yellow. Antenna^ 12 jointed, very 

 long, filiform, black, the scape and pedicel yellow; first funidar jt)int 

 two thirds the length of scape; the second and third one-third shorter 

 than the first, the latter emarginated at base; the joints after the 

 fourth longer than the first. Post- sen tellar spine large, triangular, 

 horizontal. Wings subhyaline, pubescent. Legs wholly yellow. Abdo- 

 men oblong-oval, narrowed at base, black, shining, tlie three basal 

 segments striated. ^ . ^ -^ • - 



Habitat. — New Jersey. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen. It is difficult to tell whether this 

 species is the opi)08ite sex of either of the two females described 

 above, but as the coxa» are pale, and the sculi)ture is ditterent, I sur- 

 mise it to be a distinct species. 



H0PL0QR70N Asbm., geii. nov. 

 (Type H. mittulhsimiiH AhIiiw.) 



Head transverse; cheeks above flattened, broader at base, face anb- 

 convex; vertex subacute; ocelli 3, triangulsirly arranged, the lateral 



