MONOGRAPH OF THK NORTH AMKHKJAN PROCTOTRYPID^. 2C1 



farther away fVoni the inarjjin of the eye than to the front ocellus; eyes 

 ovate, villose. 



AiitenniB inserted on a tubercle jnst above the elypeus, 12-jointed in 

 both sexes, in the 9 terminating in a G-jointed club, funiclar joints 3 

 and 4 minute; in the S long, filiform, the tia^ellar joints all cylindrical, 

 the third not angulated. 



Maxillary palpi .'i-jointed. 



Mandibles bifid, the teeth equal. 



Thorax subovoid, the mesonotum without furrows, rarely with traces 

 of furrows posteriorly; scutellum short, semicircular, with a punctate 

 freiium ; post scutellum produced into a small spine; metathorax short, 

 the angles obtuse or acutely produced. 



Wings occasionally wanting; when present with the venation as 

 in Tcleus. 



Abdomen broadly oval or oblong-oval, the first segment transverse, 

 rarely as long as wide, striated, the third segment very large. 



Legs as in Or yon. 



Differs from Prosacantha Nees by the short transverse first abdom- 

 inal segment, and by having the teeth in both mandibles equal; and 

 from Gryon Hal. by having the postscutellum spined or tubercular. 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 



FEMALES. 



Wingless species 3 



Wiiigeil. 

 Wings abbreviated, narrowed, when folded not reaching to the tip of the 



abdomen 2 



Wings extending to or beyond the tip of the abdomen. 

 Thorax and scutellum closely niinntoly punctnlate. 

 All C()x;e black. 

 Legs more or less fuscous or brown. 

 Anteuuie wlndly black or brown black, except sometimes the scape at 

 base. 

 First an<i second abdominal segments striated. 

 Third abdominal segment finely i>unctate. . H. loxgipkxnis, sp. iiov. 

 Third abdotninal segment polished, inipunctate. 



Wings hyaline; hind femora and tibiic fuscous, the tarsi pale. 



H. MiNUTissLMtrs Asliin. 

 Wings smoky; all tibiie and tarsi fuscous, the femora pale. 



H. TIBIALI.S, sp. uov. 

 Coxae and legs yellow. 

 Wings hyaline; scntellam polished; third .abdominal segment smooth. 



l>olished H. ci.arii'ennis, sp. nov. 



Wings subhyaline; scutellum punctate; third abdominal segment puuc- 



t.ate H. PTERinis, sp. nov. 



2. Coxa> and legs brownish-yellow. 



First and second abdominal segments striated, the first yellowish, the third 

 smooth H. BRACHVPTERUS Ashni. 



