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iiietiitborax siibiicute. Legs, incliKliug tlie coxa*, yellow, tlic ijosterinr 

 l»air slightly dusky at base. Wings snhliyaliue, wlicii folded, not or 

 scarcely longer than tbe abdomen and somewhat narrowed. Abdomen 

 rotund, oval, polished, widened from the baseof tlie first segment; lirst 

 and second segment at base striated, the first, twice as wide as long. 



Habitat.— Fortress Monroe. Va., and District of Cohnnbia. 



Types in Coll. Ashniead. 



This si)ecies was taken by ^Nlr. E. A. Schwarz, at Fortress Monroe, 

 The color of the legs and the shape of tiie abdomen and wings, readily 

 separate the species from all the others, 



Hoplogryon brachypterus Ashm. 



Prosacantha hrachypUrn Ashm., Ciiii. Ent., xx, p. 50. 



9 . Length, 0.75 to 0.80'""'. Black, subopaque, closely microscopi- 

 cally punctulate; the head jwlished, shining, the face having a delicate 

 central line below the front ocellus; mandibles pale; legs brownish- 

 yellow, reddish, brownish or fuscous, with the distal ends of femora 

 and tibiie and the tarsi, yellow or pale. Antenna' 12-jointed, black or 

 brown-black; first and second funiclar joints subequal, a little longer 

 than thick; third and fourth, very minute. Post-scutellar sjjine 

 minute. Angles of metathorax not toothed. Wings subhyaline, much 

 narrowed and shortened, when folded reachir.g scarcely beyond the 

 middle of the abdomen, imbescent, but not distinctly fringed. Abdo- 

 men broadly oval, highly polished, black, the first segment wider than 

 long, yellowish and striated. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



For several specimens of this highly interesting species,*! am in- 

 debted to Mr. W. H. Harrington. The abbreviated, narrowed, non- 

 ciliated wings and the yellow petiole distinguish the species. 



Hoplogryon obscuripes, sp. nov. 



9 . Length, 0.80""". Black, opaqne, closely, minutely punctulate, 

 covered with a fine sericeous pubescence; the face shining, striolated. 

 Mandibles pale brown. Antenuai 12-iointed, brown black; first and 

 second funiclar Joints subequal, the first abcmt one and a half times as 

 long as thick; third an<l fourth minute, transverse. Post-scutellar 

 spine minute but acute. Metathoracic angles obtuse. Wings entirely 

 wanting. Legs fuscous, the coxte black or dusky basally, the trochan- 

 ters, knees, tips of tibi*, and tarsi, yellowish. Abdomen oval, polished, 

 the first segment transverse, twice as wide as long, striated, the sec- 

 ond striated only at the basal suture, the venter impunctate. 



HABITAT. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Types in Coll. Ashmea<l. 



Described from two specimens received from Mr. W. H. Harrington. 



