238 Blir-I.ETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



2 S<-iipiila> without a grooveil lino or only Hligbtly imliciited at tliu mi<ltlle. 

 L«>gH black, antt'i'ior and niiihlle tibiii* and all tar.si, honey-yellow, the posterior 

 tiliiii' diiwky at tlic middle. 

 Frontal It'dyo broad, on tlie same jjlanc with the vertex; poRtHcutellum toothed; 

 pedicel a little ahortttr than tirst tla^ellar joint; tla^jellar jointH after 

 the first only a littli^ longer than thick; Hca])ul:c iinpunctatc. 



S. piloxiim Ashni., sp. n<iv. 



Frontal ledge not so broad or on th»? same plane with the vertex, more olditiiw; 



postscntelluiii not or but Hligbtly tootiicd. 



Pedicel much shorter than the first tbigellar Joint, the tbigellar joints after tfie 



first wider than long ( 9 ); the flagellar joints after tlm first more 



than twice as long iis tliick ( t? ) S. nigrum Asliiii., sp. nov. 



Pedicel longer than the tirst flagellar joint, the joints beyond al)out as long 

 as thick, 9 ; ill c? the pedicel is scarcely half the length of first 

 flagellar joint S. pacijuiim Ashm., sp. nov. 



Sparasion famelicum Say. 

 Bos. Jonr., i, p. 276; Lee. Kd. Say, ii, p. 223; Cress. Syn. Hym., p. 248. 



9 . Lenjjftb, 4.5" '". Elongate, blark, subopaijue, imiictate ; head with 

 a frontal ridge, rugose; thorax shining, Avith siuall, rbiuided punctures, 

 the parapsidal furrows distinct, the scapidje with a lofigitudinal grooved 

 lifie; seutelluin margitied posteriorly; nietathorax narrowed towartl 

 apex, broader at base than long, with two i)arallel median carinas post- 

 scutelluin not toothed, the posterior angles subprominent; abdotnen 

 as long as the head and thorax together, oblong-oval, huigitudinally 

 striated; wings hyaline, the venation brown bl.ick, the stigmal veiti etid- 

 ing in a knob with a radial ray from its tip; postmarginal as long as 

 the stigmal; legs, except the black coxte, honey-yellow; antennie tili- 

 forfii, 12-jointed, fuscous, extending to the tix> of the nietathorax. 



Habitat. — Indiana and Fort George, Fla. 



Described from a single specimen taken by Dr. E. S. Turner at Fort 

 George, Fla., and which I think without douDt is this long-lost species. 



Sparasion piloBiun sp. nov. 

 (P1.X, Fig. 7, 9.) 

 S 9 . Length, 4 to 5""". Black, shining, very pilose, head rugose 

 from large, coarse punctures; the ledge very broad, on the same plane 

 with the vertex, with a broad sulcus along the anterior margin. An- 

 tenna; 12-jointed, black, the pedicel and first flagellar joint more or 

 less piceous, the latter in 9 one-third longer than the pedicel, in S about 

 equal, the joints beyond a little longer than thick. Thorax sparsely 

 punctate, the parapsidal furrows distinct, the metathorax rugose, emar- 

 ginate behind with a A-shaped carina, the angles slightly prominent. 

 Wings fuscous, a little paler toward base, the venation black, the stigma 

 quadrate, black. Legs black, the tibiae and tarsi, honey-yellow, the hind 

 tibise dusky at the middle. Abdomen smooth, shining, longitudinally 

 striate, more coarsely striate in the male. 



Habitat. — Nevada and Washington. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from two specimens. 



