MONOCiBAPH OF TIIK NORTH AMElilCAN Ptf(JCToTBVPIl)^. 239 



Sparasion nigrum, sp. no v. 



cJ 9 . L«Mi};tli, .'? to .{.5""". Very clos*^ to aV. piloHum, but (luite dis- 

 tinct ill the very short frontal le(l<;(', and in its aiitonnal <liara<'ters. 

 Tlu^ iedfjc in the $ merely a slijjht transverse carina, hut in the 9 it is 

 broader and sliyhtly obliiiue, the head rugose but still not so coarsely 

 rugose as in ^S'. piloHnm. In the <? the auteiune are long, tiliforin, the 

 l»«'dicel less than half the length of the first flagellar joint, the Joints 

 beyond more than twice as long as wide; in 9 the pedi<'el is shorter 

 thiin the first flagellar Joint, the flagellar Joints after the first distinctly 

 wider than long. Abdomen in S o[>a(iue, rugose, the rugosities longi- 

 tudinally directed; in 9 shining, i»un<-tate and striate. 



Habitat.— Pen Mar, Pa., and Oakland, Md. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Sparasion pacificum, Hp. nnv. 



■ ■$. Length, 3 to 3.0""". Black, shining, with long, sparse hairs; legs 

 brownish-yellow, pilose, the coxa' and femora black; head rugose, ante 

 riorly with a broad s«!micireular ledge, margined anteriorly and with 

 a curved carina at base, confoiining to the <'urve of the ledge. Anten- 

 na' 12-Jointed, filiform, black, the pedicel and two basal joints of flagel 

 him, brown or piceous; first flagellar joint in S twice the length of ped- 

 icel, narrowe<l toward base, the joints beyond very little longer than 

 wide, the joint ovate; in 9 the i)edicel is much longer than the first 

 flagellar Joint, the Joints beyond about as long as thick. Thorax with 

 8i)arse punctures, the collar dilated at sides to teguhe, rugose anteri- 

 orly ; mesonotum with 2 furrows, ending Just before reaching the 

 scutellum ; scutellum subconvex, margined behind and with some 

 punctures in the frenum ; metathorax rugose, with prominent rounded 

 angles. Wings fus.cous, stigma and nervures brown-black, the stig- 

 nial vein slightly curved, ending in a knob, with a fuscous ray directed 

 toward the apex of wing, forming a long open marginal cell. Abdo- 

 men oblong-oval, smooth, polished, pilose, the second and third sutures 

 with punctures at bottom, the segments nearly equal, the first truncate 

 and carinated at base. , 



Habitat. — California. 



Types in National Museum and Coll. Ashmead. 



Three specimens in the National Museum were collected in August, 

 by Koebele, in Marion County, Cal. ; another in the Santa Cruz Moun- 

 tains, while my collection contains but a single specimen from Califor- 

 nia, obtained by purchase. • 



SCELIOMORPHA Aslim., gen. uov. 

 (Type S. longicornia Ashm.) 



Head transverse quadrate, the occiput and cheeks margined ; ocelli 

 3, large, in a triangle, the lateral not touching the eyej eyes large, 

 oval or rounded, hairy. 



