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and tarsi, honey-yellow. Antenuie 10-jointed; pedicel a little shorter 

 than the first two luiiiclar joints together; firstand second fnuiclar Joints 

 eqnal, third umch shorter and more slender, fourth transverse; club 

 4-jointed, tlie last two jctints closely united, the first two about equal, a 

 little wider than long, rounded off at base. Scutellum triangular, 

 pubescent, very slightly impressed on each side at base, but medially 

 subconvex and not separated from the mesouotum. Metathorax and 

 metapleura pubescent. Wings hyaline. Abdomen as long as the head 

 and thorax together black, polished, the netiole and base of second 

 segment pubescent. 



Habitat. — lliley County, Kans. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen received from Mr. C. L. Marlatt. 

 Amblyaspis califoruicus. sp. nov. 



$ 9. Length, l.fiO"". Black, smooth, shining; scutellum, meta- 

 pleura, hind coxa^, and petiole, rather densely jjubescent. Antenna* 

 10 jointed, <lark brown, the scape brownish-yellow, more or less dusky 

 above toward apex ; pedicel longer than the tirst funiclar joint, the latter 

 twice as long as thick, the second slightly shorter, the third still 

 shorter, the fourth minute; club 4-jointed, stou*^er than the funicle, the 

 first and second joints quadrate, slightly pedicellate, the two following 

 closely joined, forming a cone. Tliorax narrowed towards the head, the 

 collar forming a slight neck, smooth, convex, without furro s. Legs, 

 ex<'ept the black coxa^, bro wish-yellow, or honey-yellow, pubescent, the 

 trochanters long. Wings long, hyaline, fringed. 



Abdomen as long as the thorax, smooth, ])olished, the petiole pubes- 

 cent. In the $ the pedicel is as h)ng as the second funiclar joint, the 

 first funiclar joint only half as long as the second; the club 0-jointed 

 cylindrical; the joints twice as long as thick, .all slightly pedicellate. 



Habitat.— Marin County, Cal. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from 1 <? , 1 9 specimen i^eceived from A. Koebeie. 

 Amblyaspis petiolatus, sp. nov. 



$ 9. Length, 0.8"'"\ Polished black, inqmnctured; antenna^ ex- 

 cept club, legs, and petiole bright yellow; fiagellnm in $ brown. 



In the 9 the pedicel is almost as long as the first an«l second funiclar 

 joints together; second funiclar joint about two tliirds the length of tlie 

 first, the tirst being twice as long as thick; third and fourth small; 

 club 4-jointed, the first two <piadrate, the last two closely jointed, con 

 ical; in 5 the dagelhim is pale brown, the club joints not wider than 

 long, slightly pedicellate. Lateral ocelli twice their width from the eye 

 margin. Thorax convex (in $ piceous at sides) without furrows. Scu- 

 tellum triangular, not acutely spined at tip, more or less pubescent, 

 with a fovea ou each side at base. Metathorax pubescent. Wings 



