MONOGRArH OF THE NORTH ATklERICAN PROCTOTRYPID.E. 269 



Lyaliue with a short fringe. Abdomen oviite or ellii»tic-oval, the 

 petiole longer than thick, pale, pubescent. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type iu Coll. Ashuiead. 



Amblyaspis americanus AHlim. 

 C;iu. Ent., xix, p. 129; Cress. Syx. Hyui., p. 249. 



9. Length,!'""'. Polished black, impunctiired; anteimie and legs 

 honey -yellow or brownish-yeUow; the tip^ oi' jiosterior femora and 

 tibiie dusky; club brown, the Joints, excei)t the last, no. longer than 

 wide. Lateral ocelli only their width from the eye margin. Scutellum 

 produced into a long, acute, yellowish spine. Mctathorax and petiole 

 covered with a white pubescence. Wings hyaline, longly fringed. 

 Abdomen oval, polished black, the petiole a little longer than wide, 

 densely pubescent. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashniead. 



Amblyaspis miiiutus, np. iinv. 



$, Length, 0.6 to 0.8""". Polished black, inipnnctured; lateral 

 ocelli ch)se to the border of the eye;^ antenna' (except club) and legs, 

 yellow or reddish-yellow, with the tips of posterior femora and tibiie 

 sometimes dusky. Scutellum acutely spined, the spine yellow. Funi- 

 cle very slender, the first, third, and fourth joints minute, the second 

 very long and slender; club stc;t, the joints, except the last, not, or 

 scarcely, longer than wide. Wings hy;«line, strongly fringed. Abdo- 

 men oval, the petiole yellowish, pubescent. 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C; St. Louis, Mo. 



Tyi)es in Coll. Ashniead and National Museum. 



The specimens in the National Museum were reared by Dr. liiley, at 

 St. Louis, Mo., July 10, 1870, from Cecidomijia sp. in sijuash. 



Amblyaspis rugiceps, sp. nov. 



S ?. Length. 0.8'"'". Polished black, impunctured; fr'»us and face 

 transversely rugulose; antenna^ and legs yellow or reddish-yellow, the 

 thickened parts of middle and posterior femora and tibiae sometimes 

 dusky or brown; club usually obfuscated or brown. Lateral ocelli 

 about twice their width from the eye margin, (-lub joints a little 

 longer than wide. Scutellui;i acutely si)ined, yellowish at tip, foveated 

 on each side at base, subpiibesc«'nt. Metathorax cov'cred with a white' 

 pubescence. Wings hyaline, strongly ciliate«l. Abdomen oval, the 

 petiole not longer than tliick, striated and i)ubes<'ent. 



The face in the S is very rugose, the club joints about lij times as 

 loug as thick, the second funichir joint a little swollen, the first very 

 minute and closely joined to the secoiul, while the legs are paler and 

 moi« uniformly yellow. 



B,\bitat.— District of Columbia. .- 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



