272 BULLETIN 15, INITED' STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Leptacls lugiceps, sp. iiov. 

 "(I'L XII, Fig. 1, ?.) 



S 9 . Length, 1 to l.U " '. Black; anteniue, except club, front legs, 

 am\ base of middle tWnn- and all tarsi, yellow ; rest of the legs tuscous or 

 black. Head transverse, opaque, the Irons and face rugose, thelatenU 

 ocelli close to the eye. Auteniue 10 jointed, the club 4-jointed, black, 

 the joints, except the last, which is conical and about twice as long as 

 the preceding, are scarcely longer than thick. Thorax subopaque, 

 minutely i)unctate, with 2 distinct furrows, and a distinct grooved line 

 on the shoulders. Scutelluni pubescent, with 2 large fovcic at base, 

 a slight median carina, and terminating in a long awl-shaped spine or 

 thorn. Metathorax very short, with a median carina and covered with 

 a silvery pubescence. Wings hyaline. Abdomen oval, shorter than 

 thorax, polished, the petiole wider than long, rugose, densely pubei^( ^nt. 



In the S the scape and funicle are brownish yellow, the 4-joiuted club 

 brown black; the pedicel is very long and slender, almost as long as 

 all the funiclar joints united, last two funiclar joints short, not longer 

 than thick; club joints, except the last, quadrate. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla., and Arlington, Va. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from several specimens. 



Leptacls punctatus, Bp. nov, 



S 9 . Length, O.s to 1 "". Black, subopaque, closely, minutely 

 punctate, the thorax smoother; parapsidal furrows delicate but com- 

 plete; no grooved line on the shoulders; antenna^, except club, and 

 legs, yellow; middle and post'^rior legs more or less fuscous, or brown; 

 club 4-jointed, brown-black, the joints, except the last, wider than long, 

 the last conic, Ih times as long as the penultimate; funicle slender. 

 Scutellum with two large fove.e at base, pubescent, ending in a slightly 

 curved, awl shai)ed spine. Metathorax and petiole densely pubescent. 

 Abdomen oval, polished, shorter than the tln>rax. 



Haijitat. — Florida, District of Columbia, and Virginia. 



'i'ypcs in Coll. Ashmead. 



Common. Allied to L. rugicepH, but smaller, more evenly punctate, 

 and the head not so rugose. 



Leptacls floridanus, sp. nov. 



$ 9 . Length, 1.1 "". Black, subopaque, faintly, microscopically 

 punctulate, the tliorax almost smooth, with two distinct furrows; an- 

 teinue wholly brown-black, the club joints twice as long as thick, loosely 

 joined. Scutellum foveated at base, the awl-shaped spine rather short. 

 Metathorax witli a silvi'ry iiubescence. Wings hyaline. Legs lyown 

 or fuscous, the trochanters, base of tibiie, and tarsi yeUowish. Abdo- 

 men ovate, not quite as long as the thorax, the petiole very short, 

 transverse, densely covered with a silvery white pubescence. 



Haihtat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



