MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PUOCTOTRYPID^. 281 



Polymecus vancouverensis, sp. nov. 



9 . Lenjiftb, 2.8'"'. Black, subopiuiue, <;losely, microscopically sha- 

 greened. Aiitenuie black, the auteimal tubercles yellow; the first autl 

 se<;oii(l club joints quadrate, the third, fourth, and fifth not longer than 

 wide at tii>, the upper outer angle acute, the last joint conical, twice 

 the length «>f the preceding. I.<'gs piceous-black ; the tibiic fuscous, 

 tarsi pale brown, the trochanters and base of tibia' yellow. Tegultii 

 black. Wings clear hyaline. Abdomen about twice the length of the 

 head and thorax combined, the third segment half tlie length of the 

 fourth, the fifth and sixth of an e«pial length, one-third longer than the 

 fourth, the sixth conical. 



Habitat, — Yauc(mver Island. 



Type in Coll. Aslimead. 



J )escribed from a single si)ecimen received from Mr. W. Hague Har- 

 rington. 



PolymecuB lupinicola, sj). nov. 



^ 9 . Length, 1 to l.<5" ' ". Bl•^ck, shining, impunctured. Head trans- 

 verse, as broad as the widest, part of the thorax, the vertex posteriorly 

 faintly a(!i(;nlated. Mandibles black. Antenna' 10-jointed, black, the 

 flagellum rather slender, not quite twice as long as the scape; i)edicel 

 more tlian twice as long as thick at tip; funicle joints slender, cylin- 

 dric, the first nearly twice as long as thick, the second longer, the 

 third slightly shorter than the second; dub 5-jointed, slightly and 

 gradually thickened toward tip, the first joint twice as long as thick, 

 the seccmd, third, and fourth nearly equal in length, but not twice as 

 long as thick, the last cone-shaped, very little longer than the preced- 

 ing. Mesonotal furrows distinct posteriorly, becon)'ng obsolete ante- 

 riorly, the middle lobe projecting slightly on the scutellum, the lateral 

 lobes with a sparse tuft of pubescence at ba^e. JScutellum con- 

 vex, smooth, shining, with a small tubercle at tip. Metathorax 

 pubescent. Legs black, the tarsi fuscous or brown. Wings hyaline, 

 pubescent, but not fringed. Abdomen longer than the head and 

 thorax together, pointed at apex, contracte<l from the apex of the 

 second segment; the fimrth segment is one-third longer than the thiid; 

 the fifth and sixth nearly twice the length of the fourth; segments 

 3 and 4 with a transverse row of punctures; fifth aciculated except 

 at base. --; 



In the ^ the legs are black, except the anterior tibife and all tarsi 

 which are pale brown; the abdomen is oblong-oval, not longer than 

 the thorax, the first segment and the second with the foveolffi at base 

 striate or aciculate, otherwise mostly polished; teguhe rufo-piceous; 

 autennje black; pedicel shorter than the second funiclar joint; first 

 ftiniclar small, subtriangular; second swollen, a little curved; club 

 6-jointed, the joints loosely joined, hairy, the first, the smallest, the 



