M<>.\(KJRA1'F! OF THE NOHTH AMKKICAN PUOCTOTKYIMD.E. 307 



Polygnotus solidagiuis Asbin. 

 Can. Eiit. xix, p. 131; ('ies«. Syu. lljiii., p. 25(). 



S 2. Length, 1 to l.OO""". Black, iiolislied; licad very wide, the 

 vertex posteriorly strongly transversely striated ; faee smooth, polished. 

 Mandibles nitons. Anteniiie lO-jointed, brown, the scape often black; 

 pedicel in S longer than the tirst two funiclar joints; joint I of fnnicle 

 very small, yellowish; second much larger than the third, and thicker; 

 club joints, except the tirst and last, hardly longer than thick, the first 

 wider than long, the last cone-shaped ami one-lialf longer than the i)re- 

 cediiig; club in 9 4-jointed, the last funiclar joint obcouic. Thorax 

 ovoid, smooth, usually without a trace of furrows posteriorly, and 

 sparsely pubescent, especially near the scutellum. Scutellum high, 

 convex. Metapleura sericeous. Teguhe i)iceous or black. Wings 

 hyaline, pubescent. Legs, including coxa% variable, from a pale rufous 

 to rufo-piceous, sometimes only the tarsi are pale; sometimes trochan- 

 ters, bases and tips of tibiie, and the tarsi honey-yellow, and sometimes 

 the middle and posterior femora are black. Abdomen longer than the 

 thorax, the petiole striated; the striit from the basal foveohe on tlie 

 second segment extend to the middle of the segment. 



Habitat. — Florida and Missouri. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead and National Museum. 



Many specimens. First bred at Jacksonville, Fla., by myself from 

 Cecidomyia nebulosa Ashm. MS. Dr. Ililey has also reared it at Bush- 

 berg, Mo., from a Cecidomyiid gall on Soliflago, September 21, 187G, 

 while Miss Murtfeldt bred it from the same gall at Kirkwood, Mo., 

 September 13, 1885. 



, . Folygnotns pinicola, sp. nov. 



S 9 . Length, .80 to 1""". Black, shining; head wider than the 

 thorax, smooth, highly polished, the ;ertex ]>osteriorly and the occiput 

 not aciculated. Antenna' 10-jointed, brown; lirst three funiclar joints 

 small, slightly increasing in length; club ."i-jointed, the joints, except 

 the last, scarcely longer than wide; in S the first funiclar joint is very 

 small, the second slightly curved, dilated, and truncate at apex; the 

 club 6-jointed; the joints, except the last, moniliform, slightly pedicel- 

 late; the last fusiform, much longer than the preceding. Thorax short, 

 ovoid, shining, without a trace of the niesonotal furrows. Scutellum 

 high, transversely, convex. Metapleura nearly bare. Teguhe piceous. 

 Wings hyaline. Legs, inclu<lingcoxas dark rufous, the tarsi and some- 

 times the tip of anterior tibia^, honey-yellow or whitish. Abdomen not 

 longer than the thorax, smooth, the petiole and the second segment at 

 base striated. . 



Habitat. — Washingttm, D. ('. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described froiu several si)ecimens, reared May 14, 1879, from a Ceci- 

 domyiid, Cecidomifia ^ini-in<ypi8 0, /6'., fouiul on pine needles, 



