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ceou8. Tefiula'piecous. Wings hyaline, iridescent, sparsely pubescent. 

 Legs black, tlie anterior tibiie toward tips and all tarsi lioney-yellow. 

 Abdomen not quite as long as the hciul an<l thorax t<>gether, the tirst 

 segment ind the sec<md at base striated. 



In the male the abdomeii is oblong oval, broadly rounded behind, the 

 antenna' bhu-k, witli the i)edicel more or less pale and shorter than the 

 second funiclar joint; tirst funidar joint small, rounded; second nuicli 

 dilated, truncate at tip, narrowed at base; club (J-jointed, bristly, the 

 joints, except the last, oval ni(»niliform, the last cone shaped, nearly 

 twice as long as the i)enultimate joint. 



Habitat. — IjOS Angdes and San Bernardino County, Cal. 



Types in National Musenm. 



Described from several specimens, reared by A. Kjebele, during 

 April and May, from a ('ecidomyii<l gall on Atriplex canescens, found 

 in California. 



Polygnotus artemisiae, Hp. iiov. 



S 9. Length, 1 to 1.40 '"'. Black, polishe<i; vertex posteriorly trans- 

 versely aciculated. Mandibles piceous. Antenna' 10 jointed, the scai^e 

 black, the tlagellum dark brown; pedicel as long as the first and second 

 funiclar joints together; first funiclar joint verysnuill; second thick- 

 ened, longer than thick; third narrower and shorter than the second; 

 club 5-jointe<l, the tiist joint shorter than the following and not quite so 

 thick, round<'d at base; the following joints to the last very slightly 

 Avider than long, rounded at base, truncate at tip, the last cone-shaped, 

 longer than tlic preceiling. In the male the pedicel is not longer than 

 the second funide joint, which is slightly curved and dilated and trun- 

 cate at til*; club (J-jointed, hairy, the joints, excejtt the last, moniliform, 

 slightly pedicellate, the last cone-shaped, almost twice as long as the 

 preceding. Thorax ovoid, shining, the mesonotal furrows distinct pos- 

 teriorly. Scutellnni jmlished, tranvcrsely highly convex. Metapleura 

 sericeous. Tegnlic black. Wings hyaline, pubesceut. Legs black to 

 brown black, the trochanters, tii>s of tibia' and tarsi honey-yellow. 

 Abdomen as long as the head and thorax together, polished, the petiole 

 striated, the second segnuMit with L* striated foveohe at base. 



Habitat. — Lancaster, Los Angeles (Nmnty, Cal. 



Types in National Mnseurn. 



Described from seveial specimens, reared by A. Koebele, December 

 (5, 1.SS7, fnun a Cecidomyiid gall found on Artemisia californica. 



Polygnotus virginieiisis, sp. no\ . 



9. Length, 1.2""". Polished black. Head alxmt. '5 times as wide as 

 long antero i)Osteriorly, the occiput transversely striated, the face 

 smooth, shining, impunctured; legs and anteniue black, articulations of 

 legs and tarsi brown. Kunicle .slender, the first joint small, the second 

 a little larger than the third; club joints about twice as long as thick 



