MONOORAPII OF TIIK NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPIDiR. 315 

 Polygnotiis eurotiae, sp. nov. 



9. Lenj^tli, 1 to 1.20"". r>lack, polished; licad thrice as wide as 

 thick antero-posteiioily, the vertex perfectly smooth. Anteuua- 10- 

 Joiiited, blaitk; pedicel sliyhtly lonj^^er and thicker than the first and 

 second I'nnielar joints together, the tliree liiniclar Joints cylindrical, of 

 a nniforin thickness, the first, the shortest, the second, the lonji^est, but 

 only a littler lon,<;-er than the third; club 5 jointed, slender, the Joints 

 all distinctly l()nj>;er tiiaii thick, about li times as long as thicik, the 

 last long, conical. Thorax ovoid, polished, the mesonotal grooves dis- 

 tinct posteriorly for half the length of the niesonotuni, the base of the 

 lateral lobes with some short s«^ria'. S<'utellum high, transversely, con- 

 vex, slightly ]mbescent posteriorly. INIetapleura sericeous. Teguhe 

 rnfo-i>iceous. Wings hyaline, i)ubeseent. Legs brown Idack, anterior 

 knees, tips of tibia' and all tarsi honey yellow. Abdomen as long as 

 the thorax, polished, the petiole aiid fove<da' at base of the second seg- 

 ment striated. 



Habitat. — San liernadino (Nmnty, Cal. 



Types in National ^Museum. 



Des(;ribed from two specimens bred April 17, 1SS7, by A. Koebele, 

 from a Cecidomyiid gall on Eurotia canata. 



Polygnotus rubi, hj). nov. 



9. Length,!"". Bla(;k, jHtlished; head thrice as wide as thick 

 antero posteriorly, the vertex not aciculated. Antenna' 10-Jointed, 

 brown, the scape and i)edicel yellowish ; pedicel as long as the first and 

 seeoud funiclar joiuts together ; first funidar joint very minute ; second 

 and third about equal; club 5-Jointed, slender, the joints, except the 

 last, not longer than thick, cuj) shaped. Thorax ovoid, ixdished. the 

 mesonotal furrows only slightly indicated posteriorly, the basal ti]) of 

 the middle lobe slightly elevated, the parapsides at base with a small 

 tuft of pubescence. Scutellum high, transversely convex, posteriorly 

 }mbescent. Metapleura sericeous. Teguhe rufo-])iceous. Wings hya- 

 line, pubescent. Legs black, or brown black, the tips of anterior femora, 

 their tibia', and all tarsi, honey-yellow. Abdomen i>olished, about as 

 long as the head and thorax together, ])ointed at tip, the petiole and 

 the foveohe at base of second segment striated. 



Habitat. — Arlington, V^a. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from two sj>ecimens, bred March 30, ISSO, from Cecidomyia 

 farinosa O. S. found on blackberry. 



Prof. John B. Smith has also reared the same insect from a gall on 

 blackberry at New Brunswick, N. J, 



Polygnotus asynaptae, sp. nov. 



^9. Length, 0.80 to 1.20"''". Black, polished; head in 9 about 3* 

 times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly, but in the S scarcely thrice 



