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Sciiti'llum siiiootli, <'onvex. Metapleuia subsericoous, aciculated. Tey- 

 ula^ blark. NVinjLjs liyaliiu*, stroiifjly iri<l*'8<'»'nt, Kjiarsely imbesct'iit. 

 Lej;s pict'ous blark, tlio anteri^u- tibiic and all tarsi wliitisli or h(»ii«'y 

 y»'ll«)\v. Abdonu'ii as usual in tin- si'Xfs, in the 9 pointi'd and as Ion;; 

 as tlu' bead and tlioiax to<;rtlier, the prtiole and the tbvt'ola' at base 

 oftlic sectMul st'};:na'iit striat»'«l. 



Haiutat. — Fort Ihnuiinca, Ariz. 



Typos in National .Museum. 



Described from several specimens, r»'an'«l June 5, 1S82, 1'nun a <^eei- 

 domyiid stem }xn]\ on suntiower, and trom a ('eeidoniyiid pod like nnU 

 on an unknown plant, sent to the J)ei>artinent by U. K. Morriscui. 



Polygnotus actiiionieridis, n|i. nov. 



S 9. Leiif^tli, tMJO to l.L'O lilaek, polislied; bead '2.[ tiiiu's an 



wide as thick aatero posteriorly, the vertex postericuly very faintly 

 acii'ulated, the face smo«>th, with transverse aciculations above th»' iii- 

 sertiou of the antenna'. Mandibles piceous. Antenna^ lOJointed, (lark- 

 brown, the scai)e paler toward base; pedicel as lonjj as the secoiul and 

 third fuuiclar joints tojjether; tirst funiclar joint verysuuiU; second 

 st«niter ami longin- than the third; third a little longer thau the tirst; 

 club 5-jointed, the joints lonjicr than thick. In the i , the second funiclar 

 joint is dilated and truncate at tip, the club <5-jointed, the joints oval- 

 uiouiliforui, the tirst the smallest, the last enlarged, fusiform, stouter, 

 and twice as hmg ;is the preceding. Thorax ovoid, jujlished, the mesono- 

 tal furrows distinct ]>osteriorly ; U() tufts of ])ubesceuce at baseof i»ar- 

 apsides. Scutellum high, <-ouvex, polished, with a slight silky i)U- 

 bescence. IMetapleura subsericeous, aciculated. Tegulie rufo-piceous. 

 Wings hyaline, pubescent. Legs dark rufous, the anterior tibiae, 

 and all tarsi honey-yellow. AbdonuMi abitut as long as the head and 

 thorax together, i)olished, the ]tetiole and the foveohe at base of second 

 segment striated, the ventral segments 3, 4, 5, and G witli a transverse 

 row of fine punctures. 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C. 



Type in National Museum. 



Described from 4 specimens reared April 23, 1884,fromaCecidomyiid 

 gall on Actinomeris squarrosa. 



Polygnotus vernonise, sp. nov. 



<J 9 . Length O.GO to 0.80""". Black, polished; head nearly thrice as 

 wide as thick antero-posteriorly; the vertex not aciculated, the face 

 smooth. Mandibles brown. Antennte 10-joint«d, brown or dark brown ; 

 pedicel longer than the tirst and .second funiclar joints together; tirst 

 funiclar joint very minute, pale, second and third about as long as thick, 

 equal; club 5-joiuted, the joints very slightly longer than thick, the 

 middle joints wider thau the basal and apical joints. Id the S the 



