318 HULLKTIN 4r>, IINITKI* STATKS NATIONAL MUSEl'M. 



s«'coih1 fiiiiiclar Joint is <lilat«M|, tlu> flub (}-joiiit<'«l, tl:«i last nilarjit'd, ob- 

 long, the otlit'i- joints inoiiiliionn. Thorax ovoid, |iolisli(><I, the nicsoiKt- 

 tal furrows only Hlightly indicated posteriorly, the basal tip (d the 

 middle lobe slightly elevated, upon the base of the Hcutelhini; the 

 l»aiapsides with a slijiht tuft of piibescenee at base. iSeutelluiu hi};li, 

 truusverse, i-ouvex. Metapleura eoxercd with a white, f;litterin>i pu- 

 besi'eiice. Li'gs brownishjdceous; front lejis, tips of mid lie and jtos- 

 teiior tibia', and all tarsi honey ye'low. Abdomen pointed in 9, a lit- 

 tle longer than the head and thoiax t(»gether; shortt'i' and obh>ng oval 

 in S , the i>etiole and foveola' at base of s«'eon«l se<;nieiit stiiated; the 

 third and folhnvinj^ segments, in the S ,witli a row of punctures at base. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Va. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from several sj»eiimen.s, reared Juue IH and 17, 18.s<i, from 

 a Trypetid gall ou Vernon ia noveboracenxin. 



Folyguotus floridanus, s]i. lun . 



$ . Length, 1.4""". Black; antenna', exce])t the club, and the legs, • 

 except the posterior pair, yellow; <lub black; jtosterior coxic, femora, 

 and tibte dusky; wings hyaline, almost devoid of pubescence, the teg- 

 idfe black. 



The head is wide between the eyes and highly ])olished; mandibles 

 piceous; palpi pale. Antenna- l()-jointed, the pe<licel long, as long as 

 the 3 funi(;lar Joints united, the third funiclar Joint the widest, club joints 

 black, moniliform, the last fusiform, twice as long as the preceding. 



Mesonotal furrows indicated i>osteriorly ; scutellum cushion shaped, 

 the metapleura covered with a white i)ubescence. 



Abdomen pear-shai)ed, not as long Us the thorax, smooth, polished, 

 except the petiole, which is wider than long, striated, and some strite at 

 base of second segment. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. ' ■ • 



Distinguished by the color of the legs and the peculiarity of its an- 

 tenn.ne, the pedicel being unusually long for a species in this genus. 



Polygnotus euurae, sp. nov. 



$. Length, LfiO""'. Black, jwlished; head two and a half times as 

 wide as thick a u lero posteriorly, the vertex posteriorly not or very 

 faintly aciculated. Mandibles rufous. Autennat lOJointed, brown- 

 black ; pedicel one and a half times as long as thick; first funiclar joint 

 small, rounded; second longer than thick, vshghtly curved; club <i- 

 jointed, the joints, except the last, oval -moniliform, slightly pedicel- 

 late, the last cone-shaped, a little stouter and about twice as long as 

 the preceding. Thorax ovoid, polished, the mesonotal furrows indica- 

 ted posteriorly. Scutellum transverse, convex, sparsely covered with 



