MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID^. 323 



Legs piceous or rufo-piceous, anterior tibite and base of middle and posterior tibisa 

 ,: pale or honey-yellow. 



Head including face, finely, closely punctate. 

 Pedicel about as long as the first two funiclar joints together, the first funiclar 

 joint subtriaugular, small, the second much thicker and about as 



long as the longest club joint P. herkickii Pack. 



Head finely, closely punctate, the face with a large polished space in the middle, 



transversely striated on lower part. 



Pedicel not as long as the first two funiclar joints together, the first funiclar 



joint a little longer than thick, narrowed, the second thicker and 



slightly shorter than any of the following. .P. obscuripennis Ashm. 



MALES. 



Coxa) black. 

 Legs yellow. 

 Head finely rugoso-punctate. 

 Face minutely punctate, with no grooved line; antennte brownish-yellow, 

 the second funiclar joint as long as the long pedicel; club joints not 



hmger than thick P. cary.e Ashm. 



Face highly polished, with a central grooved line ; antennae brownish-yellow, 

 the pedicel as long as the first and second funiclar joints together, 

 the first very small, second a littie thickened and curved ; club joints 

 oval-moniliforui, the last fusiform, nearly twice as long as the pre- 

 ceding P. FLORIDEX8I8 Ashm. 



Legs piceous or rufo-piceous; antenna? black or brown-black. 

 Head closely punctured or shagreeued. 

 Face punctate, no transverse striae above antennie; club joints twice as long 



as thick, subpedicellate P. herrickii Pack. 



Face highly polished, with transverse striie above antennae. 



Second funiclar joint not swollen; club joints broader than long; wings 



dusky P. OBSCURIPENNIS Ashm. 



Second funiclar swollen ; wings hyaline. 



Club joints about twice as long as thick P. apiiidis, sp. nov. 



Club joints thrice as long as thick P. gracilis Ashm. 



Face transversely aciculated. 

 MesoQotum and all pleura longitudinally striated.. P. aciculatcs, sp. nov. 



Platygaster caryae, sp. nov. 



i 9 . Length, 1.50 to 2""". Black, stainiug; vertex finely rugose, 

 the face finely, closely punctate, with some transverse aciculations just 

 above the insertion of the antenna\ Mandibles i)ale brown. AntennsB 

 10-jointed, yellow ; pedicel long, as long as the second funiclar joint, 

 first elongated, a little shorter than the second; club 6-jointed, fuscous, 

 the joints, except the last, wider than long, truncate at tip, rounded 

 at base. Thorax finely punctulate, with two distinct furrows, the mid- 

 dle lobe posteriorly with a slight central line. Scutellum transverse, 

 convex. Metapleura and hind coxse beneath sericeous. Tegulse pice- 

 ous. Wings hyaline. Legs bright yellow or brownish-yellow, the 

 coxje black, the posterior femora and sometimes the tibiae dusky. Ab- 

 domen oblong-oval, not longer than the thorax, the first segment and 

 the second, ut base^ striated, sparsely pubescent. 



