MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPIDJE. 337 



striated ; metathorax coarsely rugose, without a median carina. Wings 

 subbyaline, as in P. caudatm. Petiole short, fluted, rugose above. 

 Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. - 



Types in Coll. Provancher, Ashmead, and Harrington. 



Proctotrypea terminalis, sp. nov. 

 $. Length, 5.5 to 6.5"'™. Head, antennae, and thorax entirely black; 

 legs rufous, the coxje black; second abdominal segment, except the 

 apex, red. Antenn.ne extending to middle of abdomen, slender, cyliu:- 

 drical, the flagellar joints all long, pubescent. Prothorax at sides 

 anteriorly, mesopleura beneath the tegulse anteriorly and at posterior 

 margin striated or wrinkled ; metathorax rugose, with a slight median 

 carina. Wings as in P. caudatus Say. Petiole very short, fluted. 

 Hind tibial spur less than one-third the length of the basal tarsal joint, 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C, and Columbus, Ohio, 



Types in National Museum and Coll. Ashmead. 



My specimens were presented to me by Dr. 0. M. Weed, 



Proctotrypea Liiie]lii, sp. nov. 

 ■ S . Length, 4""". Closely allied to P. terminalis, agreeing with it in 

 color and sculpture xcept that only the 3 terminal abdominal joints 

 are black, the metatliorax more coarsly rugose, with the median carina 

 quite distinct and extending from base to apex, while the hind tarsi 

 are slightly dusky, the tibial spur being one-third the length of the 

 basal tarsal joint. The wings s"^ hyaline, the margimal cell nearly 

 obsolete, not as long as the width of the radius, the latter prolonged 

 into the disk of the wing with a small fuscous spot at its origin. 



Habitat. — Long Island. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. Martin Linell. 



Proctotrypea melliventria Ashm. 

 Ent. Am., iii, p. 99 <? ; Cress. Syn. Hym., p. 248. 



$ . Length, 4.1'""' . Head and thorax black, polished, the metathorax 

 rugose, with a longitudinal median carina; legs and abdomen reddish- 

 yellow ; the petiole and the apex of abdomen black ; petiole ; i little more 

 than twice as long as thick, with longitudinal furrows; tip of abdomen 

 ending in two prongs. Antennae 13 jointed (with a ring-joint), black, 

 reaching to the base of the second abdominal segment, cylindrical, 

 I)ubescent, very slightly thinner at apex ; the first and last flagellar 

 joints the longest, unequal, the first a little more than 4 times as 

 long as thick, the last 6 times as long as thick, the intermediate joints 

 very slightly decreasing in length. Wings hyaline with a faint fuscous 

 tinge, the venation brown-black, the radial cell very short, less than 

 J the length of the stigma, with a small dusky streak below the base 

 of the radius ; disk of wings with traces of the cubitus and anal ner- 



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