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vures, otherwise veiuless. Hind tarsi as long ais their tibiaj, the tibial 

 spur if the length of the basal tarsal joint. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Proctotrypea californicus Holiug. 

 Kongl. sv. Freg. Eug. Resa lus., jt. 434; Cr. Syu. Ilym., p. 248. 



i. Length, 4 to 4.5'""', Polished black; the nian<lible8, antonnse 

 beneath and legs, except coxw, rufous. Metathorax finely rugose, with 

 a median carina. Joints 1 to 5 of flagellum dentate beneath. Wings 

 subhyaline, the discoidal nervures distinctly visible as fuscous streaks, 

 marginal cell oue-third the length of the stigmal. Abdomen black, 

 polished, not longer than the thorax, the petiole very short, rugose, 

 striated at sides and beneath, the second segment with some stria? at 

 extreme base, terminal segment ending in two short prongs. 



Habitat. — California, Canada, and Virginia. 



Specimens, agreeing in all particulars with Holmgren's description, 

 are in my collection. The species is easily recognized by the deutated 

 flagellar joints, being the tmly species in our fauna thus distinguished. 



Proctotrypes obliquus, sp. nov. 



S . Length, 4.5 "'. Polished black. Head very broad, more than 

 thrice as wide as thick antero-posteriorly. Eyes large, ovate. Mandi- 

 bles piceous, black. Palpi very long, i)ale brownish. Antennae 13- 

 jointed, very long, filiform, pubescent, the flagellar joints nearly of an 

 equal length, about four times as long as thick. Metathorax gradually 

 sloping off posteriorly and produced into a point far beyond the inser- 

 tion of the hind coxa?, coarsely reticulately rugose; at the base are two 

 large fovese which are connected by a sulcus or a grooved line with the 

 spiracular foveae. Tegulie brown. Wings subhyaline, the stigma and 

 radius brown-black; the niarginal cell is a little longer than half the 

 length of the stigma. Legs pale brownish-yellow, the hind coxa; black, 

 the others black only at base; the tibial spurs are long, the inner spur 

 of hind tibiai being more than half the length of the basal tarsal joint, 

 all tarsi longer than tibia^. Abdomen subcompressed, black, shining, 

 and composed of but 3 visible segments, the ajiex when viewed from the 

 side being obliquely truncated, the usual two projecting spines wanting. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Type in National Museum. 



Described from a single specimen in Belfrage collection. r 



~ ""' '^' "" ■ Proctotrypea flavipes Prov. ' .^. , ^ .,_i: 



Nat. Can., xil, p. 264; Fauu. Ent. Can., ii, p. 562 $. 

 MegaiSpilus lucens Prov., Faun. Ent. Can., ii, p. 808 J . 

 Proctotrtipes Jtaripes Prov., Add. et Corr., pp. 462 and 471. 



9 . Length, 3.5 to 4'""". Polished black ; mandibles, tegulse, and legs, i 



yellow. Metathorax finely rugose, with two large smooth areas at base 



