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with a smooth cross furrow on the «lisk; metathorax cariiiated. 

 Abdomen longer than the head and thorax together, conic-ovate, the 

 hist segment conical, as long as the third, fourth, tifth, and sixth seg- 

 ments united, and yellowish, the ovipositor issuing from its tip; petiole 

 scarcely twice as long as wide, fluted. Wings not fully developed, 

 extending only to the base of the second abdominal segment, subfus- 

 cous and very pubescent. 



Habitat. — Marquette, 31ich. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen, taken at the above xdace by Mr. 

 E. A. Schwarz. 



BELYTA Junne. 

 . Hym., p. 311 (1807) ; Forstt-r, Ilyin. Stud., ii. p. 130, 133 (1856). 

 (Type B. hicolor Jur.) 



Head su globose, the occiput narrowed, rounded; ocelli small, in a 

 triangle; eyes rounded, hair5% 



Autenn.T inserted on a very i)rominent frontal projection ; in 9 15- 

 jointed, stout, nioniliform or subnioniliform, the scape stout, reaching 

 far above the head, the pedicel rounded, the first flagellar joint obconic, 

 the following joints to last moniliform or transverse-moniliform, usually 

 increasiuginsizetowardapex, the last oblong or ovate; iu $ 14-jointed 

 long, filiform, the scape extending bevond the ocelli, pedicel rounded, 

 the first flagellar joint about two-thirds the length of the scape, i)ro- 

 foundly excised at base, the following shorter, cylindrical, 3 or 4 times 

 larger than thick. 



Maxillary palpi a-jointed, long; labial palpi short, 3-joiuted. 



Thorax suboxoid, depressed, the prothorax distinct from abo'e, 

 rounded before, the angles obtuse; mesonotum with 2 deep furrows; 

 scutellum not very prominent, subconvex, with a profound fovea at 

 base, and without lateral groove v^ lines; metathorax with the middle 

 carina not extending to the apex, interrupted or broken, sometimes 

 wanting, posterior angles prominent, acute. 



Front wings pubescent, with a basal cell, and usually, but not 

 always, with an open or imperfectly formed marginal cell; the mar- 

 ginal vein short; the first branch of radius short, oblique, with a hook 

 or slight branch at tip; hind wings with one cell. 



Abdomen ovate or oblong oval, depressed, 8-jointed, the petiole stout, 

 seldom twice as long as thick, fluted, the second segment very large, 

 with a longitudinal sulcus at base; the following segments all short, 

 the last subtriangular. 



Legs rather stout, clavate, pilose, the middle and hind tibiae sub- 

 clavate; tibial spurs 1, 2, 2, the last two short, but stout; tarsi 5jointed, 

 the basal joint nearly 3 times as long as the second. 



