MONOGRAl'H OF THE NORTH AMKIJICAN PKOCTOTRYPID.E. 357 



loiifier tliiiu tlio obliciuo first branch of the nulins, the niarjjiiial cell 

 closed, a little loii<;er than the marginal vein. Petiole s.tout, scarcely 

 longer than the nietathorax, tinted. 

 ^ Habitat, — Delaware. 

 Tyi)e ? in Coll. American Entomoloj>ical Society. 

 Described from a single specimen. 



Belyta erythropus sp. nov. 



V , Length, 3.4""". Black, shining, sparsely i)ilo8e; antennae and legs 

 rufous or reddish-yellow, the tlag«'llnin infuscated, the liind coxa^ 

 black basally. Antenna* 1.5-Jointed, moniliforni, the first flagellar 

 joint one-third longer than the pedicel, the joints beyond transverse- 

 moniliforni, very slightly increasing in size toward the apex, the last 

 conic. Seutellura with a transverse fovea at base. Metathorax with 

 the middle carina forked at the middle; angles bluntly toothed. 

 Wings subfuscons; tegnhe rufous; nervures pale brown; the marginal 

 vein is not longer than the short, closed marginal cell: the first branch 

 of the radius or stignial vein oblique. Abdomen not longer th^u the 

 thorax, the sides, apex and beneath, pilose; the petiole is stout, stri- 

 ate, and finely rugose, a little longer than thick: the second segment 

 with some grooved lines at base. 



Habitat. — Wisconsin. • 



Type 9 in Koyal Berlin Museum. 



Described from a single sjiecimen labeled simply, "Wisconsin, Kum- 

 lin." 



Belyta texana, sp. uov. 



9. Length, ;?.4"". Polished black; antennje rufous; legs reddish- 

 yellow. Antenuie 15 jointed, stout, the first flagellar joint only a little 

 longer than the pedicel, the joints beyond transverse- nnniiliforni, the 

 last oval. Scutelluni flattened, with a deep fovea at base. Metathorax 

 finely rugose, the middle keel forked before the middle, the posterior 

 angles produced. Teguliie rufous. Wings hyaline, the marginal cell 

 oi^en, the marginal vein longer than the stigmal, the latter with a hook. 



Abdomen scarcely as long as the head and thorax together; the 

 petiole short, stout, rugose, scarcely longer than thick, and without any 

 raised lines; base of second segment striated. 



Habitat. — Texas. ■ -,:>■• -5. 



Type 9 in Coll. American Entomological Society. 



Described fiom a single specimen. ^ ;> si ;+■ : 



OXVLABIS Foi-ster. 

 - Hym. Stud., ii, p. 130 (1«56). 



Lyteba Thorns. Ofv., 1858, p. 180. 



(Type O. hisulca Nees.) 

 Head transverse, a little wider than the thorax, the occiput straight, 

 not margined.; ocelli 3, prominent, siibtriangularly arranged; eyes 

 oval, hairy. 



