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lirst l»ii»ii<h of tilt' rsuliiis. Abdomen black, pubescent beneath and 

 iif tip, the second segment rufous toward base, both above and be- 

 neath, the petiole shorter than the metathorax, not lonj^er than thick, 

 striated, segments third, fourth, fifth, and sixth short, e<iual, seventh 

 twice as h)ngas the sixth and a little longer than the eighth. 



IIARITAT. — Arlington, Va. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Pantoclia coloradensia At^Lui. 



Zdotypa colorndenitiit Ashm., Hull. No. 1, Col. Biol. Assoc, p. 12. 

 9. Length, 3""". Subrobust, i»olished black, pubescent. Face with 

 a deep impression just above the clypeus. Eyes pubescent. Anteiuue 

 brownish-yellow, the tlagellum fu.scous; the scape is nearly twice as 

 long as the first flagellar Joint; pedicel globular; first flagellar excised 

 for onethinl its length basally; the following joints shorter, about 

 thrice as long as thick. Thorax with 2 furrows, converging jiosteriorly ; 

 mesopleura impressed across the disk; scutelluni convex, with a deep 

 fovea across the base; metathorax short, carinated. Legs brownish- 

 yellow, the posterior coxa? dusky at base. Wings hyaline, pubescent, 

 the venation pale brown ; the marginal vein is only one-third the length 

 of the marginal cell, the first branch of the radius about as long as the 

 marginal, oblique. 



Habitat. — West Cliff, Colo. 

 Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from one specimen received from T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Fantoclis californica, sp. nov. 

 (PI. -W, Fig. 2a, J antenna.) 



S 9. Length, 2 to L'.^""". Polished black; antenna', nandibles, 

 teguhi', and legs rufous, the former dusky toward tips. Antennae iu 

 9 15-jointed, davate, moniliform, the first flagellar joint twice as long 

 as the pedicel, the joints beyond moniliform, after the fourth, trans- 

 verse-moniliform; in S 14-jointed, filiform, pale brownish; the first 

 flagellar joint about as long as the scape, excised at base, the joints 

 beyond very gradually siiortening, thepeuultinnite a little shorter than 

 the last, 2.i times as long as thick. Metathorax carinated, the posterior 

 angie^t projecting. Wings subfuscous: the marginal cell about thrice 

 as long as the marginal vein, the latter two-thirds the length of the 

 oblique first branch of the radius. Abdomen conic-ovate, i)olished 

 black; the petiole as long as the metathorax, fluted; segments third, 

 fourth, and fifth, very short, equal; sixth a little longer; seventh and 

 eighth about equal, slightly more than twice as long as the sixth; the 

 eighth rufous. 



Habitat. — Santa Cruz IVxountains, California. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



