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jjrooved line at tlJ\> siiles ami bifoveatcd at base; iin'soph'nra aloiij; 

 the nu'Sopectus nijiose or coarsely paiutat^*; m«'tai)U*ura nifiiilose, pu- 

 bescent, metanotnni with an acute triangular keel just boliiutl the 

 l»ostscutellHin, the posterior anjiles acute. Wings subliyaline, iuibes- 

 cent, the marginal nervnre at least four tin)es as long as thick at tip, 

 the stigmal vein not longer than wide. Alid(»nien long, conically 

 pointe<l, i)olished, black, the petiole stout, tinted, LM times as long as 

 thick, pubescent beneath. 



The S measures but L""'", the antenna' being nearly twice as long as 

 the bo«ly, lilitorm; the i>edicel and tirst fiiaiclar Joint both short, the 

 latter a little longer, the folhiwing joints all very long, cylindri<'al, sev- 

 eral times longer than thick, as haig as the scaju', the abdomen pear- 

 sliaped, the ])etiole 3.^ times as long as thick, tinted. 



Hauit AT. — Washington, 3). C. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from two specimens. The species is readily distinguished 

 by the bifoveolated scutellum and the rugoso-puuctate surface of the 

 lower part of the mesopleura. 



ParamesiuB oregonensis, sp. nov. 



S . Length, 4""". Polished black, si)arsely ]»ilose, the hairs fuscous. 

 Ilead subglobose, the frontal ridge beiu'ath fovea ted at the middle; 

 clyi)eus se])arated, convex, with a row of punctures at base; mandibles 

 ferruginous, with some golden hairs and several punctures toward base. 

 Antennje 13-Jointed, filiform, longer than the body, black; the pedicel 

 is a little shorter than the tirst funiclar Joint; the second funiclar Joint 

 is the hmgest joint, fully as long as the jiedicel and tirst Joint united, 

 and excised at base, the following Joints all long, cylindrical, very 

 slightly shorter than the second. Collar at sides i)ui>escent, meso- 

 notum with 2 furrows, scutellum with a crenate furrow at base, while the 

 metathorax is rugose pubescent. Wings fuscous, the snbmarginal and 

 marginal nervures black, the stigmal about as long as the marginal. 



Legsblack,thebaseoftibia* and tarsi, piceous. Abdomen oblong oval, 

 I)olished, black, the petiole 3 times as long as thick, strongly tinted. 



Habitat. — Portland, Oregon. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described fiom a single specimen, collected by II. F. Wickham. 



-^ ^ -, t Paramesius pallidipes, 8i>. nov. 



(PI. XVI, Fig. 5, 9.) 



5. Length, 2.5™™. Polished black, covered with some sparse, long 

 hairs. Antennte 13-jointed, longer than the body, cylindrical, pale fer- 

 ruginous; pedicel and first Hagellar joint of an equal length, not half 

 as long as the second, the joints after the tirst about equal, slightly 

 more than 4 times as long as thick, the second excised at butie. Meso- 



