410 BULLETIN 4r., UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



from hero to tlie Inst they jue longer, (inadijite, the last liirjje, cone- 

 sliapod. Head oblong, sniootli, anteriorly just above the frontal exca- 

 vation roughene<l, the angles acute; the frontal jirominence eniargi- 

 nated, punctate, with a snjall discal fovea; beneath the eye is a large, 

 long sulcus. Mandibles black. Thorax Mith two furrows that terminate 

 anteriorly just before rcaj'bing the collar. Scutelluni with two large, 

 oblicjue fovea*. Metatliorax pubescent. Wings fuscohyaline, pubes- 

 cent, folded, with a deep lissr.re at apex. Legs pieeous, the trochanters, 

 the slender portion of the tibia', and the tarsi honey-yellow. Abdomen 

 as long as the head and thorax^ together, smooth, i»olished, the apex 

 with some sparse white hairs, the i»etiole longitu<limilly grooved, with 

 some sparse i)ubescence at the apex above and beneath. 



Hauitat.— Ottawa, Canada. 



Tyi)e in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single s])ecinien received from Mr. W. Flagiie Har- 

 rington. 



GalesuB politus Say. 



Coptera poUla Say, Lee. E«l. Say's Works, ii, p. 727; Ashm., Can. Eiit., xix, p. 195; 

 CresH. Syn. llyiii. N. A., ji. '-'50. 



S 9 . Length, 2.2 to 2.0""". Polished black. Antenna? 12-jointed, 

 clavate, reaching slightly back of the tegulte; scape black, angulated 

 within before the tip; pedicel and the 4 or 5 following joints honey- 

 yellow, the joints beyond pieeous, subn )niliform, the last the largest, 

 oblong, sometimes wholly pi<'eons. Antenna* in $ 14- jointed, filiform, 

 a little shorter than the body, i)ale brown, the scape black, the flagellar 

 joints about 2i times as long as thick. Head nearly twice as hmg 

 as wide, smooth, polished, the anterior angles acute; frontal promi- 

 nence with a discal fovea and an emargination at apex. Mandibles 

 rufous or pale. Thorax smooth, polished, with two distinct furrows, 

 the middle lobe with a fovea posteriorly. Scutellum with two oblong 

 fovea? at base. Metatliorax j)nbescent. Wings subhyaline, folded, 

 pubescent, with a deep fissure at apex. Legs, including coxa?, honey- 

 yellow or pate rutbus. Abdomen oblong oval, polished, not as long as 

 the head and thorax together. 



Habitat. — Indiana, District of Columbia, Oakland, Md., and Fort 

 George, Fla. 



Specimens in Coll. Ashmead. 



This species is not rare and is widely distributed, occurring from 

 Florida to Canada. 



Galesiis floridanus Ashm. 



Can. Ent., iii, p. lO.'). 



i . Length, 1.5'""'. Black, polished, covered with sparse scattered 

 pile. Head only a little longer than wide, smooth, polished, scarcely 

 emarginated anteriorly, not cornuted. Antennae 14-jointed, longertban 



