MONOGKAl'H OF THK NOUTH AMKKK'AN I'liOCTOTUYPID.I-:. 411 



the body, browiiisli juccouh, tlu* flagellar Joints with lonjj- whitish hairs; 

 scape swollen at the middle but not aiijiuhited. Lej^s honey-yellow or 

 jpale rufous, eoxa' black, the femora piceons. NVings hyaline, ]Md)escent. 



IlAiiiTAT. — Fort (leorjic, Fhi. 



Tyi)e in Coll. Ashmead. 



This spe<'ies on account of the non-cornuted hcnd may not be a p:eu- 

 uine Galetttin. 



Oalesus texanus, n|>. iiov. 



3. Length, .'{.5""". lilack, shining; Hagellnm dark brown; scape 

 and coxa* bla<'k; legs honey-yellow, jiilose; palpi pale; numdibles 

 blackish. Head twice as long as wi<le, smooth, excej)! the stemmati- 

 cum, which is roughened. AntiMMwe extending to iii)ex of the i)etiole, 

 the flagellar Joints, excci»t the first, which is longer, fnlly twiee as long 

 as thi»'k. Thorax with two deep, rvide furrows, converging and meet- 

 ing at base of the si'utelliim; metathorax <arinated. Wings subhya- 

 line, pubescent, slightly emarginated at apex, and fohb'd. Abdomen 

 nearly as long as the head and thorax together, i)olished, the i)etiole 

 stout, twice as long as thi<"k, fluted, the second segment occupying 

 nearly the whole of the remaining surface, with a long median im- 

 pressed line, and a fovea on each side of the line at base, apex with 

 some sparse white hairs. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Oalesus pilosus, sp. nov. 



S. Length, 2""'. Black, i)olished, ]>ilose; the head only a little 

 longer than wide, cornuted anteriorly, the vertex behin«l with a row of 

 close punctures; flagellum T)rown, the Joints, except the first and last, 

 moniliform, not longi'r than wide; scape and coxa* black, the legs dis- 

 tinctly rufous. Collar fluted. Scutellum with 2 large fovea? at base. 

 Metathorax rugose. Wings subhyaline, pubes<!ent. Abdomen a little 

 longer than the thorax, the i>etiole 1^ times as long as thick, striated, 

 the second segment sulcate at base. 



Habitat. — Texas. r ; 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen. The difference in the head, an- 

 tennjp, petiole, and the sculpture of the second abdominal segment 

 readily distinguish the species. 



PLATYMISCHnS Westw. 



Phil. Mag., I, p. 128. 

 (Type P. dilatatiis Westw.) 



(PI. XVII, Fig. 7, <?.) 



Head oblong, flattened, the occiput subemarginated. Eyes rounded. 

 Ocelli in 9 wanting, in 3 very small. 



