430 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



following Joints aro nionilifonn, except th«i Last, Miiicli is ovate; all the 

 flagellar joints have rather short stitt" bristles; the head is globose, while 

 the Hcutellar fovea is a little more deeply impressed than in the female. 

 Habitat.— Arlington, Va. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



f. ■ 



Ceratopria megaplasta, np. nov. 



9. Length, 1.1'""'. I'olished black, impunctured; cheekR behind, 

 collar and nietathorax woolly; antenna; wholly black, the scajM*. i)iceons 

 beneath; legs yellow. Head oblong, very little wider before tl .m 

 behind, covered with sonu? long, sparse hairs. AnU^nna; 12-jointed, 

 clavate; first funiclar Joint abont as long as the pedii-el bnt more 

 slender, cylindrit-al, tin; following J«>ints moniliform, very slightly 

 increasing in size to the club; (dub ^i-Jointed, the first and se»:ond Joints 

 (|uadrate -moniliform, the last oblong, a litth; larger than the 2 preceding 

 joints together. Scutelluin flat, with 2 small fovea; at base. Wings 

 hyaline, fringed, tin; stigma yellowish. Abdomen ovate, blat:k, polished, 

 the iMitiole short, stout, rugose, fully as wide as long. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



A single specimen, received from Mr. W. TTague Ilarrington, differs 

 from the i)receding species in the coh)r of the antenna;, the proportions 

 of the autenual joints and in the shape of the abdomen. 



Ceratopria blfoveolata, sp. nov, 



9. Length, 1""'. Agrees in shape and general appearance with C. 

 megaplmta, bnt with the following differences: The antenna;, excei)t 

 the club and the legs, are reddish yeHow ; the first funiclar joint is a 

 little shorter than the pedicel; the abdomen oblong-oval, obtusely 

 rounded at tip; while the i)etiole is short and so woolly that its sculp- 

 ture can not be made out; otherwise it agrees perfectly with C. mega- 

 plasta. 



Habitat. — Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 



Type in ('(dl. Ashmead. 



A single si)ecimen. Taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz, June 19, 1891. 



• i Ceratopria puBillt^, sp. nov. 



9. Length, 0.8""". Polished blm-k, impuuctate; antenn.T!, except 

 the club and the legs, honey-yellow. Hejid a little longer than wide. 

 Antenna; 12joint(;d; the club abrupt, 3-Joiuted, black, the first joint 

 not half the length of the second aiid nmch narrower, the last ovate, 

 longer than the pre<;eding Joint; first funiclar joint a little longer than 

 thick, the following to last s(;arcely as hmg as thick, f he last transverse. 

 Scutellum with a curved, slightly impressed line at base. Wings hya- 

 line, pubescent, with ebort cilia. ANomen oblong, black, jwilslied. 



