MONOGRAPH OF THE NOKTH AMKRICAN PUOCfOTRYPIDiE. 431 



truncate belli ml, the ])etio1eHiitaIl and tshort, woolly, tlie second negment 

 with li f()v<?<)lie at ba.se. 



llAiUTAT. — Arlinj^ton, Va. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



A Hiugle specimen. • 



Ceratipria iiifuscatipea, Bp. ii . 



(PL XVIII, Fig. 3, 9.) 

 9. Length, 1.2""". I'oUsIumI l)la<'k, inipunctured; antennie piceous 

 bhw^k ; legs rufous, coxie and the swollen ])arts of femora and tibia;, 

 l»iceouK or dusky. lUr.u\ globose, with long, sparse hairs. Antenme 

 lU-Jointcul ; the club .■{-Jointe<l, incrassated, the first joint lounded, a little, 

 smaller than the seeon«l, tin; second (piadrate, the last ovate twii'e as 

 long as tin*- prec^cding; first funielar joint cylindrical, as long as the pedi- 

 cel, fnniclar joints 2 toO shortening, but all much longer than thick, the 

 seventh oval. (Jollar woolly, metathorax and i)etiole densely i)ubescent. 

 Sculellum with a rather large, <leep fovea at base. Wings hyaline, 

 fringed, tin- stigma piceous. Abdomen ovate, black p<dished, the 

 petiole not longer than thuik. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Tyi)e in Coll. Ashmead. 



A single sjiecimen received from Mr. W. Hague Harrington. In the 

 shape of the head, the largi; scuttillar fovea, length of the fun iclar joints, 

 and th yvate abdonuMi, this species is (juite distinct from those pre- 

 viously described, and its position in this genus is doubtful. 



Ceratopria fioridana Ashin. 

 Cephalonomia florUlana AhLiu., Can. Eiit., xix, p. 196. 



9. Length, 1.1""". Polished blii<;k,impunctured; trochanters, base 

 of tibiae, and tarsi honey yelh)w. Antenna; 12-joint<Ml, ending in a 3- 

 joint<;d, incrassat*Ml club, the last joint being oblong, much st^iuter than 

 the i>enultimate, and as long as the two preceding joints together, the 

 first club joint being smaller than the second; first funiclar joint cylin- 

 drical, about twic(; as long as thick, the following very slightly widened 

 to the club, a little wider than long. Scutellum with a moderately 

 deej) fovea at base. Metathorax and jietiole covereil with a cinereous 

 jMibescence. Wing;, hyaline, strongly fringed, the stigma brown. Ab- 

 domen oblong-oval, black, polished. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



TRICHOPRIA Ashmead, gen. nov. 

 (Typo T. jxmtnplasta Ashm.) 



Head subglobose, without a frontal impression, the octiiput rounded, 

 cheeks Avoolly; ocelli 3 small; eyes rounded. 



Antennae, in 9 12-jointed, the club gradually incrassatcd, not abrupt, 

 4 or Jointed j in 6 14-joiQted, filiform, covered with short, si>arse hairs; 



