MONOUKArH OP THE NOKTH AMEKICAN rROCTOTKYPID.E. 441 



MONELATA rr.rHt.r. 

 Hyiii. Stud., II, p. VI.\ (18ri<!). 

 Cortjnoprla, Ilal. Nat. HiHt. R»n-., iv, p. 170 {1H.57). 



(Typo lHapria jnirrula Nees.) 



Head lonnded, slijjlitly wider than the thoiax, with a slijjht frontal im- 

 pression, the occiput Hlijihtly eniarginated and rounded; clieeks pubes- 

 cent; ocelli .'J, small, i)laced in a triangle anteriorly; eyes rounded. 



Antenn;e inserted on a slight frontal ledge, in 9 13-jointed, clavate, 

 the last joint, whicli constitutes the club, being abnormally eidarged, 

 several times larger than the jireceding; scape cylindrical, reaching 

 considerably beyon«l the ocelli; i)edi»;el large, a little elongate, much 

 stouter than the funiclar Joints, and as long as the first two or three 

 together; in S 13-jointed, filiform. 



Maxillary palpi 5-jointed. 



Mandibles bifid. 



Thora.x ovoid, the ])rothorax visible from above as a transverse woolly 

 line; mesoMOtum a little longer than w.le at base, smooth, without 

 furrows; scutellum subconvex without a trace of a fovea at base and 

 at the most separated from the mesonotum by a faint transverse line; 

 metathorax emarginated posteriorly, sparsely woolly, the angles more 

 or less acute. 



Front wings pubescent, strongly ciliated, the costal cell scarcely dis- 

 tinct, the submarginal vein i e.aching the costa a little before half the 

 length of the wing, marginal vein punctiform, the basal vein wanting. 



Abdomen oblong-oval, subtruncate posteriorly, the petiole short, 

 woolly, strigose, the second segment very large, without a basal sulcus, 

 beneath at base woolly, the following segments all very short. 



Legs moderate, pubescent, the femora clavate, the tibite subclavate, 

 the tibial spurs not very prominent, hind tarsi as long as their tibiae, 

 slender, basal joint much longer than the second. 



This genus could only be confused with Fhwnopria, but the enor- 

 mously enlarged terminal antennal joint in the female and the 13-jointed 

 antennie in both sexes suflBciently diflferentiate the two. 



Three species are known in Europe, w hile but two species have been 

 discovered in our fauna, which may be thus distinguished. 

 Black; antennffi, except tho largo tenuiual joint, rufous or yellow. < i 



Legs yellow. 

 Collar aud inesopleura piceous or pale ; autennjo yellow. 



M. MELLicoLLis Ashm. 



. Collar and niesoplenra black ; antennse rufous M. hirticollis Ashm. 



Monelata mellicollis Asliui. 

 (PI. xviii. Fig. 6, 9 ; a, ^ antenna.) 



Can. Ent., xix, p. 197. 



9. Length,!""". Polished black ; antennae, except the abnoimally 

 enlarged terminal joint, collar, and legs, honey-yellow; mesopleura, 



