6 Clarence E. Mickel 
metanotal spine very acute; upper surface and enclosed area of propo- 
deum reticulate, the median fovea shining and almost rectangular; pos- 
terior face of propodeum finely punctate; metapleura granulate with fine, 
irregular rugae; lateral spots on pronotum, posterior lobes of pronotum, 
spot on tegulae, lateral spots on scutellum, metanotum entirely, all yellow. 
Abdomen black, shining, with strong, widely separated punctures; tergites 
one and two with lateral yellow spots, those on tergite one the larger 
and more widely separated; tergites three, four and five with a narrow 
yellow fascia posteriorly; sometimes the fascia on tergite three is nar- 
rowly interrupted medially and that on tergite five is reduced to two lat- 
eral spots. Apical half of anterior and intermediate femora beneath, and 
all the tibiae outwardly, yellowish; remainder of legs black. 
6. Unknown. 
Type, a female collected at Mott, North Dakota, August 31, 
1914 (J. R. Campbell), on Solidago canadensis. One female 
paratype collected at Mott, North Dakota, September 20, 1914 
(J. R. Campbell), on Solidago mollis. 
Easily recognized by the large size, lack of a longitudinal carina 
on the scutellum and the metanotum being entirely yellow. 
Subfamily Craboninae 
Solenius (Pseudocrabro) conspiciendus sp. nov. 
d. Length 6 to 8 mm. Head black; clypeus and front with dense, ap- 
pressed, silvery pubescence; vertex, occiput and genae with very sparse, 
silvery pubescence; anterior margin of clypeus rounded; frons, vertex, 
occiput and genae with very fine, close punctures; ocelli in a low triangle, 
the distance between the posterior ones less than the distance between 
the lateral ocelli and the nearest eye-margin; first and second joints of 
the flagellum about equal in length; second and third joints of the fla- 
gellum very slightly emarginate beneath; fourth joint of flagellum deeply 
emarginate beneath; occiput and genae with a very broad foveolate mar- 
gin; mandibles except the tips, and scape except spot behind, yellow. 
Thorax black, covered with very sparse, silvery pubescence; pronotum 
with a transverse carina, interrupted medially and very strongly dentate 
laterally; mesonotum with close, medium, confluent punctures; scutellum 
and metanotum punctate; prepectus and mesepisterna with medium-sized, 
separated punctures; propodeum above coarsely sculptured, punctured and 
reticulate; posterior face of propodeum coarsely sculptured; metapleura 
transversely rugose; band on the pronotum interrupted medially, posterior 
lobes of pronotum, sometimes spot on prepectus above, sometimes line 
on metanotum, all yellow. Abdomen black, with fine, well-separated punc- 
tures; second, third, fourth and fifth tergites with lateral spots, yellow, 
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