BRUES: PARASITIC HYMENOPTKRA. 



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aected by an impressed arcuate line which bows forward nearly to the base of 

 the scutellum. Postscutellum with a pair of median foveae basally, a pos- 

 terior impressed line and an oblique impressed line. Metathorax short, 

 smooth, with three longitudinal carinae, the median one not furcate. Abdo- 

 men as long as the head and thorax together, rather slender; petiole one-third 

 as long as the abdomen, longitudinally fluted. Second segment three times 

 as long as the following together, less than one-half as broad as long and 

 coarsely striated at its extreme base. Wings faintly infuscated; submarginal 

 vein about one-half as long as the wing. Legs long and slender, clavate. 



One specimen, beautifully preserved, No. A52, collected at Station 

 13 by Prof. W. M. Wheeler. Type in the Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. In 

 general appearance it is very much like a true Galesus. 



FIGITIDAE. 



The single species of this family in the present collection seems to be 

 the first one discovered in the fossil state. 



Figites solus, sp. nov. (Fig. 6.) 





Male. Length 2.7 mm. Probably entirely black, except metathorax, 

 base of abdomen, and the legs which are rufous or dark reddish brown. An- 

 tennae dark brown, 13-jointed, slender, the club very slightly thickened, 

 two-jointed, its second joint shorter and narrower than the first. First flagellar 

 joint long, fully twice as long 

 as the second which is equal to 

 the pedicel; following to the 

 club about equal, ovate in form. 

 Thorax seen in latero-dorsal view, 

 enough of the dorsum being 

 visible to show the presence of 

 parapsidal furrows, and the 

 probable absence of a cupuliform 

 shape to the scutellum. Abdo- 

 men subsessile, about as long as 

 the head and thorax together, 

 apparently not pubescent at the 



base, although this character may have been lost in the process of preserva- 

 tion. Legs rather stout for this group. Wings hyaline, the A T eins pale 

 brown; radial cell apparently about two times as long as wide. 



One specimen, AGO collected by Mr. S. A. Rohwer at Station 17. 

 Type in the Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Fig. 6. — Figites solus, sp. nov. Type. 



