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tibiz unicolorous with the femora. Male: Face with a median 
closely punctate swelling, the sides of the face almost impunctate; 
coxee and trochanters and at least sometimes the femora of the hind 
Meese seal abi Sharm: SNC FA RIN eta oh Nae hare oli (3, 2) mellinus Say 
11. Female: Post petiole without a median fossa, longitudinally but irregu- 
larly aciculate dorsally as well as laterally; second segment with a 
more extended basal area of irregular aciculation; hind femora . 
tipped with fuscous; hind and middle tibie of a distinctly whitish 
[Gee Ry Race RAMS 2 Apiaceae De Se RRO a, RE (2) albotibialis n. sp. 
Odontomerus albotibialis n. sp. 
2. Black, polished and shining; coxe, trochanters and femora reddish 
yellow, tibiz paler, especially the hind pair, of a distinctly whitish hue; 
hind tarsi and ultimate segment of others fuscous; rest of front and 
middle tarsi pale; apex of hind femora with a fuscous spot above; hind 
tibiz tipped with fuscous. Wings nearly hyaline, slightly infumated. 
Length 7.5 mm., of ovipositor 12 mm. 
Head seen from above transversely quadrate, not at' all widened poste- 
riorly, the occipital margin but slightly concave; vertex temples and front ° 
impunctate; face gibbous and strongly evenly punctured. 
Mesonotum impunctate, polished, the parapsidal furrows deeply im- 
pressed, not crenulate. Propodeum areolated, the basal area confluent 
with the long and narrow areola; lateral spines prominent; segments of 
middle tarsi somewhat more slender than in mellinus. 
 Petiole roughened throughout; basal part of second dorsal segment 
irregularly roughened; rest of abdomen dorsally impunctate, shining, 
Chicoree Woods, Ithaca, N. Y., 1 2, 12 July, 1918 (H. Yuasa). 
‘Holotype——Cornell University No. 245.1. 
Odontomerus abdominalis Cresson. 
In several specimens of this species the posterior coxze and tro- 
chanters are red. It may, however, be distinguished from bicolor 
by the shape of the femora. 
New York: Ithaca, Chicoree Woods, 1 9, 16 IAN KSe is} (Tale 
Yuasa) ; Norton’s Landing on Cayuga Lake, N. Y., 1 2, swept 
from foliage in woods by Mr. H. H. Smith, June 5, 1872, and 
determined by Mr. E. T. Cresson in about 1873 [Cornell Univer- 
sity]. These are the only two specimens of this species that I 
have noted from central New York. 
Odontomerus vicinus Cresson. 
Quebec: St. John’s Co., 28 Aug., 1901, 1 gf [Cornell Univer- 
sity]. New York: 13 June, 1906, 1 # [Cornell University] ; 18 
July, 1893, 1 2 [Cornell University]; 30 June, 1918, 1 ONCE 
Yuasa) [collection of H. Yuasa]. 
