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coxae, and abdomen except base of Srst and the two or three apical segments, 

 rufb-ferruginous ; four posterior trochanters and posterior tibise and tarsi 

 fuscous; ovipositor as long as body. Length Bi lines. 



Eab. — Ottawa (Billings) ; London (Saunders). Coll. Am. Ent. Sog. 



13. LissONOTA BRUNNEA. — Ç . Entirely brownish ferruginous, subopaque, 

 four anterior legs paler ; body covered with dense punctures ; anterior orbits, 

 mouth, and tegulse, yellowish; wings yellowish-hyaline, nervures black, 

 areolet small, petiolated ; ovipositor as long as body, rufopiceous. Length 

 5-5i lines. 



^a6._0ttawa, C. W. (Billings). Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. 



14. XoRiDES VITTIFRONS. — Ç. Black, shining; anterior orbits, face 

 except upper margin, spot on base of mandibles, palpi, line on collar, lateral 

 margin of mesothorax, spot on scutellum, another on post-scutellum, tegulee, 

 and narrow fascia on apical margin of each segment of abdomen, abbreviated 

 laterally on basal segments, white; wings hyaline, nervures black; legs, 

 including coxae, honey-yellow; anterior pair and spot on base of posterior 

 coxae above, yellowish ; apex of posterior femora, their tibise and the four 

 posterior tarsi, fuscous; mesothorax transversely rugose, middle lobe very 

 prominent; metathorax rugulose, sub-pubescent; ovipositor as long as body, 

 slender, reddish, sheaths black. Length 9 lines. 



Kab. — London, C. W. (Saunders). Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. The white spot 

 on the face is more or less indented with black above, and sometimes com- 

 pletely divided longitudinally by a black line ; the posterior legs, except 

 coxge, are sometimes more or less obfuscated, with the extreme base of their 

 tibise pale. 



15. EcHTHRUS NIGER. — ? . Deep black, subopaque, mesothorax shining ; 

 tip of labrum, annulus on antenna3, tegulse, and the dilated anterior tibiae in 

 front, white : legs tinged with piceous ; wings hyaline, faintly dusky at tips, 

 nervures black ; metathorax rugose, elevated on the disk ; ovipositor longer 

 than body, reddish, sheaths black, whitish at tip within. Length 7 J lines, 

 % . Smaller and very slender, shining ; antennas entirely black, nearly as 

 long as the body ; lateral margin of face, tip of labrum, spot on clypeus, 

 spot beneath eyes, tegulse, tips of anterior femora, and a line on outside of 

 all the tibias, white. Length 6 lines. 



Eah.— Ottawa, C. W. (Billings), Coll, Am. Ent. Soc. Very closely 

 allied to the European ^. reluctaior, but readily distinguished by the white 

 tegulae. 



16. EcHTijRijs ABDOMiNALis. — ?. Black, subopaque; antennge with a 

 broad whitish annulus; wings hyaline, tinged with yellowish, nervures black, 

 stigma reddish; palpi, legs and abdomen, rufous; tegulse reddish ; ovipositoy 



