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2. Abdomen brownish yellow at base and beneath 3. 



Abdomen entirely black ; flageUum subclavate, the last 



four or five joints only black 



Face transversely wrinkled ; flagellar joints 2 to 4 

 transverse, a little wider than long, joints 5 to 7 

 quadrate, the last oblong, tvnee as long as the 

 preceding C. rugifrons. 



Face smooth, polished ; flagellar joint as long as the 

 pedicel, joints 2-3 about half as long as the first, 

 4 quadrate, 5 to 7 longer than wide, the last ovate, 

 half longer than the 7th C. politifrons. 



3. Legs and basal j oints of antennse yellowish G, hasalis, Ashm. 



(1) CeRAPHROK GEENADElfSIS, Sp. n. 



5 . Length 1 mm. Black, opaque, minutely, closely punctate ; 

 scape, pedicel, and legs brownish yellow ; flagellum brown-black ; 

 wings hyaline, pubescent, the venation dark brown. 



Head transverse, the face concave, shining ; frons, vertex, and 

 cheeks closely punetulate, opaque ; flagellum subclavate, about 

 twice as long as the scape, the pedicel one-third longer than the 

 first flagellar joint, second and following flagellar joints to last 

 gi'adually increasing in size, quadrate, the last ovate, about twice as 

 long as the penultimate. Thorax above opaque, closely minutely 

 punctate, sericeous ; pleura smooth, shining ; tegulae brownish 

 piceous ; metanotum armed with a small thorn. Abdomen sessOe, 

 ovate, polished black, pointed at tip, as long as the head and 

 thorax united, and with some striaB at base above. 



Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. 



(2) Ceraphron stjbopacus, sp. n. 



2 , Length 1 mm. Black, subopaque, sparsely, punctate, the 

 punctiu'es not so dense as in the preceding species and the surface 

 with a slight lustre, the scutellum shining ; scape and legs yellow, 

 the hind coxae dusky or black; wings hyaline, pubescent, the 

 venation light brown. 



Head transverse, the face emarginate, shining ; flagellum dark 

 brown or blackish, not twice as long as the scape, the pedicel as 

 long as the first and second flagellar joints united ; flagellar joints 

 2 to 5 a little wider than long, 6 and 7 longer than wide, the 

 last ovate, not quite twice as long as the penultimate. Thorax 

 above subopaque, the scutellum shining ; pleura smooth, shining ; 

 metanotum with a small tubercle. Abdomen sessile, as long as 

 the head and thorax united, polished black. 



Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. 



(3) Ceraphron rtjgipro^s, sp. n. 



$ . Length 1 mm. Black, shining ; head and thorax above 

 smooth, -impunctate ; face and frons with delicate, transverse 

 rugae ; antennae, except last four joints, and legs, including all 

 coxae, brownish yellow ; wings hyaline, pubescent, the venation 

 brownish yellow, riagellum, excluding the pedicel, 1| times as 

 long as the scape, joints 2-4 transverse, a little wider than long, 

 5-7 quadrate, the last oblong, twice as long as the preceding. 



