Art. XX. — l<i§t of a ronection of Acnleate iSyiaienop- 

 fera EBsade by Mr. S. \¥. WUli^ton in Navihvi extern 



KaBi§a§. — - ■ .r-, 



) \ (^be- 

 By W. M. PatJon. 



The collection here named is of interest, not only for the great rarity 

 of several of the species, but for the exact information given in regard 

 to locality and date. These latter points are too often neglected by 

 collectors in the West. The species included in the main list were all 

 taken Tvithin a few minutes' time from a patch of golden-rod in North- 

 western Kansas, on the 8th of September, 1877. 



SCOLIAD^. 



1. Myzine nAjMEA (Fabr.), ^ 9 . 



Syn. 9 Mena collaris Say. 

 ▼(^ Sapyga subulata Say. 



2. Myzine interrupta (Say) Smith, $ . 



Syu. 9 Meria costala Say. 

 $ Myzine Iminaia Say. 

 ^ Myzine menechma Lepel. 



3. TiPHiA INOENATA (Say), 9 . 



4. Paeatiphia ax,bilabris (Spin.), 9. 



Syn. $ Tiphia albildbris Spin., Ann. Ent. Soc. France, x, p. 98 (1841). — Lepel., 

 Hym. iii, p. 556 (1845). 



9, Length 8™"" to 9™". Black; mandibles, the tip excepted, anterior 

 tarsi, claws of all the tarsi and tip of the abdomen rufo-piceous; edge 

 of the clypeus and the flagellum beneath piceous ; pubescence white, 

 segments of the abdomen with a fringe of pubescence which is iuter- 

 rupted or narrowed on the disk of all the segments excepting the fifth. 

 Body coarsely punctured, posterior margin of the collar and the teguhe 

 without punctures, punctures on disk of thorax and scutellnm less 

 numerous than elseAvhere, sides of prothorax and metatborax longitudi- 

 nally striate ; upper face of the metathorax without punctures, finely 

 rugose laterally, the triangular space enclosed by two cariuae and 

 divided by a median longitudinal carina, the truncated posterior face of 

 the metathorax slightly concave, finely granulated, bounded by a carina. 

 Posterior femora with a slight angle near the middle of the lower edge. 



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