714 MR. E. A. ELLIOTT ON THE 



2. ciNCTiPES Cress. 



Stephanus cincfdpes Cress. (2), p. xviii ; Scblett,, p. 156. 

 /Schlettererius, Ashm., I. c. 



" 2 . Black ; labrum, narrow band at base of all tbe tibiae, 

 and apical third, except extreme tip of the ovipositor sheaths, 

 white ; tarsi testaceous, paler at base ; trochanters, apex of first 

 abdominal segment above, and most of the second and third seg- 

 ments, ferruginous ; in front of ocelli a sharp semicircular carina, 

 toothed in the middle and on each side; face transversely rugose ; 

 cheeks nearly smooth ; immediately back of ocelli a series of 

 sharp transverse ridges (sometimes this part is tinged with dull 

 ferruginous) ; mesothorax finely, transversely wrinkled, the im- 

 pressed longitudinal lines composed of deep pits ; pleurae and 

 metathorax roughly punctured, the former less so and shining; 

 middle of scutellum smooth and polished; tegulas dull testaceous; 

 wings pale fuscous towards tips, an angular subhyaline band 

 commencing at base of stigma, apex of wings paler than beneath 

 stigma ; all tarsi 5-jointed, the penultimate joint Avith a long- 

 tufted process at the tip beneath ; anterior tarsi double the 

 length of their tibiae and very slender ; posterior coxa; large and 

 toothed above near the apex, their femora with two large teeth 

 beneath, and a number of small unequal teeth between and on 

 either side of them ; their tibiae not much thickened toward tip 

 and not dilated ; their tarsi about two-thirds the length of the 

 tibiae, with the first joint rather longer than the second, which 

 is about equal in length with the third ; abdomen smooth and 

 polished, except the first segment, which is finelj^ roughened 

 and not longer than the posterior coxae ; ovipositor about 

 double the length of the body. Length 'SS-'TS inch." 



Habitat : Washington Territory (Morrison). 



Schletterer (i. c.) gives the habitat as " Subreg. 3. United 

 States, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington, New York,'' 

 and adds that aS'. cinctiptes is connected with the European 

 S. serrator by its 5-jointed hind tarsi, and partly by the style of 

 its sculpture, but differs in having two large teeth on the hind 

 femora [serrator has three), in the sheaths of the terebra being 

 white-banded before the apex, etc. 



Ashmead {I. c.) says : " Posterior tarsi in both sexes normal, 

 unarmed." This appears to be a misprint for " femora," and is 

 incorrect since cinctipes has the hind femora armed with two 

 large teeth beneath. 



S. coronatus Panz., Jur., etc. is a synonym of S. serrator Fab. 

 The two species diflfer in size, colour, and especially in the rela- 

 tive length of terebra ; both occur in Pennsylvania. 



Say (I. c.) states that the neuration of his ridfipes agrees pre- 

 cisely Avith that of *S'. coronatus Jur., but does not especially 

 mention the basal cell in hind wing. 



