ART. S NEW HYMENOPTEEA, SUBFAMILY ANTEOIsriNAE FENTON 9 



prothorax, with same surface sculpture as noted ; chela as in Figure 

 6. Propodeum fuscous except small area on dorsum near thoracic 

 constriction which is testaceous, with sparse distinct erect hairs, 

 dorsum and sides with distinct fine areolate sculpturing, smooth on 

 disk. Abdomen fuscous, smooth, polished with scattered erect hairs. 



Tyfe locality. — Lafayette, Indiana. 



Described from one female reared August 21, 1885, from straw. 

 Collected by F. M. Webster and recorded under Bureau of Ento- 

 mology No. 3413°^ 



Type.—C2Lt. No. 40201, U.S.N.M. 



EPIGONATOPUS PLESUIS, new species 



Similar in general appearance, color, and size to Efigonato'pus 

 a^iericanus Fenton, but different structurally. 



Female. — Length, 2.2-2.6 mm. General color black except as noted 

 below. Head wider than long (6:5); vertex broadly but slightly 

 concave, shining with faint areolate sculpturing visible only under 

 high power ; lateral ocelli farther apart than the distance from one of 

 them to median ocellus ; clypeus and mandibles testaceous ; antennae 

 testaceous to ferruginous, becoming darker towards tip somewhat 

 longer and more slender than in Epigonatopus aTuericcmus, compara- 

 tive antennal lengths as follows : 6, 5, 8, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 7. Pronotum 

 without any transverse impression, shining with fine, closely spaced, 

 indistinct punctation, smooth on disk and posteriorly; thoracic con- 

 striction about as wide as long, with microscopic areolation ; anterior 

 coxae, trochanters, stalk of femora, tibiae, and tarsus testaceous ; in- 

 crassate part of femora fuscous ; middle legs testaceous, more or less 

 inf uscated, especially coxae and femora ; hind coxae black, fading to 

 fuscous at tip, darker than rest of legs, of which the trochanters, stalk 

 of femora, tibiae except tip, and tarsi are testaceous; median arm 

 of chela extending to tip of second tarsal joint, lamellate at tip and 

 with row of lamellae extending from near here almost to articular 

 cavity, claw curved without subapical tooth. Propodeum not strongly 

 humped, minutely granulated on top and sides, with distinct suture 

 between meso and metapleura. Abdomen smooth, polished. 



Type locality. — Elk Point, South Dakota. 



Described from three speciments reared from jassids August 24, 

 1914, by C. N. Ainslie. 



Tyiye.—C^i. No, 40202, U.S.N.M. Paratypes in writer's collec- 

 tion. 



AGONATOPUS SUTURALIS, new species 



Fig. 7 



Female. — ^Length, 4.2 mm. General color ferruginous, except 

 abdomen which is blackish brown. Head ferruginous, wider than 

 long (11 : 7) ; vertex shallowly concave with surface sculpture a fine 

 microscopic areolation; a carina extends from the median ocellus 



