232 Say^s Descriptions of 



Inhabits Indiana. 



Body white, slightly tinged with yellow : antenrus 

 black : vertex with a black dot on the locality of the 

 stemmata: tJiorax with an a;bbreviated black vitta before, 

 and another vitta on each side, confluent upon the scutel, 

 which is also black : metatJiorax black on the disk : 

 wings hyaline ; nervures brown : tergum polished, black, 

 with a dilated whitish spot in the middle ; broadest rather 

 behind the middle, and tapering to the base : oviduct 

 less than half the length of the abdomen ; posterior 

 thighs with a blackish line each side: posterior tihia 



blackish at base and at tip. 



Length nearly three twentieths of an inch. 



Spins an oval, silken cocoon, of a white color sUghtly 

 tinged with reddish. 



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3. C. conquisitor. Black ; tergum with the posterior 

 margins of the segments white ; feet honey-yellow ; pos- 

 terior tibiae and tarsi with black joints. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



thorax 



tures minute ; a longitudinal white line before the wings : 

 metathorax not distinctly punctured on the disk : wings 

 very slightly tinged with dusky ; nervures blackish ; 

 stigma rather large, with its base and tip whitish ; second 

 cubital cellule oblique : tergum densely punctured on 

 every part ; segments on their posterior narrow margins 

 white : oviduct about half the length of the abdomen : 

 feet honey-yellow ; intermediate and posterior tarsi 

 white, the joints black at their tips ; posterior tibiae 

 black, white in the middle. 



Length one fourth of an inch. 



Resembles inquisitor^ Nob., but the posterior margins 



nents of the tergrim are whltp. 



