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Rhydinofoenus n. gen. 



Fore wings less than twice as long as the petiole , shorter than 

 the ovipositor ; niesonotum not striate. 



kaweahensis n. sp. 



Fore wings considerable more than twice as long as the petiole, 

 longer than the ovipositor ; mesonotum strongly transverse- 

 striate. sericeus Cameron. 



Rhy dinof enus kaioeahensis n. sp. 



?. Black, shading into brown especially on the legs ; pro- 

 pleurae , nieso- and metapleurae below , propodeum , mesaventer, 

 posterior coxae beneath , extreme apex of first four abdominal 

 Segments , and terebra , red ; anterior and niiddle legs with the 

 second segment of the trochanters, knees, tibiae at apex and base 

 of tarsi Avhite ; posterior legs with the second segment of the 

 trochanters and rings near base of tibiae white ; mandibles pale 

 with dark tips ; sheaths of ovipositor tipped with white. 



Habitus very compressed and slender. Face from in front 

 long obovate ; inner margins of the Compound eyes converging 

 below ; eyes reaching the mandibles ; face and forehead white 

 tomentose ; vertex much prolonged behind the eyes , impunctate, 

 opaque ; anterior ocellus slightly behind a line connecting the 

 posterior margins of the Compound eyes ; antennae fourteen- 

 segmented, short , abou.t equal in length to the petiole, the first 

 three and one-half segments nearly glabrous , the remaining 

 pubescent ; basal four segments in the proportions of about 

 7 — 7 — 10 — 9. Neck long, very minutely shagreened. Mesonotum 

 shagreened and with scattered punctures , so shallow as to be 

 scarcely evident ; anterior grooves short , not very distinct ; 

 parapsidal grooves marked with a line of deep punctures ; pro- 

 pleurae with a short sharp tooth on the anterior margin ; almost 

 imperceptably shagreened , with a few coarse wrinkles in the 

 centre ; mesopleurae a little rougher, with a tendency to reticu- 

 lation around the edges ; scutellum minutely shagreened, bordered 

 on each side by a carina ; propodeum reticulate. Wings short, 

 less than twice as long as the petiole , hyaline ; posterior coxae 

 minutely punctate. Abdomen opaque. 



Length 9 mm ; fore-wing 4 mm ; ovipositor 5 mm. 



Described from one female from Three Rivers , Tulare Co., 

 Cal. , on the Kaweah River in the foothills of the Sierras , col- 

 lected by Mr. Culbertson, and studied by courtesy of Mr. 

 C. F. Baker. 



