40 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1909. 



Foenus visaliae n. sp. 



?. Black ; anterior coxae, trochanters, and femora brownisli 

 yellow ; tlie tibiae and tarsi white, the former with a brown line 

 within ; middle coxae, trochanters and femora brownish yellow, the 

 tibiae and tarsi fuscous, a white line on the former without, and 

 the basal two-thirds of metatarsus white ; second segment of 

 posterior trochanters brownish yellow, a ring near base of tibiae, 

 and a wider ring near base of tarsi, white ; first two abdominal 

 Segments tipped with rufous laterally ; sheaths of ovipositor white 

 at apex. 



Habitus long and slender. Face, pleurae, etc. slightly silvery 

 tomentose. Head oval , moderately prolonged behind the eyes ; 

 inner margin of these converging anteriorly, reaching the mandibles ; 

 posterior ocelli placed on a line connecting the posterior margin 

 of the Compound eyes , slightly nearer the Compound eyes than 

 to each other ; Vertex opaque ; antennae as long as the petiole 

 plus ^l^ of the second dorsal segment ; first four segments in, the 

 proportions of approximately 7 — 5 — 8 — 12. Neck elongate, 

 minutely transversely wrinkled. Medial mesothoracic lobe minutely 

 confluently pitted , with many scattered coarser punctures ; the 

 anterior grooves distinct , parapsidal grooves marked with a line 

 of reticulate punctures ; behind the parapsidal grooves the meso- 

 notum mesally is coarsely reticulate - punctured ; humeral angles 

 with a sharp tooth ; scutellum minutely confluently pitted with 

 a few scattered coarser punctures, and a row of coarse reticulate 

 punctures along the sides ; propodeum mesally with coarse round 

 reticulate punctures, laterally reticulate ; posterior coxae minutely 

 transversely wrinkled ; wings twice as long as the petiole. Abdomen 

 long and slender with a dull lustre. 



Length 11 mm; fore-wing 5 mm; petiole 2,5 mm; abdomen 

 8 mm ; ovipositor 9 mm. 



A second specimen has spot on third abdominal segment 

 and base of posterior coxae reddish. 



Claremont, in eastern Los Angeles Co., Cal., 1 $, type col- 

 lected by Mr. C. F. B a k e r ; Visalia in Tulare Co. , Cal. , 1 ?, 

 Mr. Culbertson. Both of these are strictly Sonoran localities. 

 Specimens studied by courtesy of Mr. C. F. Bake r. 



Explanation ofPlates. 



Fig. 1. Forewing of Hyptiogaster crassiceps Schlett., $, X 18, veins 

 labelled. 

 „ 2. Wings of Pseudofoenus pedunculatus Schlett., $, X 18. 

 „ 3. Forewing of Foenus visaliae n. sp., ?, X 36, cells labelled. 



