No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 283 



of ovipositor being not quite as long as face of this species 

 is broad. Abdomen may be of a brownish hue and mid 

 legs partly brownish; basal area of propodeum rather wider 

 than long analis 



7. Length less than 15 mm 8 



Length 15 mm. (male); black and reddish, yellow beneath; 



antennae reddish, sides of first joint, second and fourth 

 above and at apex, black; basal joint above and below, and 

 second and fourth beneath, yellow; head yellow, ocelli 

 ruby-colored, a black spot on vertex (enclosing ocelli, with 

 a yellow dot on each side) extending down on the occi- 

 put; mesothorax, apex of propodeum and part of pleurae, 

 black; tegulae, scutel, front of pleurae and sternum, yellow; 

 prothorax, space below scutel, base of propodeum and ab- 

 domen, pale reddish; line above second segment and apex 

 of abdomen black; fore and mid legs, hind coxae, trochan- 

 ters and tarsi, yellow; ^ spot on hind coxae and trochan- 

 ters above and apical half of tibiae, black; femora and 

 bases of tibiae rufous; wings hyaline; stigma pale luteopectus 



8. Length less than 13 mm 9 



Length 13 mm. (female); black and reddish; face yellow, 



cheeks behind eyes reddish, vertex and opciput black; scape 

 yellow below, black above; fore and mid legs yellow; hind 

 coxae, femora, and tibiae black, with a rufous spot on coxae, 

 their femora with a varying amount of the same color; 

 wings perfectly hyaline, veins dark brown; abdomen with 

 first and second segments black (slightly rufous below) ; 

 remainder of abdomen reddish pseudargioli 



9. Length less than 12 mm 10 



Length 12 mm.; honey-yellow, with sternum black; 



antennae reddish, second joint above, base of fourth, 

 and joints of apical portion of antennae, blackish; 

 joints of basal portion of antennae yellow beneath; a spot 

 enclosing ocelli and touching antennae, and a spot on back 

 of head, black; face below antennae and the cheeks 

 yellow; a spot on prominent lobe of mesothorax, sutures 

 about scutel, and ultimate and penultimate segments of 

 abdomen above, black; other abdominal segments darkest • 

 above; fore and mid coxae and trochanters, anterior legs, 

 and mid and hind tarsi at base, yellow; remainder of legs 

 reddish; wings hyaline, veins black. In the male, the verti- 

 cal spot is larger than in the female, and the lower half of 

 pleurae and the summit and sides of propodeum are black 



prismaticus 



10. Length less than 11 mm 11 



Length 11 mm.; in color like the variety of analis, with apical 



