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13. Length 5-11 mm.; exserted portion of ovipositor a little 



longer than thorax inquisitoriellus 



Length 10 mm.; exserted portion of ovipositor 7 mm. long . . 



tecumseh 



14. Pleurae almost entirely red; two dots below antennae, a dot 



on each side of propodeum, and all of clypeus, white; 

 length 6-10 mm.; exserted portion of ovipositor about as 



long as thorax .' rufopectus 



Pleurae red only before mid coxae; tip of clypeus more or less 

 blackish; no white dots below insertion of antennae; pro- 

 podeum immaculate; size of body and ovipositor practic- 

 ally as in rufopectus scriptifrons 



15. Thorax entirely black, smooth, and polished; length 8-10 



mm.; exserted portion of ovipositor longer than thorax .. 



pterelas 

 Mesopleurae and scutel reddish; length 6-10 mm.; exserted 

 portion of ovipositor distinctly longer than abdomen, .notandus 



16. Legs reddish; length 4-8 mm.; exserted portion of ovipositor 



shorter than thorax rufovariatus 



Legs mostly yellowish; head mostly black; thorax brownish 

 stramineous, propodeum castaneous; length 12 mm.; ex- 

 serted portion of ovipositor as long as or slightly longer 

 than body g^apholithae 



**S. (Scambus) tecumseh Viereck (new species). 



Type locality: West Haven, 2y July, 1905 (H. L. V.). 



S. (S.) notandus (Cresson). 



Yalesville, 12 October, 1906 (W. E, B.). 



S. (S.) pterelas (Say). 



Stonington, 2 August, 1906 (J. A. Hyslop) ; Sachem's Head, 

 I August, 1904, Rockville, 23 August, 1905 (H. L. V.) ; Torring- 

 ton, 7 July, 1905 (W. E. B.). 



S. (Pimplidea) pedalis (Cresson). 



Has been bred from the following : Galls of Saperda concolor, 

 the American tent-caterpillar {Malacosoma americana) , M. dis- 

 stria, Isia Isabella, the gipsy moth (Porthetria dispar) and Tor- 

 trix fumiferana. 



Lyme, 29 May, 1910, Thompson, 4 May, 1910 (A. B. C.) ; 

 New Haven, 6 July, 1904, 31 October, 1903 (H. L. V.), 19 

 August, 1904 (P. L. B.), 7 August, 1905, 27 April, 1907, 2 May, 

 1913 (W. E. B.), 30 July, 1911 (A. B. C.) ; Portland, 8, 15 

 August, 1913, (B. H. W.) ; Meriden, May, 1913 (H. L. Johnson). 



