Patton.] 386 [January 21, 
Prison Spin. (1808). 
Syn. Tachybulus Latr. (1809); Nephridia Brullé (1833). 
Type of Spinola: P. ater (Spin.). 
Pison laevis Sm., Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., rv, 317, 2. 
Pison conformis Sm., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1869, 297. 
AsTATA Latr. (1796). 
Syn. Dimorpha Jur. (1807). 
Type: A. boops (Schrank). 
Astata unicolor Say, Narr. Long’s Ex., 11, 337, 2 ; Smith, Cat. 
BoB. Mi av, phe .t. Lyte 
Astata rufiventris Cress., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc.,1v, 218, °. 
Astata bicolor Say, West. Quart. Rep., 11, 78, ¢ 2. Astata termi- 
nata Cress., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc., rv, 218, ¢. 
Astata nubecula Cress., Proc. E. 8. P., tv, 466, ¢. 
Astata insularis Cress., Proc. E. S. P., rv, 140, °. 
Liris Fabr. (1804), Dahlb. (18438). 
Type of Fabricius: aurata. No American species known. 
Lyropa Say (1837). 
Type: L. subita Say. : 
Mandibles with a deep and broad excavation beneath and in the ¢ 
with two teeth within, the proximal tooth broad, its apex retuse, 
separated from the other tooth by a sharp notch; in the ¢ no trace 
of teeth within. Clypeus of the ? with three distinct teeth on each 
side, the labrum slightly sinuate; clypeus of the ¢ narrowly and 
slightly produced, concealing the labrum, the apex of the clypeus 
bisinuate. Eyes parallel, the inner margin slightly smuate. The 
three ocelli distinct and round. Prothorax raised, forming a distinet 
node, obtusely three-angled. Metathorax elongate, truncate. Mar- 
ginal cell of anterior wings truncate, distinctly appendiculate; first 
submarginal longer than the two following together; second submar- 
ginal narrow and narrowed one-half, or in the ¢ more than one-half, 
towards the marginal, unequally six-sided, the transverse nervures 
nearly straight; third submarginal slightly produced at the apex, not 
lunate, the submarginal vein extending distinctly beyond; the first 
recurrent nervure received near the base, the second beyond the 
middle of the second submarginal cell, far apart; submedial cell of 
