308 



AupfiiBt Scliletterer. 



angustatus pro capitis 2)etiolo. Abdomen clavatum, compressum hasi nigrum; 

 fasciis dudbus flavis, apice flavum ano nigro. Aculeus hrcvis, exsertus, niger. 

 Pedes ritfi, tihiis iiosticis incrassatis, atris. 



18. Gasteruption Hollandiae Gudr. 



Foenus Hollandiae Gner., Iconogr. R. Ass. Ins., p. 407, Q . 1828 (1839)— 1844 



Noir. Dessous de la tete et du thorax garnis d'un fin duvet blancliätre 

 et soyeiix. Abdomen tres-long, insensibleraent e'largi vers l'extrdmitd, compvime 

 surtout ä la base, avec l'oviducte court, n'ayant pas la moitie' de sa longueur, 

 et dont les deux filets late'raux sont noirs, termine's de blanc. Pattes anterieures 

 et intermediaires fauves, avec le milieu des jambes et les deux derniers articles 

 des tarses jaunes, ä l'exception de la base du premier article et de l'extrdmit^ 

 du dernier, qui sont noires. Ailes transparentes, ä nervures noires. 



Long. 16 mm., enverg. I7V2 



Hab. la Nouvelle-Hollande. 



19. Gastei'uptiori incertum Cress. 



Foenus incerfus Cress., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., V. III, p. 133, cf» 9 1804 



Pemale. Black; antennae slightly tinged with piceous beneath towards 

 tbe tip. Thorax duU black, witbout distinct punctures, minutly shagreened; 

 metatborax rougbly punctured. Wings obscure hyaline, nervures and stigraa 

 black. Legs black, tbe two anterior pairs with tbe base of their tibiae reddisb. 

 Abdomen black, apex mucb broader than usual ; sides of tbe second, tbird and 

 fourtb Segments at tip, ferruginous; ovipositor very sbort, about one line in 

 lengtb, ferruginous, valves black. 



Lengtb 4V2'"j expanse of wings 5'". 



Male. Resembles tbe female, but tbe abdomen is more slender, all tbe 

 tarsi, tbe two anterior pairs of femora and tbe posterior feniora at base, more 

 or less pale ferruginous. 



Hab. Rocky Mountains, Colorado Territory, 



This appears to agree very well with the description of F. assedor Linn., 

 of Europa, with tbe exception of the coloring of the legs. 



20. GasternpHon Kirhii Westw. (Barnston M. S.). 



Foenus Kirhii Westw., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., n. ser., V. I, p. 219 , 9 1850—51 



G. assectatori proximum nigrum, suhopacum; thorace varioloso-puncta- 

 tissimo; aniennis piccis, extus rufescentihus extremo apice nigro, mandibularum 

 apice rufo; pedibiis 4 anticis piceo-rufis, coxis nigris, femoribus subtus nigris 

 pedibiis U posticis cum coxis nigrescentibus, genicuUs rufis; tarsis brevibus, 

 rufo-piceis; abdomine nigro nitido, riifo-bifasciato; terebra vix quartam partem 

 abdominis aeqiiante, alis parum infumatis, stigmate nigro. 



Ijong. corp. ö^^", cxpans. alar. antic. 6^1^". 



Hab. Hudsons Bay. 



