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antennas are shorter and stouter however, the wings not so sharply 
and pecnharly bent, the prothorax shorter, and the entire insect 
of much stouter habitus. 
ICHNEUMONID^. 
Callidiotes kansensis sp. nov. 
Female. Length 4.5 mm. Black, legs reddish-yellow, prothorax 
rufous, base of antennae brownish, just beyond the middle with a pale 
annulus. Clj^peiis yellow, first three abdominal segments margined with 
ferruginous. Head twice as wide as thick; face slightly narrowed be- 
low; cheeks below almost smooth, white pilose. Clypeus oval, with a 
raised anterior margin, its upper edge distinctly separated from the 
face. Mandibles black at the tip, palpi pale. Antennae 34-jointed, as 
long as the body, joints 11-14 whitish. Parapsidal furrows indistinct, 
uniting above the scutellum to form a depressed scabrous area; parap- 
sides and anterioir part of the mesonotum smooth, Scutellum punctu- 
late, rufous. Pleurae finely punctate, sericeous pubescent, hind mar- 
gin of mesopleural piece with a row of submarginal punctures and with 
a deep impression above the middle. Metanotum rugulose, completely 
areolated, the basal and middle lateral areas separated. Abdomen 
distinctly petiolate, the first segment nearly three times as long as 
wide at the tip, longitudinally aciculate, with a lateral carina behind 
the spiracle reaching to the tip. Viewed from the side the upper mar- 
gin is evenly arcuated. Second and third segments of about equal 
lengt.h, the second nearly quadrate and finely microscopically rugulose 
and aciculate. Third segment scabrous, remainder shining. Tip of 
abdomen yellow, the ovipositor projecting as far as the length of the 
hind metatarsus, its sheaths broadened except at the tip. Venter 
whitish. Legs, including coxae, brownish-yellow; fourth and fifth 
tarsal joints of equal length. Wings hyaline, veins piceoiis, stigma, 
piceous with a white base; radius originating beyond the middle of the 
stigma, areolet absent. Basal and transverse median nervure inter- 
stitial. Transverse median nervure of hind wings broken near the tip. 
Described from one female collected at Lawrence, Kansas, 
during July by Mrs. E. S. Tucker. 
This is the first North American species to be referred to 
this genus. It resembles Mesolcptus alhifrons Cresson, on ac- 
count of the annulate antennae, but the metathorax is completely 
