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areolated and the radial vein originates beyond the middle of the 
stigma. The abdomen is not entirely smooth as in the European 
species of Callidiotes, but the present form agrees in all other 
characters of genric value. 
Scopiorus monticola sp. nov. 
Female. Leng-th 5.5 mm. Black, with face, mandibles, first three 
antenna] joints beneath, cheeks, palpi, tegulse, anteteg^ulne, an.l venter, 
except for a median series of black spots, white. Legs, including 
coxae, sternum, mesopleuTse and metapleurse, except above, ferruginous. 
Apical twoi-fifths of posterior tibiae and posterior tarsi from tip of first 
joint black. The clypeal snture and tip of mandibles are black and the 
white of the face medially emarginate above. Head and mesonotum 
smooth, polished, the former two and one-half times as wide as thick. 
Antennae 27-jointed, almost as long as the body, acuminate at the apex 
and indistinctly broadened inedially; first flagellar joint the longest, 
about four times as long as wide, remainder decreasing in length, the 
middle joints not quite twice as broad as long. Scutellum foveate at 
the base, the fovea smooth. Metathorax shining, almost smooth, very 
strongly areolated. Abdomen coriaceous at the base, apex of first seg- 
ment and beyond smooth. First segment with a deep preapical trans- 
verse impression, the one on the second segment less deep and broader. 
Carinas of first segment not reaching beyond the transverse impression. 
Second and following segments narrowly margined with white pos- 
teriorly. Wings hyaline, the veins piceous; stigma black with a 
white base. Ovipositor very short, yellow \ 
One specimen collected at Colorado Springs, Colorado, 5915 ft. 
Aug. (E. S. Tucker). 
This species is related to S. quebeccnsis Provancher, but differs 
by the shorter carinae on the basal abdominal segment as well as 
in coloration. 
Metopius birkmani sp. nov. 
Female. Length 10 mm. Black, marked with yellow as follows: 
Anterior orbits, spot below tegulae, line in front, scutellum except base, 
spot on post-scutellum, spot at side of metathorax near apex, spot 
above posterior coxae, first abdominal segment, and wide posterior mar- 
gins of segments two to six. Four anterior legs, including coxae, 
reddish-yellow, the femora darker medially. Posterior legs black, with 
the upper side of coxae, trochanters, tip of femora, and base of tibiae 
