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toilet luM". slii^litl\- (l(M)rt'>s('(l on tlu^ l)asal half and coniprt^ssed a[)iea]ly. 
Its Hiii'face witli moderal lar^e i-t\<>iilar ])ii nctures ; the first seg- 
ment also stront»l\' striated and tlie second, fifth and sixth slightly so. 
Seeond segment one and one-half times as long as the first and equal 
to the Ihird and sixth, fourth and fifth e(|ual. eaeh three-fifths the 
length of the stn-ond. \'ent(M- tinely punctate, weakly aciculated 
l)asally. hogs houey-N'el low. or |)ale rufous, the tii)s of the middle 
femora, mo^-t of tlie ])osteri()r pair, and the apical tarsal joints infiis- 
cated. Cox;e black', ^^'ings hyaline, stigmal vein slender, knobbed, 
out -hair as long as the marginal. I'ostmarginal one-third longer than 
the marginal. l>asal vein ol)soiete. 'i'he wings when folded reach (o 
the base of the fifth segment. 
Described from lo female specimens reared during" May 1)y 
Prof. H. A. Surface from the eg'j^s of a loctistid : Chester, N. J. 
This is tlie fifth s])ecies of the i^enus to l)e discovered within 
the Ignited States, and ma}' l)e (hsting'uished from the others 
the aid of the followini^- ta1)le : 
1. I'lyes bai-e 2 
]!.ye^ ]);;bescent ; legs, including coxa*. l)i"ownish-\'(dlo\\ ; first and 
s(cond ahdominal segments about e(pial in length. 
virginiensis Ashm. 
2. I'Magellum of antennae wholly or ])artly reddish-yellow 3 
Antenme. except scape, dark brown, nnirginal vein abont two 
times as long as the stig'mal floridana Ashm. 
3. Wings f nsco-hyaline. marginal vein one and one-half times as long 
as the stigmal macrogaster Ashm. 
Wings hyaline 4 
4. T'(^ad not 'margined behind, marginal vein one-third loiiger than 
the stigmal punctata Kieff. 
Occiput and cheeks margined behind, marginal vein almost two 
times as long as the stigmal surface! sp. nov. 
Sparaison jjregarium sp. nov. 
Female. l ength 4 mm. T'lack; legs, except voxve ; mandibles and 
sca])e and pedicel of antenna\ honey-yellow. Head coarsely rugoso- 
reticulate, frontal ridge ])roJecting one-half the diameter of the eye 
in front of the eye-margin. Seen from above, the head is as wide as 
thick, the frontal ledi^e one-half as wide as the front, romided anter- 
iorly, with a reflexed smooth margin. Face below the ridge arcnately 
transversely striated. Mandibles ferruginous. Antennae 12-jointed, 
