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Psyche 
[December 
DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW SPECIES OF VESPOID 
WASPS (HYMENOPTERA) 
By Raymond Roberts 
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr. 
While working on a taxonomic study of the superfamily 
Vespoidea, the writer has discovered a number of species 
that are new to science. Following are descriptions of, 
and comments on five new forms, the type specimens of all 
of which are in the collection of the University of Nebraska. 
Acknowledgment is made of the assistance of Professor 
Myron H. Swenk in the progress of this work and for 
criticisms in the preparation of this paper. 
ParatipSiia magna n. sp. 
$ . Length 13 mm. Robust. Black, covered with yel- 
lowish pubescence. Face below the antennae wide, trans- 
verse at the apex, with a distinct frontal ridge running 
completely across between the eyes. Clypeus and mandibles 
red, the mandibles black on their apices. Antennae black. 
Head roughened on the vertex, but only slightly reticulated.- 
Punctures large, dense on the lower half of the front, sparse 
on the upper half. Puncturation of the dorsal surfaces of 
the pronotum sparse, more dense on the sides, the punctures 
becoming quite dense on the pleural surfaces of the prono- 
tum, which are reticulated but not striated. A broad im- 
punctate band on the posterior border of the pronotum ex- 
tending to the tegulae at the sides. Mesonotum, scutellum 
and metanotum sparsely punctate on a median area. Wings 
hyaline, the stigma and first nervure black, the remaining 
nervures rufous. Tegulae red. Legs deep reddish, the tibiae of 
the mesothoracic and metathoracic legs flat on their outer 
