DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA, NO. 7. By J. C. Crawford, Associate Curator, Division of Insects, United States National Museum. Most of the species described in this paper are of economic impor-tance, and for reference in economic literature their early description is desirable. The series from the species of Agromyza is noteworthy in view of the number of species previously described as parasites of the species of that genus. In this paper, in all cases where both sexes of a species are described, that last described is the allotype. Superfamily VESPOIDEA. POLISTES RUBIGINOSUS Lepelletier Polistes perplexus Cresson. Polistes generosus Cresson. A large nest of this species containing many males was collected at Rosser, Texas, September 25, 1905, by Messrs. F. C. Bishoff and C. R. Jones. In addition to many normally colored males there were also several of each of the color variations described by Mr. Cresson under the two names listed above as synonyms. This nest made it possible to establish the synonomy and confirm the suspicion voiced by Mr. Cresson in his original descriptions of the two color variatjans of the male. Superfamily CYNIPOIDEA. AGLAOTOMA TEXANA, new species. Female. — Length 1.5 mm. Black, shiny, almost impunctate ex-cept for a few scattered setigerous punctures; face elongate, pro-duced below the eyes; antennae testaceous, with the club dark-brown, reaching about the metanotum; scape short, hardly longer than wide and only sUghtly longer than second joint of antenna; third joint about as long as joints 1 and 2 together; scutellum, except elevation, rugose; the elevation long oval, smooth except a few large punctures along edge and a large fovea at apex; propodeum rugose; wings hya-line, veins light colored; legs, including coxae, reddish testaceous; abdomen black, smooth, and shiny; the extreme base reddish. Proceedings U. S. National Museum Vol. 45— No. 1984. 309
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