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distad of the middle, then a very narrow one (dorsad) and then a 

 slightly broader one near apex, the three more or less fused along 

 the meson, the apical one not as broad as the first one at middle. 

 Middle tibia with a central submetallic cinctus. Propodeum with 

 a median carina only. Thorax scaly. Postmarginal vein not 

 quite so long as the stigmal. Funicle 1 a half longer than wide, 

 2 somewhat shorter; club terminating in a long conical spine. 

 Pedical as long as funicle 1 or a little longer. Mandibles 5-dentate. 

 Antenna^ brownish. 



The male is similar but the antennae are all light yellow (except 

 pedicel and apex of scape broadly, which are darker), the occiput 

 has only a minute dark spot on each side, upper half, the pronotum 

 has a narrow median line at cephalic half from the metallic apex 

 of neck, the scutellum is green between the grooves except very 

 narrowly at apex, the line at base of abdomen is triangular, large, 

 extending nearly to lateral margins while the narrow distal two 

 stripes of the abdomen are absent, the middle stripe with a large 

 rectangular area against it caudad at meson. Also, the terminal 

 spine of the club is small. 



From one pair reared horn Coptodisca splendoriferella,Ma.dison- 

 villc, Kentucky, October 16, 1899. 



r^z/j^^.— Catalogue No. 20194, U. S. N. M., the pair on tags, 

 the heads and a male fore wing on a slide. 



Asaphes americana Girault. 



One pair reared from the clover aphis, Lexington, Kentucky, 

 May 28, 1890 (H. Carman). Compared with types. 



The marginal vein is somewhat dilated distad. Petiole of 

 abdomen somewhat longer than wide, longitudinally striate. 

 Abdomen glabrous, segment 2 longest, occupying nearly a third 

 of the surface, 3 large yet somewhat shorter than 2, extending 

 to beyond the middle; 4 half the length of 3, with four cross-rows 

 of minute reddish seta (except along the median line). Propodeum 

 rugoso-punctate and with a short neck; scutellum with a distinct 

 punctate cross-suture a little before apex, glabrous distad ot it. 

 Parapsidal furrows complete. Axilla^ and caudal margin of 

 parapside, glabrous.^ Pronotum transverse-quadrate, shorter than 

 the scutum. 



