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however, is entirely aeneous, not white at base, while the ovipositor is en- 

 tirelv light brown. 



Type, No. 3466, U. S. N. M. 



Hab. Kern County, California. 



Described from one female taken by Mr. A. Koibele. 



(15) ISCHNOPSIS new genus. 

 (Type /. ophthalmica.} 



Female. Head transverse, as wide as the thorax antero-posteriorly, not 

 especially thin, seen from in front rounded, the frons with a distinct 

 /\-shaped antennal furrow; eyes large, oval, pubescent and strongly con 

 vergent above, nearly contiguous, the vertex in consequence very narrow ; 

 hind ocelli very approximate, the front ocellus placed far anteriorly; 

 antennae 13 jointed, inserted below an imaginary line drawn from base of 

 eyes; scape compressed, sharp-edged beneath ; the flagellum subclavate, 

 pubescent, the pedicel as long or a little longer than the first joint of funi- 

 cle, joints 5 and 6 of funicle a little wider than long, the preceding all 

 longer than wide. 



Thorax as in Metapelma ; legs as in Enpelmus. Abdomen elongate 

 clavate, ending in a prominent ovipositor, the first dorsal segment the 

 longest and deeply incised at apical margin. 



(i) Ischnopsis ophthalmica sp. n. 



Female. Length 4 mm. ; ovipositor i mm. Bluish, with a metallic 

 green tinge, shagreened; antennae aeneous or submetallic, the flagellum 

 subclavate, with a dense black pubescence, the funicle joints long, the 

 first the longest, the two following about three times as long as thick, the 

 4th half the lengtlvof the 3d, those beyond transverse. Eyes abnormally 

 large, pubescent, convergent and almost meeting above, leaving a very 

 narrow vertex. Face with a deep A-shaped furrow, the bottom of the 

 furrow deep violet.' Mesonotum flat, but not deeply impressed ; scutellum 

 and axillae on the same plane, the former obconic, the latter triangular. 

 Tegulae and venation pallid; wings fuscous, the base and outer margin 

 broadly to base of stigmal vein and a large spot at the apical middle white 

 or hyaline; the marginal vein is as long as the submarginal, a little 

 thickened at base; stigmal vein curved, clavate; postmarginal vein long. 

 Legs brownish-yellow, with the anterior femora and tibiae, except the 

 knees, and the middle and posterior femora and a band at apex of hind 

 tibiae, brown or black. Abdomen clavate, as long as the thorax, convex 

 beneath, flat above, the first dorsal segment the longest, strongly emargi- 

 nate at the middle; ovipositor half the length of the abdomen, ferrugi 

 nous. 



Hub. St. Vincent. (H. H. Smith.) 

 Described from a single specimen. 



