OF WASHINGTON. 155 



strenuana in Ambrosia artemiscefolia, where it had replaced 

 its host; emerged 15 Aug., 1885. (730.) 



(68) Pimpla inquisitor, Say. Emerged, 27 June, 1883, 

 from a lepidopterous (probably geometrid) pupa found ten days 

 earlier on Primus pennsylvanicus, in Cambridge, Mass. 

 (412.) 



(69) Asphragis pulcherrimus, *Ashm. From a tortricid 

 larva feeding on Comptonia a^plenifolia, in N. H. ; emergence 

 of parasite, 3 Aug., 1892. (992 b.) 



(70) Bytkycetes scutellaris, Cr. From ^Egeria tipulifor- 

 mis, L. ; Cambridge, Mass. (678 e.) 



PART 2. DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW PARASITIC 

 HYMENOPTERA. 



By WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD. 



The new species of parasitic Hymenoptera described below 

 were all bred by Dr. Dimmock, and the numbers prefixed to the 

 species conform to those of Dr. Dim mock's in part i of this 

 article, where the records in regard to breeding, hosts, &c., may 

 be found. 



FAMILY PROCTOTRYPID^E. 



(i) Telenomus dimmocki, n. sp. 



9- Length i-i.imm. Black, shining; mesonotum microscopically 

 punctate, sericeous; scutellum polished, impunctate; antennoa black, the 

 scape pale at extreme base, pedicel yellow at tip; legs brownish-yellow, 

 the coxae black, the femora, except at tips, fuscous or dark brown. 



Head transverse, about 2j times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly. 

 Mandibles yellowish. Antennae n-jointed, the pedicel a little shorter 

 than the first joint of funicle, the latter about 2^ times as long as thick at 

 tip; second funiclar joint two-thirds the length of first, the third very 

 little longer than thick, the fourth moniliform ; club 5-jointed, the first 

 about twice as wide as the last joint of funicle, the second, third and 

 fourth still wider, and all wider than long, the second being the longest 

 joint, the fifth conical. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the nervures brownish- 

 yellow; the marginal vein is about two-thirds the length of the stigmal. 



Abdomen as long as the thorax, truncate or subtruncate at tip, and, except 

 the petiole and the suture at base of second segment, entirely smooth and 

 highly polished; petiole and first suture striated ; the second segment is 

 about i times as long as wide at apex. 



rJV Length about 8 mm. Black; scape and legs yellow; the coxae more 

 or less dusky basally ; flagellum light brown. Antennae i2-jointed, scarcely 



