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FAMILY BRACONID^. 



(28) Apanteles euchaetis, n. sp. 



(^ 9- Length 2-2.5 ir >m. Black, shining; scape beneath in ^, pedi 

 cel, and two or three of the basal joints of flagellum testaceous (scape in 

 9 black); palpi white; legs honey-yellow, the hind coxae, except at tips 

 and beneath, black, polished, impunctate, their femora fuscous, paler 

 towards base and beneath, tips of their tibiae and tarsi, subfuscous. 



Head on vertex and behind polished, impunctate, the face opaque, con- 

 fluently punctate; mandibles rufous; antennae in 9 about the length 

 of the body, in $ a little longer. Mesonotum finely but not closely 

 punctate, shining, the punctures confined to anterior margin and at basal 

 angles of the humeri, the scutellum shining but distinctly although 

 sparsely punctate ; metanotum rather short, shining, only slightly 

 wrinkled, the median carina very delicate and almost obliterated. 

 Wings hyaline, the stigma pale brownish, the nervures pallid; the 

 first abscissa of radius is scarcely as long as the transverse cubitus. 

 or at least not longer. Abdomen, except the lateral membranous 

 margins of first dorsal segment and ventral segments i and 2 which 

 are reddish-yellow, polished black, shining; the plate of first seg 

 ment is long, trapezoidal, from 2j to 3 times as long as wide at apex, 

 with the hind angles slightly rounded, smooth or at the most with only a 

 few sparse punctures ; the second segment has distinct oblique lateral 

 furrows and in the 9 is a little more than one-third the length of the 

 third, while in the ^ it is scarcely one-third the length of the third; the 

 fourth segment in 2 is two-thirds the length of third, the following a 

 little shorter; in the $ the fourth segment is only about half the length 

 of the third. 



Hab. Canobie Lake, N. H. (Bred from larva of Euchcetes egle.} 



(29) Apanteles murtfeldtae, n. sp. 



9. Length i.S mm. Black, shining, sericeous; scape, pedicel and 

 legs, except hind coxae which are black and punctate, brownish-yellow, 

 the tips of hind tibiae and tarsi subfuscous ; flagellum brown-black, fluted ; 

 lateral membranous margins of dorsal segments i to 3 and sides of ven 

 tral segments i to 5 (the latter only slightly so"> yellowish ; mandibles, 

 except at tips, ferruginous or reddish; palpi and tegulae yellowish-white. 



Head above smooth, shining, impunctate, the temples feebly aluta- 

 ceous ; face shagreened, subopaque ; antennae about as long as the body. 

 Mesonotum closely, uniformly punctate, subopaque ; scutellum polished, 

 shining, feebly sparsely punctate at sides only; metathorax not short, 

 finely rugose, with a distinct median carina ; mesopleura smooth, polished 

 on the disk, with a femoral furrow, but anteriorly, and along the upper 

 margin, punctate. Wings hyaline, the stigma, poststigmal vein and first 

 branch of the radius light brown, the other veins pallid; first abscissa of 

 radius a little longer than the transverse cubitus or the upper side of the 



