220 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., '05 



Anaphes conotracheli species novem. An Important 



Egg-parasite. 



A. ARSENE GIRAULT. 



Male. Length, variable, 0.47-0.50 mm. ; 0.48 mm. average. Body 

 black, shining ; legs (with the exception of most of the middle of the 

 femora, portions of the tibiae, and tips of the tarsi, all of which are 

 darker), apical two-thirds of the scape, and venation pale yellowish. 

 Antennae and legs with whitish pubescence. Head narrow, transverse, 

 wider than the thorax, bearing sparse short whitish hairs, minutely 

 striate ; the ocelli inconspicuous ; the mandibles yellowish brown, fal- 

 cate, bidentate at the tips. Thorax convex, longer than head and abdo- 

 men combined, irregularly striate, the dorsum of the mesothorax with a 

 deep round fovea on each side near the insertion of the wings. Abdo- 

 men subglobate, small, the dorsum hispid. Wings irridescent ; the vena- 

 tion pale, inconspicuous. 



Antennae i2-jointed, longer than the body, the funicle filiform, hirsute ; 

 joint i, curved, convex, subreniform ; 2, globate ; 3-12, cylindric, sub- 

 equal in length becoming gradually longer cephalad ; 3 and 4, thicker 

 than the following joints ; length, 0.70 mm. Eyes very dark garnet, 

 oval, coarse. 



From twenty specimens. 



Female. Length variable; 0.53-0.60 mm.; 055 mm. average. The 

 same. Larger ; joints i and 2 of the antennae dilute yellow. Abdomen 

 longer, cylindrical, oval, glabrous black, the anal segment hairy. Oral 

 area yellowish, the mandibles brown. Ovipositor slightly protruding, 

 long and slender, acute. 



Antennae g-jointed, pubescent, not as long as the body ; joint i curved, 

 twice the length of 2, more slender than the corresponding joint in the 

 male ; 2, globate ; 3, globate, abruptly smaller ; 4, columnar ; 5, 6, 7, 8, 

 cylindrical oval, subequal ; 9, or the club, much longer, larger, ovate ; 

 length, 0.40 mm. 



From twenty specimens. 



Forty specimens ; 20 males, 20 females. 



From the naked eye, visible ; small, active creatures which 

 jump suddenly when disturbed. 



First bred from eggs of Conotrachclus nenuphar Herbst, 

 sent in by Professor A. L. Quaintance from Fort Valley, 

 Georgia, in connection with the deciduous fruit-insect investi- 

 gations, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, May 9, 1905. Since obtained from Arundel, Md., 

 (May i6th), Charlottesville, Va. (May, i8th W. M. Scott), 

 and Tryon, N. C. (May 2Oth, W. F. Fiske). Common. 

 Bred at Washington, D. C. 



Type deposited in the United States National Museum. 



