150 PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS TESTRASTICHUS. 



rHymenoptera, Eulophidae. | 



BY J. C. CRAWFORD. 



Tetrastichus asparagi, new species. 



Female. Length 2 mm. Belongs to the group of T. hylotoma; Ashm. ; 

 dark blue green : face finely reticulate and with scattered punctures ; 

 antennae with one ring joint ; joints 1-3 of flagellum almost equal, the 

 first slightly longer and about as long as the pedicel; third flagellar 

 joint hardly longer than wide and about as long as the first joint of 

 club; mesothorax finely longitudinally rugulose, the median furrow 

 failing anteriorly; middle lobe of mesonotum with a single indistinct 

 row of punctures on each side ; metathorax roughened, median and 

 lateral carinae strong; metathorax at median carina much longer than 

 postscutellum ; coxae, trochanters, and femora, except apices, green, the 

 rest of the legs reddish testaceous. 



Amherst, Mass., reared from eggs of Crioceris asparagi by 

 Dr. H. T. Fernald. 



Type. Cat. No. 12676, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



This species is very closely related to T. h\lotomtc, but lias 

 shorter antennae. In the female of T. hylotoma: the third joint 

 of the flagellum is twice as long as wide, and distinctly longer 

 than the first joint of the club, the first joint of the flagellum 

 is one and one-half times as long as the pedicel ; the median 

 furrow of mesonotum is distinct to the anterior margin. 



Tetrastichus hunteri, new species. 



P"emale. Length 1.75 mm. Belongs to the group of T. hylotoma; 

 Ashm. ; dark olivaceous green ; face finely rugulose ; antennae with one 

 ring joint, joints 1-3 of flagellum almost equal, the first slightly longer 

 and about as long as the pedicel ; third joint of flagellum hardly longer 

 than wide and about the length of the first joint of club; mesothorax 

 finely longitudinally rugulose, sericeous, median furrow very distinct 

 to anterior margin ; middle lobe of mesonotum with two rows of 

 punctures along each side ; metathorax with shallow thimble-like punc- 

 tures, median carina strong, lateral carina? not distinct ; metathorax at 

 median carina hardly longer than postscutellum ; legs, except knees, 

 apices of tibiae and the tarsi greenish or black. 



Natchez, Miss., reared from the larva of Anthonomus 

 grand is Boheman. 



Type. Cat. No. 12677, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Named in honor of Mr. W. D. Hunter, 1 T . S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology. 



Easily distinguished from T. liylotonuc and asparagi by the 

 dark legs. 



