204 PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Glyptocolastes texanus Ashmead. 



Since Doctor Ashmead never published a detailed descrip- 

 tion of Glyptocolastes texanus, the folio wing" description is given 

 for the purpose of comparison with the above new species: 



Female Length 2.5 to 3 mm. ; black or obscurely brownish-black : 

 head above insertion of antennae and back of ocelli transversely striate : 

 mesothorax finely reticulate, the parapsidal furrows indicated by a 

 coarser sculpturing of the surface : the surface rugose only at apex 

 of mesonotum where the parapsidal furrows join each other ; scutellum 

 finely reticulate ; metathorax coarsely irregularly rugose, except a patch 

 on each side at base, which is finely reticulate ; pleura? finely reticulate, 

 with a few longitudinal striae; elevated carina? of first abdominal 

 segment becoming indistinct on apical third of segment, the whole 

 segment longitudinally striate ; second segment longitudinally striate. 

 becoming weaker toward apex, which is broadly smooth and shiny : 

 between the striations, the surface reticulate ; the oblique furrows on 

 the base of the second segment extend from the base backward for 

 about half the length of the segment ; segments beyond the second, 

 except for a narrow strip at base, which is finely reticulate, smooth and 

 .shiny; the ovipositor much longer than the abdomen. 



Male. Similar in size and structure to the female. 



The type material came from San Diego, Texas. Bred 

 from mesquite {Prosopis glandulosa) , where it was probably 

 parasitic on Brnchits prosopis. 



SUPERFAMILY CHALCIDOIDEA. 

 Family TORYMID/E. 



Physothorax russelli, new species. 



Female. Length 1.5 mm.; head and thorax green with more or less 

 red, blue, and purple reflection ; face above insertion of antenna? 

 almost entirely red and blue ; antenna? brown ; head and thorax finely 

 reticulate and with rather close and very large punctures; p<>M 

 scutellum back of cross furrow without punctures ; pleura coarsely 

 reticulate and without any punctures ; metathorax smooth, except the 

 indistinct reticulation; wings hyaline, very highly iridescent; k-.n^ 

 brown, tarsi lighter ; abdomen aeneous, the first segment purplish ; tin- 

 whole abdomen, with the exception of the first segment, very finely 

 reticulate ; ovipositor about as long as the entire insect. 



Habitat Cutler, Fla. 



Two specimens bred from fruit of /'/Vv/.v a urea, February 

 10, 1909, by H. M. Russell- 



TypeTXo. 12582, U. S. National Museum. 



