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Aphanurus bodkini n. sp. 



Female: Length 2 mm. Black, the face finely reticulated and with 

 sparse large punctures; the antennal scrobes transversely rugose, the ver- 

 tex carinate, the carina on each side extending down the posterior orbits; 

 scape, pedicel, and first joint of funicle reddish honey-color, the rest of the 

 antennae dark brown, the club composed of six segments; first joint of funi- 

 cle longer than the pedicel; second joint subquadrate, the third transverse; 

 rnesoscutum and scutellum irregularly rugose; the scutellum with a row of 

 pits at apex; metanotum with a middle raised area extending over the pro- 

 podeum and carinate at apex; this area with three or four longitudinal cari- 

 inae; the legs, except the black coxa?, entirely reddish honey-color; first 

 abdominal segment with strong carina) extending to apex, the second seg- 

 ment slightly wider than long, at base with a row of pits, beyond finely 

 longitudinally rugose for about two-thirds its length. 



Male: Length 1.75 mm. Similar to the female but the antennas and 

 legs more yellowish, third joint of antennas twice as long as pedicel, strongly 

 clavate, fourth and fifth joints also clavate, sixth and following joints 

 distinctly narrower than the fifth and successively narrowing making the 

 antennae distinctly attenuate. 



Described from eighteen females and two males from British 

 Guiana, bred October 9, 1913, from the eggs of Empicoris variolo- 

 sus by Mr. G. E. Bodkin. 



Type: Cat. No. 18174, U. S. N. M. 



Chalcis pandora n. sp. 



Female: Length about 5 mm. Black, head and dorsum of thorax 

 coarsely umbilicately punctured; carina at the front of the malar space 

 running direct to the eye; scutellum with the apical edge rather strongly 

 produced and flat, the plate covered by yellowish pubescence; tegulae 

 white; legs black; apical half front femora and front tibiae, except a spot 

 on middle of lower side, light yellowish; mid-femora at apex and the mid- 

 tibise, except an elongated black stripe on lower side, light yellowish; hind 

 femora with light yellowish spot at apex; hind tibiae above with a light 

 yellowish stripe narrowed medially; tarsi, except apices, light yellowish; 

 lower margin of hind femora near base with a large tooth and between this 

 and the apex about eight or nine small teeth; inner side of hind femora finely 

 punctured, the lower margin near the middle with a distinct tubercle; 

 hind coxae on inner side below with a distinct tubercle near middle; first 

 abdominal segment smooth, the following segments finely punctured anl 

 with sparse light yellowish hairs becoming more abundant toward apex 

 of abdomen. 



Male: Length about 4.5 mm. Similar to the female except for secondary 

 sexual characters. 



