'112. THE CANADIAN BNTOMOLOOIRT. 



5 rows of teeth on each side ; porose areas round, widely-separated fossa 

 between ; palpi, second segment has 1 1 hairs, third segment has 

 2 stiff bristles at internal angle ; scutum as wide as long, deep cervical 

 grooves, coarsely punctate ; coxae i, 2, 3 and 4, short spines about ecjual 

 in size; coxa 1 with retrograde spine; siigiuatal plate nearly round. 



Described from 4 specimens found on cattle at Winnipeg, Man. 



Abbreviated description for comparison with attached from Para- 

 sitology, Vol. I, No. 2, June, 190S. Article by Niiltall, Cooper and 

 Robinson : 



Hitmaphysalis punctata. — Female : Colour reddish brown (unfed), 

 steel pray or slate gray (gorged). Scutum dark reddish-brown ; capilulum, 

 length, 770-8S0 ; hypostome, 5 files of teeth sharply pointed on each 

 half (they stale that a slight variation is found at limes) ; porose areas, 

 large, well separated, rather wider than long; palpi, usually 13 hairs in 

 number, but subject to variation ; scutum, length, 1.08-1.37 mm.; 

 breadth, i. 05-1. 31 ; cervical grooves deep anterioily; punctations 

 irregularly scattered, few in number ; coxte each bear a short wide spur 

 at the posterior margin ; spiracle nearly circular. 



Explanation ok Plate 6. — Ifitmaphysalis punctata. 

 Fig. I. Capilulum and scutum of female, ventral 



view from mounted specimen. 

 Fig. 2. Capilulum and scutum of female, dorsal 



view. 

 Fig. 3. Sligmatal plate. 

 Fig. 4. Coxa I. 

 Fig. 5. Tarsus I. 

 Fig. 6. Tarsus II. 



TWO NEW SPKCIES OF AFRICAN PARASITIC 1IVMEN0PTER.\. 



ItV J. C. CRAWFORD, WASHINGTON, D. C 



P'amily ScEi.iONii).*:. 

 Scelio Howanii, n. sp. 



Female. — Length about 4 5 mm. Black, the femora dusky brownish, 



the tibiae and tarsi brownish-yellow; head and thorax coarsely rugose, the 



parapsidal furrows not apparent ; basal half of scape ferruginous ; pro- 



podeum medially, coarsely rugose, laterally the surface covered with white 



pubescence ; the whole insect with scattered, coarse and somewhat 



flattened, white pubescence, that on ihe mesonotum slightly yellowish ; 



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