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(9) S. pallidus, sp, n. 



?. — Length, 3.5 mm.; ovipositor a little longer than the abdomen. 

 Pale ferruginous or honey-yellow ; coxae, trochanters, base of tibiae and 

 tarsi, whitish. Head shining, transversely striated ; antennae 30-jointed, 

 longer than the body ; petiole as long as the body of abdomen, striated ; 

 second abdominal segment nearly twice the length of the third, the basal 

 two-thirds finely shagreened or coriaceous, the following segments 

 polished, impunctured. Wings fuscous, whitish at base and tips, and with 

 a white band across from base of stigma. The parapsidal furrows are dis- 

 tinct, converging and meeting at base of scutellum, the middle lobe thus 

 formed being smooth and not rugose at base just in front of the scutellum, 

 as in the other species. 



Hab. — Morgantown, W. Va. 



Bred from Tomicus cacographus living in Yellow Pine. 



Subfamily Hecabolin^. 

 Lysitermus, Forster. 



(10) L. scolyticida, sp. n. Lysitermus scolyticida, Ashm., MS., Ins. 



Life, IV., p. 258. 



?. — Length, 2.1 mm. Black, shining, impunctured; mesoscutum 

 with two distinct furrows ; metathorax finely rugose ; wings hyaline, 

 nervures brown ; legs honey-yellow, the posterior tibiae and tarsi sub- 

 fuscous. Antennae 17-jointed, black, the three basal joints yellow. 

 Abdomen oblong-ovate, composed of but three visible segments, the first 

 segment and the second at the extreme base striated, otherwise smooth 

 and polished ; ovipositor as long as the abdomen. 



Hab. — Moigantown, W. Va. 



Bred April 30, 1891, from Scolytus 4-spinosus living under Hickory 

 bark. 



Cenophanes, Forster. 



In describing the species in this genus reared by Prof. Hopkins, I 

 have taken advantage of the opportunity to publish a table of the species 

 known to me in our fauna, believing the characters given in the table 

 sufficient for the recognition of all the species. 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 



Testaceous or brownish-yellow species 2 



Black or blackish-fuscous species. 



Ovipositor longer than the whole insect. 



