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except that they bear three lines of discal cilia on the hind wing 

 (visible distad, at least) and the accented part of the second or 

 stigmal stripe of the fore wing is not on the stigmal vein, but just 

 beneath (caudad of) it and is somewhat larger than it. There is 

 no short oblique line of cilia back from the sessile stigmal vein. 

 The discal ciliation is denser than with Abbella subfiava, while the 

 fore wings are narrower than those of Brachistella acuminata. 



9. Brachistella Girault = Abbella Girault. 



When arranging the genera of the Trichogrammatida?, I re- 

 duced the value of the arrangement of the discal ciliation of the 

 fore wing to a generic basis and upon this principle Brachistella 

 was separated from Abbella. However, I am convinced in this 

 case that the characteristic will not hold and that the two are 

 identical. From Iltys Girault, Abbella differs in bearing a short, 

 sessile stigmal vein and a funicle which is shorter than the pedicel. 

 Moreover, Abbella is much less robust. 



10. Trichogramma minutum (Riley). 



Dr. L. O. Howard sends me a microscopic mount with six 

 specimens of this cosmopolitan species (three of each sex) bearing 

 the label, "Reared from eggs of Diatrcea saccharalis. F. W. Urich. 

 Santa Lucrecia, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Ent. Ac. No. of D. L. Van 

 Dine. 180—1913." Locality new. 



Also two other slides labelled respectively, "Parasites from 

 egg clusters of Diatroea saccharalis. Audubon Park, New Orleans, 

 La., Sep. 13, 1912. G. E. Bodkin and T. E. Holloway," bearing 

 seven females; " Parasites from eggs of Diatrcea saccharalis. Donna, 

 Texas, Oct. 1, 1912. T. E. Holloway," bearing one male, three 

 females. Both localities are new. 



All specimens in both of these lots were orange yellow, the 

 abdomen two-banded, one broad stripe across the base and a 

 narrow one across the apex; the male, however, bore a black 

 abdomen nearly to tip, the latter yellow. 



A vial of alcohol bearing nineteen females, many coloured as 

 those of the two preceding slides, but others with the abdomen 

 wholly black; also received through Dr. Howard the specimens 

 labelled "311—1913. March 28, 1913. J. R. Bovell, Bridge- 

 town, Barbadoes, B. W. I." The letter accompanying the sped- 



