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ATHVkEODON Ashmcad. 

 1900. Athyreodon Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii. p. 87. 



(i) Athyreodon hawaiiensis, sp. nov. 

 . (Plate IX. fig. 2, ?.) 



t- Length about 7 mm., the tip of the abdomen being broken oft", the exact 

 measurement is not ascertainable from the single specimen. Brownish, slightly paler 

 beneath ; head anteriorly, the mandibles, except teeth, the palpi and the tegulae, 

 yellowish-white : antennae much longer than the body, light brown, the first joint of 

 the flagellum being much the longest joint. Ocelli ver)- large, prominent, the lateral 

 almost touching the eye margin. Eyes large, sinuate within. Anterior legs, including 

 the coxae, honey-yellow, the middle and posterior legs darker or brownish. Wings 

 hyaline, the stigma, except a longitudinal streak, and the veins brown-black. The head 

 is smooth, impunctate, the thorax above delicately, microscopically punctate, the sides 

 shagreened, while the metathorax is finely rugulose, with a transverse constriction just 

 back of the postscutellum, but without a distinct transverse carina. 



Hab. Hawaii : Olaa. One t taken in December. 



Ba\chogastr.\ Ashmead. 

 1900. Bancliogastra Ashmead. Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., xxiii. p. %•]. 



( I ) Bancliogastra nigra, sp. nov. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 3, ?.) 



%. Length 12 mm. Wholly black, the anterior wings with a decided bluish tinge, 

 the hind wings much paler, almost hyaline. The antennae are longer than the body, 

 filiform, and entirely black, except the ring-joint at apex, which is pale. The face is 

 somewhat closely punctate, the head behind and the thorax above being coriaceous ; the 

 scutellum is smoother, sparsely punctate, with the lateral margins elevated ; the meta- 

 thorax is short, with one transverse carina, the entire basal space being shagreened, 

 while the space beyond, which represents the posterior truncature, is ver)- coarsely 

 rugulose. The legs are of moderate length, somewhat shorter than in other genera of 

 the Ophionini, the hind tarsi not being longer than their tibiae. The abdomen is 

 fusiform, subcompressed at apex, smooth and impunctate, the ovipositor not at all 

 projecting. 



Hab. Hawaii: Kilauea. One % taken September 1S95. 



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