6i8 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Hab. Oahu and one or more of the other islands; introduced from North America, 

 as I have collected it in California. Swezey discovered it to be a parasite on Dryinids, 

 Haplogonatopus and Echthrodelphax. 



Fam. SCELIONIDAE. 



Subfam. TELENOMINAE. 



(i) Teleiiomits despiciendus, sp. nov. 



Black, the scape dark brown, pale beneath, and also above at the base, the legs 

 yellowish or testaceous, the tibiae and femora, seen from above, sometimes more or less 

 darker or sordid, the pedicel of the antennae more or less brown. Head and meso- 

 notum not much shining, closely and finely sculptured or punctate, the face polished, 

 with a few microscopic punctures. Antennae with the pedicel obconical and much 

 longer than the small third joint, three following joints all small and short and not 

 differing much from one another, the seventh joint is a good deal larger than these, but 

 still is much smaller than the eighth, which with the three following" may be said to 

 form the club. Scutellum smooth and shining, lower lateral angles of the propodeum 

 not prominent. Basal abdominal segment and the second at the base regularly longi- 

 tudinally rugose, the latter segment much longer than its basal width and except at the 

 base polished. Front wings with short apical cilia. Length, $ "6 mm. 



Hab. Oahu ; Honolulu. 



Telenonius rhopali, sp. nov. 



Closely allied to T. despiciendus, the structure of the antennae being in most 

 respects similar. 



Black, with black antennae and dark legs, which are black or in part dark brown ; 

 knee-joint of front legs, apex of tibiae more or less, and the base of tarsi paler ; extreme 

 base of middle and hind tibiae, and the basal joint or two joints of their tarsi yellowish. 

 Antennae with the pedicel about as long as the two following short joints together ; the 

 seventh joint is transverse, and considerably larger than the very small sixth joint, but 

 much smaller than the eighth, which with the three next forms a four-jointed club. 

 Sculpture of abdomen as in T. despiciendus. Length, % '6 mm. 



The male closely resembles the female, excepting that the antennae are not clavate, 

 the pedicel is not longer than the third joint, the latter and the two following being 

 longer than the sixth and following joints, which are short and subquadrate, the apical 

 joint pointed and much longer than the penultimate. Legs sometimes paler than in the 

 ?, dark sordid brown or pitchy, and the tarsi etc. more clearly and extensively yellow. 



Hab. Oahu ; parasitic in eggs of Rhopaltis hyalinus, but in no wise related to the 

 other species of Telenonius infesting these eggs. 



