THEODORE II. PRISON 19 



Brachygaster eximia new species 



Male. Length, 4 mm. 



P'ace, cheeks, pro.ximal portion of mandibles, anterior Ic^s, and proximal 

 portion of ])ostcrior trochanters, fulvous. Vertex, occiput, pro-and mesothorax, 

 and i)roi)odeum between articulation of petiole and cephalic margin, dark 

 ferruginous. Antennae, metathorax, propodeum, petiole, abdomen and 

 hind legs black, but in places with a reddish suffusion. 



Head below antennae finely punctate, with a small, elevated carina extend- 

 ing from antennae ventrad to a small polished tubercle on face; face not dis- 

 tinctly separated from malar space by a carina; occipital orbits much wider 

 below than above, a little less wide than length of scape, poUshed, nearly 

 impunctate; malar space nearly one-third as long as eye, somewhat shorter 

 than length of scape, polished, nearly impunctate; mandibles weakly punctate. 

 Head above antennae nearly flat, densely, rather finely punctate; area behind 

 ocelli polished impunctate. Head viewed from above slightly broader than 

 thorax, subquadrate, about one-third its width broader than long strongly 

 convex in region of antennal fossea; viewed from the front with ocellar area 

 not noticeably elevated, eyes almost parallel; ocelli arranged in a triangle, 

 lateral ocelli twice as far apart as distance from inner margin of eye; with 

 lumierous golden setae, more abundant and longer below antennae. Antennae 

 niserted close together and below middle of eyes, finely setaceous, flagellar 

 segments of nearly (Hjual thickness throughout; scape about twice as long as 

 distance from its articulation to inner margm of eye, as long as j)edicel and 

 first flagellar segment together; pedicel about as long as broad, one-third 

 the length of first flagellar segment; second flagellar segment longer than first, 

 third and second segments of nearly equal !em.;th. 



Alitrunk twice as long as broad, about one-third its length longer than 

 liigh; with numerous golden setae. Pronotum not forming a collar visil)le 

 fiom above on same plane as mesoscutum; humeral angles rounrlcd and 

 densely jiunctate. iVIesoscutum with deep parapsidal and weak lateral 

 grooves; finely i)unctate along cephalic margin and between ])arapsidal and 

 lateral grooves, remainder of area polished and impunctate. Mesoscutellum 

 wit h some punctures along cei)halic margin adjacent to deep transverse suture, 

 disk slightly convex, i)olishe<l, almost impunctate. Metanotum narrow, 

 coarsely and deeply reticulate. Propoileum cephalad of articulation of 

 petiole coarsely punctate cxcei)t for a small elevated, polished area at base of 

 I)etiole. Propleura finely and densely punctate. Mesopleura with ventral 

 jiortions and anterior swelling finely punctate; sulcus prominent, polished, 

 impunctate; cephalo-dorsal angle setaceous, with several coarse impressions; 

 caudo-dorsal angle with a crescentic row of punctures of moderate size limit- 

 ing a small [)olishcd, elevated area dorsad of sulcus. Metunapleura with a 

 v'entral coarsely punctate area, limitcnl above by a narrow, iKjhshed impunctate 

 area; this latter area with an adjacent dorsal area with longitudinal rows of 

 elongate reticulations; sulcus very weakly developed. Truncature slightly 

 convex, coarsely reticulate, with numerous pale setae. The articulation of 



TUANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XLVIII. 



