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nated across (an acute edge) and with very short long-carinae. Pro- 

 podeum with a pair of stout median carinae, which are a short dis- 

 tance apart and diverge sUghtly distad; also a lateral ruga, which 

 divides like a Y distad. Cup of scutellum rimmed, reaching to about 

 middle, oval, connected narrowly with base along the meson; scutel- 

 lum with acute lateral margins and along the distal half more or less 

 long-striate. Two foveae at base of scutellum, one on each side 

 of the narrow pedicel of the cup. Marginal cilia of fore wing mod- 

 erate. 



One female, Urbana, Illinois. 



Type. — Cat. No. 20847, U.S.N.M., one female on a tag. 



CHALCIDOIDEA. 

 Family ENCYRTIDAE. 



PENTELICUS ALDRICHI Howard. 



Genotype. 



Head slightly wider than long, the scrobes forming a short triangle 

 whose apex is nearly half way to the anterior ocellus, the cavity 

 scaly; rest of cephalic face above antennae coarsely punctate; 

 frons broad. Scape very slender but with a small foliaoeous expan- 

 sion from before middle to apex. Flagellum subfiliform, the club 

 S-jointed, obliquely truncate from near base of joint 3, the pedicel 

 longer than any funicle joint. Eyes somewhat longer than the 

 cheeks. Mandibles acutely tridentate, the middle tooth longest. 

 Postmarginal vein nearly as long as the moderately long stigmal, the 

 marginal at costa, punctiform. The type is apparently a female, 

 the ovipositor inclosed to tip by the hypopygium. Scutellum with 

 an obscure median carina. Sculpture of thorax nearly like that of 

 the head but the coarse punctures shallower and the reticulation 

 more plain. Club about half the length of the funicle. From the 

 type in the United States National Museum. 



HEMAENASITJS CONFUSUS Ashmead. 



Genotype. 



Head as in Pentelicus but a little more rounded, the punctures are 

 pin-punctures and scattered; the frons not quite so broad (between 

 moderate and broad) ; the postmarginal vein is somewhat shorter; the 

 scape is dilated from base and somewhat more broadly; the median 

 carina on the large scutellum more distinct. Distal thorax sculp- 

 tured like the frons. From the type in United States National 

 Museum, but sex unknown, marked "female." 



The club is somewhat shorter than that of Pentelicus. 



HOWARDIELLA PECKHAMI Ashmead. 



Genotype. 



This species is an Eucomys. The cluster of hairs at the apex of the 

 scutellum is present (though rubbed off in the type specimen) as 



