NO. 2349. REVISION OF NEARCTIC APANTELES—MUESEBECK. 521 



tergite weakly roughened, and with a conspicuous shining median 

 fovea on the posterior half; second tergite trapezoidal, as broad at 

 base as first tergite is broad at apex, and a little broader at apex than 

 at base, perfectly smooth and very highly polished like the remainder 

 of the abdomen ; ovipositor sheaths about half the length of the abdo- 

 men, sharply pointed at apex. Black ; antennae brownish ; tegulae 

 black; wings hyaline, with the stigma and veins dark brown; legs 

 entirely black, except the apex of fore femora and the fore tibiae 

 and tarsi, which are rather yellowish, and the middle tibiae and 

 tarsi, which are dusky ; abdomen entirely black, including the mem- 

 branous margins along the first and second abdominal tergites and 

 the entire venter. 



Male. — Antennae verj'^ much longer than in the female; otherwise 

 essentially as in that sex. 



Cocoons. — Dirty whitish, and cemented together in a long slender 

 row, but not surrounded by loose silk. 



Type locality. — Mercedes, Cuba. 



Type.— C^t. No. 22521, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Diatraea saccharoUs Fabricius. 



Described from nine female and four male specimens bred by 

 T. E. Holloway, September, 1918. 



50. APANTELES LASPEYRESIAE Viereck. 



Ananteles (Apantehs) laspcyrcsiae Viereck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 44, 

 1913, p. 5.56. 



Habitat. — California. 



Host. — (Laspcyresia) Carpocapsa toreuta Grote (Viereck). 



Known to the writer from the type series, and a large amount of 

 additional material in the United States National Museum, all reared 

 from the same host in the same general locality. 



51. APANTELES TISCHERIAE Viereck. 



Apanteles (Apantelcs) lischeriae Viekeck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 

 1912, p. 140. 



Habitat. — Delaware; Ohio; Connecticut. 



Host. — Tischerla malifoliella Clemens. 

 ■ Besides the type series the National Collection contains a single 

 specimen from Wallingford, Connecticut, reared from Tischeria mall- 

 folicUa by B. A. Porter, under Quaintance No. 16540, and a large 

 series from Waterville, Ohio, reared in the insectary of the Agricul- 

 tural College at Wooster, Ohio, under No. 3124, host and collector 

 not indicated. 



