526 PROCEEDINGS^ Ob' THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.58. 



63. APANTELES CHOREUTI Viereck. 



Apanteles (Pseudapanteles) choreuti Viekkck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 42, 1912, p. 627. 



Habitat. — New Jer.sey; Virginia; Florida. 



Host. — Choreutis carduiella Kearfott (Viereck) ; Desniia funeralis 

 Hiibner. 



Besides the types there is in the United States National Museum 

 a single specimen of this species reared by R. A. Cushman at Vienna, 

 Virginia, from Desmia funeralis under Quaintance No. 7883. The 

 writer has also seen one male specimen in the Cornell University 

 collection, which was collected by J. C. Bradley, at Sanford, Florida, 

 March 28, 1914. 



64. APANTELES SANCTI-VINCENTI Ashmead. 



Apanteles sancti-vincenti Ashmead, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1900, pt. 2, 

 p. 279. 

 Habitat. — St. Vincent. 

 Host. — Unknown. 



The type of this species is in the British Museum and has not been 

 seen ; the species has been given its position in the key on the basis of 

 the original description. 



65. APANTELES CINCTIFORMIS (Viereck). 



Apanteles {Prota panicles) cinctiformis Viekeck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 40, 1911, p. 176. 



Habitat. — Virginia; Michigan; Iowa; New York; Canada, 



Host. — Unknown. 



The National Collection contains, in addition to the type, the fol- 

 lowing specimens of this species: One specimen from Agricultural 

 College, Michigan, host not indicated ; one from Ottawa, also without 

 further data; and one from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, bearing Accession Cat. No. 776 of that institution. The writer 

 has also seen eight female specimens in the collection of the Depart- 

 ment of Entomology at Cornell University. These specimens were 

 collected at Slaterville, Ithaca, and McLean, New York. 



66. APANTELES PAPAIPEMAE, new species. 



Female. — Length, 2.5 mm. Face but little broader than long, in- 

 distinctly punctate and strongly shining; vertex and temples prac- 

 tically impunctate and shining ; antennae about as long as the body ; 

 mesoscutum very minutely punctate and strongly shining ; scutellum 

 with the disk practically impunctate, and with the lateral face mostly 

 striate, the posterior polished area being very small ; mesopleura 

 only very weakly punctate anteriorly, smooth and polished behind; 

 propodeum dull, weakly punctate on the anterior third, finely rugu- 



