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74. APANTELES ETIELLAE (Viereck). 



Apantclcs {Psendapanteles) eticUuc Vikreck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 40, 



1911, p. 178. 

 Apanteles iselyi, Cushman, Proc. Ent. Sec. Wash., vol. 21, 1919, p. 120. 



Habitat — Washington; Arkansas; Iowa. 



Hosts. — Etiella schisticolor Zeller (Viereck) ; {Ca^iarsia) Psoro- 

 sina hatmnondi Riley (Cushman). 



After a careful study of the types of these two species the writer 

 is convinced that they can not be held distinct. 



The following specimens are contained in the United States Na- 

 tional Museum collection in addition to the types: One specimen 

 from Bentonville, Arkansas, reared under Quaintance No. 16356 from 

 Canarsia,, species, and two specimens from Shenandoah, Iowa, reared 

 by E. L. AVebster under Experiment No. 33.3, from Psorosina ham- 

 mondi. 



75. APANTELES CASSIANUS Riley. 



Apanteles cassianus, Riley, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, vol. 4, pt. 2, 1881, 

 p. 387 ; in Scudder, Butterflies U. S., 18S9, p. 1909. 



Habitat. — Illinois; Colorado; Iowa. 



Hosts. — Eurema nicippe Cramer (Riley) ; Eurymus eury theme 

 Boisduval (Riley). 



Besides the type series, the National Collection contains one speci- 

 men of this species collected by S. H, Scudder at Bruce, Colorado; 

 one specimen from Ames, Iowa, collector unknown, but bearing 

 Experiment Station Catalogue No. 801 ; also several additional speci- 

 mens without definite data, 



76. APANTELES VICTORIAE, new species. 



Female. — Length, 3 mm. Head shining, weakly punctate; an- 

 tennae not quite as long as the body; mesoscutum opaque, with nu- 

 merous minute punctures, rather smooth posteriorly; disk of scu- 

 tellum flat, indistinctly punctate, shining; mesopleura almost en- 

 tirely smooth and shining; propodeum almost impunctate and with- 

 out a trace of a median carina, smooth and shining; forewing with 

 the metacarpus distinctly longer than the stigma ; the radius a little 

 longer than the transverse cubitus; spurs of the posterior tibiae 

 about equal in length and distinctly shorter than half the metatarsus; 

 abdomen long, slender, somewhat compressed; the first tergite nar- 

 rowing gradually from base to apex, Avhere it is about as broad as 

 the second tergite is long down the middle, punctate except on the 

 basal half, where it is smooth and polished; second tergite a little 

 broader at base than long down the middle, defined laterally by 

 sharp oblique grooves, about twice as broad at apex as at base, and 

 punctate; lateral membranous margins on the two basal abdominal 



