534 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 58. 



posterior tibiae equal in length and almost half as long as the meta- 

 tarsus; abdomen rather broad; first tergite much narrower at apex 

 than at base, hardly twice as long as broad at base, smooth and 

 shining on basal half, punctate and opaque on apical half; second 

 tergite short and transverse, much narrower at extreme base than 

 at apex, about four times as broad at apex as long down the middle, 

 and much longer medially than at the sides, the posterior margin 

 being arcuate, the plate at least somewhat rugulose on the apical 

 half; lateral membranous margins along the two basal abdominal 

 tergites very broad; third and following tergites smooth and shin- 

 ing; hypopygium slightly projecting; ovipositor sheaths two-thirds 

 the length of the abdomen." Black; antennae wholly black; tegulae 

 black; wings hyaline, stigma and veins yellowish-brown; legs black, 

 except the apex of the fore and middle femora and all the tibiae 

 mostly, which are yellowish; venter of the abdomen entirely black; 

 ovipositor sheaths black. 



Male. — Differs only in having the antennae long than the body, 

 and the second abdominal tergite relatively longer and narrower and 

 more smooth and shining. 



Type locality. — Pasadena, California. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22531, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Phthorimaea operculella Zeller. 



Four female and three male specimens bred by J. E. Graf in the 

 Bureau of Entomology, and recorded under Chittenden No. 2230 <"■. 



82. APANTELES THORACICUS, new name. 



Pseudapanteles sancti-vincenti Ashmead, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1900, 

 pt. 2, p. 291 (not Apanteles sancti-vincenti Ashmead, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 London, 1900, pt. 2, p. 279). 



Habitat. — St. Vincent. 

 Host. — Unknown. 



Represented in the National Collection by a single cotype; other 

 cotypes are in the British Museum. 



83. APANTELES STAGMATOPHORAE Gahan. 



Apanteles stagmatophorae Gahan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. .55, 1919, 

 p. 120. 



Habitat. — Maryland. 



Host. — Stagmatophora gleditschiaeella Chambers (Gahan). 

 Known only from the type series in the United States National 

 Museum. 



84. APANTELES COMPRESSUS Muesebeck. 



Apanteles conipressus Muesebeck, Can. Ent., vol. 51, 1919, p. 114. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island. 



Host. — Hypoprepia, species (Muesebeck). 



Cocoons. — White ; gregarious, closely fastened together. 



