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ville, Tennessee, by G. G. Ainslie, under Webster No. 9820; a series 

 reared by R. C. Smith at Charlottesville, Virginia, under Webster 

 No. 9380, supposedly from Heliothis obsoleta; a series from Shawnee, 

 Oklahoma reared by W\ E. Pennington from Chorizagrotis, species 

 under Webster No. 12756, and a series reared under Bureau of En- 

 tomology No. 2548, from Cirphis phragmatidicola. 



90. APANTEXES FLORIDANUS, new species. 



Resembles militaiis very closely, differing only in liaving black 

 posterior coxae ; this character, however, is apparently constant. 



Female.— Length, 2.3 mm. Face somewhat broader than long, 

 weakly punctate and very shining; vertex and temples indistinctly 

 punctate and shining; mesoscutum closely punctate anteriorly, 

 weakly so posteriorly ; disk of scutellum rather flat, sparsely punc- 

 tate, somewhat opaque; mesopleura punctate and dull anteriorly, 

 smooth and polished on posterior half, and with a conspicuous, deep, 

 lon^tudinal depression below; propodeum dull, punctate at base, 

 very finely rugulose behind, without an areola, and with a faint sug- 

 gestion of a median longitudinal carina posteriorly; forewing with 

 the stigma broad, and the radius slightly longer than the transverse 

 cubitus; nervellus oblique but not distinctly curved; posterior coxae 

 largely smooth and polished, with a distinct oval, flattened area on 

 the outer face above at base; inner spur of posterior tibiae longer 

 than the outer, and almost half the length of the metatarsus ; abdo- 

 men with the first tergite very slender, narrowing steadily from base 

 to apex, so that it is much narrower at apex than at base, at least 

 twice as long as broad at base, entirely smooth and very highly pol- 

 ished; second tergite triangular, defined laterally by sharp oblique 

 grooves that diverge posteriorly, about twice as long as broad at 

 base, and about twice as broad at apex as long down the middle, 

 perfectly smooth and highly polished like the remainder of the abdo- 

 men; lateral membranous margins of the two basal abdominal ter- 

 gites very broad; hypopygium not extending beyond the apex of 

 the abdomen; ovipositor not exserted. Black; tegulae pale brown; 

 wings hyaline, stigma and veins brown; fore and middle coxae yel- 

 low ; posterior coxae dark brown above and deep black beneath ; re- 

 mainder of the legs stramineous, except that apex of posterior femora 

 and of posterior tibiae are somewhat dusky; lateral membranous 

 margins along the two basal abdominal tergites bright testaceous; 

 abdominal tergites with a faint castaneous tinge; sides of the venter 

 at the base testaceous. 

 Male. — Essentially as in the female. 



Cocoons. — Buff in color, gregarious, and loosely heaped together, 

 as in militaris. 



