m2349. REVISION OF NEARCTIC APANTELES—MUE8EBECK. 539 



Male.— Essentially as in the female, except that the first abdominal 

 tergite is not at all punctate at the sides and the third tergite is 

 entirely black. 



Cocoons. — Very dark brownish gray, covered with pale gray silk; 

 gregarious but not embedded in silk. 



Type locality. — Ventura, California. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22534, U.S.N.M. 



Host.—Ctenucha hrunnea Stretch, on authority of E. O. Essig. 



Described from two females and one male bred from cocoons by 

 S. H. Essig. 



93. APANTELES WEBSTERI, new species. 



Fe?nale.— 'Length, 2.3 mm. Face hardly broader than long, weakly 

 punctate, somewhat shining, and with a more or less distinct median 

 ridge ; vertex with shallow punctures, opaque ; mesoscutum punctate, 

 indistinctly so posteriorly, dull ; disk of scutellum somewhat convex, 

 indistinctly punctate and shining; mesopleura largely smooth and 

 very shining, the longitudinal depression having within it numerous 

 very fine, transverse, curved striulae; propodeum smooth and shin- 

 ing, with only a few scattered, indistinct punctures, and without an 

 areola; radius longer than transverse cubitus; nervellus not dis- 

 tinctly curved; posterior coxae smooth and polished, with a con- 

 spicuous flattened area at base above ; inner spur of posterior tibiae 

 distinctly longer than the outer and slightly more than half the 

 length of the metatarsus; abdomen slender; first tergite very nar- 

 row, much narrower at apex than at base, more than twice as long 

 as broad at base, entirely smooth, and highly polished; second ter- 

 gite small, triangular, defined laterally by sharp, oblique grooves, 

 very narrow at extreme base, and about as broad at apex as long 

 down the middle, perfectly smooth, and very highly polished; lateral 

 membranous margins along the apical half of the first tergite and 

 the entire length of the second broad; third and following tergites 

 very smooth and shining; ovipositor subexserted. Black; antennae 

 rather brownish; wings hyaline, the stigma and veins brown; legs 

 testaceous, except the brownish fore and middle coxae, the black hind 

 coxae, the dusky apex of posterior femora and of posterior tibiae, 

 and the slightly dusky posterior tarsi; sides of the venter of the 

 abdomen yellowish on basal half. 



31 ale. — Essentially as in the female. 



Cocoons. — Dark brown in color; gregarious and cemented to- 

 gether side by side, with no loose silk. 

 • Type locality. — (?) Ohio. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22535, U.S.N.M. 



Bost.—^^ Geometrid." 



Described from three female and five male specimens bred by Prof. 

 F. M. Webster February 1, 1885. 



