NO. 2349. REVISION OF NEARCTIC APANTELES—MUESEIiECK. 541 



95. APANTELES HERBERTII Ashmead. 



Apantelcs herbertii Ashjikai), Traus. Ent. Soc. London, 1900, pt. 2, p. 279. 



Hahitat. — St. Vincent; Grenada. 



Host. — Unknown. 



The only specimens of this species that have been seen by the writer 

 are two cotypos in the National Collection. Other cotypes are in the 

 British Museum. 



96. APANTELES GILLETTEI Baker. 



Apanteles gillcttci Bakek, Ent. News, vol. 6, 1S95, p. 202. 



Hahitat. — Colorado. 



Host. — Cacoecia argyrospila Walker (Baker). 

 Known only from the type series in the United States National 

 Museum. 



97. APANTELES PARASTICHTIDIS, new species. 



Female. — Length, 2.8 mm. Face broad, weakly punctate, and 

 shining; antennae shorter than the body, the five or six apical 

 segments broader than long ; vertex and temples broad, weakly punc- 

 tate, and shining; mesoscutum very shallowly punctate, strongly 

 shining; scutellum with the disk slightly convex, with only a few 

 scattered indistinct punctures, and very shining, and the lateral 

 face with the posterior polished area small and semicircular in 

 shape; mesopleura very highly polished; propodeum smooth and 

 shining at extreme base, uniformly rugulose behind, and with a dis- 

 tinct median longitudinal carina, the areola wanting ; stigma large ; 

 the radius longer than the transverse cubitus, with which it makes 

 a sharp angle; nervellus curving somewhat toward base of wing; 

 posterior coxae slightly granular but shining; inner spur of pos- 

 terior tibiae slightly longer than the outer and half as long as the 

 metatarsus; abdomen very long and slender, distinctly longer than 

 the thorax, and about five times as long as broad in the widest part ; 

 first tergite somewhat broader at apex than at base, entirely finely 

 ruguloso-striate ; second tergite subtrapezoidal, also uniformly finely 

 ruguloso-striate and opaque; remainder of the abdomen perfectly 

 smooth and very highly polished; abdomen strongly compressed 

 on the apical half ; ovipositor very slightly exserted. Black ; anten- 

 nae brown; tegulae blackish; wings hyaline, with the stigma and 

 veins dark brown; legs entirely testaceous, except all coxae, which 

 are black. 



Cocoons.— \Nh\iQ and thin; gregarious, but not embedded in a 

 mass of silk. 



Type locality. — Parksville, Tennessee. 



Type—C2it. No. 22537, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Parastichtis hicolorago Guenee. 



Described from six female specimens in the United States National 

 Museum. 



