NO. 2349. REVISION OF NEARCTIC APANTELES—MUESEBECK. 647 



slightly convex, indistinctly punctate and shining ; mesopleura closely 

 punctate anteriorly, highly polished posteriorly ; propodeum rugoso- 

 reticulate, with a median longitudinal carina ; posterior coxae closely 

 punctate and strongly pubescent, yet somewhat shining; spurs of 

 posterior tibiae apparently equal in length and not distinctly half as 

 long as the metatarsus ; f orewing with the stigma very large, at least 

 half as long as the distance from its base to the base of the wing, and 

 distinctly a little longer than the metacarpus ; the inner side of the 

 stigma almost twice as long as the outer; abdomen oval; the first 

 tergite broadening gradually from base to apex, and together with 

 the rectangular second tergite entirely rugose; suturiform articula- 

 tion, rather broad and roughened; third and following tergites smooth 

 and polished, except that rarely there are a few weak striulae at the 

 extreme base of the third plate in the middle; ovipositor subexserted. 

 Black; antennae and tegulae blackish; wings hyaline, the stigma and 

 veins very pale brown, the stigma almost transparent ; legs yellowish, 

 excei^t all coxae, which are black, the extreme apex of posterior 

 femora and of posterior tibiae, and most of the posterior tarsi, which 

 are dusky ; abdomen black, with more or less testaceous laterally on 

 the third tergite, and with the third and following dorsal segments 

 giving off strong bluish reflections; venter of the abdomen entirely 

 yellowish, 



31ale. — Essentially as in the female. 



Type locality. — Wellington, Kansas. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22538, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Plathypena scabra Fabricius. 



Described from two females and one male bred by T. H. Parks in 

 the Bureau of Entomology, under Webster No. 5471. 



110. APANTELES AUTOGRAPHAE, new species. 



Very close to plathypenae., but differs in the smaller and darker 

 stigma, in the stigma being a little shorter than the metacarpus, and in 

 the posterior coxae being very coarsely granular, rather than closely 

 punctate, on the outer face. 



Female. — Length, 2.2 mm. Head indistinctly punctate and strongly 

 shining: temples rather broad; mesoscutum closely punctate medially, 

 almost impunctate posteriorly and at the sides ; disk of the scutellum 

 slightly convex, indistinctly punctate and strongly shining; meso- 

 pleura polished, except below and anteriorly, where they are uni- 

 formly punctate ; propodeum coarsely roughened, and with a distinct 

 median longitudinal carina; stigma normal, not longer than meta- 

 carpus, and not distinctly half the length of the distance from its base 

 to the base of wing; posterior coxae very coarsely granular and dull 

 on the outer face ; inner spur of posterior tibiae not longer than the 

 outer, and not longer than half the metatarsus; abdomen elongate- 



