548 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEU2I. vol. 58. 



oval ; the first tergite broadening gradually posteriorly, and, like the 

 almost rectangular second tergite, coarsely rough ; third and f oIIoav- 

 ing tergites smooth and shining; ovipositor subexserted. Black; 

 antennae and tegulae black ; wings hyaline, the stigma and veins dark 

 brown; all coxae black; remainder of legs entirely yellow, the pos- 

 terior femora not at all fuscous at apex; third abdominal tergite 

 usually testaceous laterally ; venter of the abdomen entirely testaceous. 



Type locality. — Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 



Type.— Cat ^o. 22539, U.S^N.M. 



Host. — Autographa hrasslcae Riley. 



Described from three female specimens bred by C. E. Smith, of the 

 Bureau of Entomology, under Chittenden No. 4177-1 , 



111. APANTELES GKIFFINI (Viereck). 



Apanteles (Protapantcles) grifflni Viekeck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 40, 

 1911, p. 177. 



Habitat. — Widely distributed over the eastern half of the United 

 States and occurring as far west as Kansas. 



Host. — Feltia glad'mria Morrison ; " cutworms " ; apparently a gen- 

 eral parasite of cutworms. 



Cocoons. — Dirty whitish to pale buff; gregarious, heaped together, 

 but not inclosed in a ball of silk. 



Very closely related to laevice])s, and possibly only a geographical 

 form of that species ; the body is short-ovate. The posterior coxae 

 are usually not so granular as in laeviceps; and the female antennae 

 have the basal flagellar segments pale. 



This species is represented in the National Collection by many 

 series of specimens, in addition to the type material. The only iden- 

 tified host recorded among this great mass of material is Feltia 

 gladiaria, from which the species was reared at Clarlisville, Tennes- 

 see, by G. A. Runner. 



112. APANTELES LAEVICEPS Ashmead. 



Apanteles laeviceps Ashmead, Bull. Colorado Biol. Assoc, No. 1, 1S9<), p. 

 17.— Webster, Journ. Econ. Ent., vol. 4, 1911, p. 181. 



Habitat. — General over the United States and lower Canada; ap- 

 parently restricted, however, to the higher elevations. 



Hosts. — Clrphis unipwncta Haworth; Autographa brassicae Riley; 

 Autographa., species; Scoto gramma., species; Kurymus eurytheme 

 Boisduval ; Chorlsagrotis agrestis Grote ; C. auxilarls Grote ; La- 

 phygma exigua Hiibner; Neleucania alMUnea Hiibner (Webster). 



Cocoons. — Dirty whitish to pale buff; gregarious and heaped to- 

 gether irregularlj^; inseparable from those of griffini. 



Besides the type series the National Collection contains a vast 

 amount of material of this species, among which are the following 



