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Hosts. — Hyphantria cu7iea Drury; H, textor Harris; Hemero- 

 cavipa leucostigma Smith and Abbot (Howard). 



Cocoons. — White ; solitary. 



Besides the types the National Collection contains specimens of 

 this species reared from Hyphantria cunea at Vienna, Virginia, by 

 E. A. Cushman; at College Park, Maryland, by A, B. Gahan; at 

 Ouero, Texas, by M. M. High; and at Kirkwood, Missouri, by Miss 

 M. E. Murtfeldt ; also a series reared from Hyphantria textor at 

 Holly Hill, South Carolina; two specimens bearing Bureau of Ento- 

 mology No. 205-06; and several specimens from Mesilla, New 

 Mexico, reared from an unidentified host. 



150. APANTELES CLISIOCAMPAE Ashmead. 



Apanteles olisiocompaG Asiimead, in Fiske, Bull. No. 6, N. H. Agric. Exp. 

 Sta., tech. ser., 1903, p. 229. 



HaMtat. — New Hampshire; New York. 



Host. — Malacosoma americana Fabricius. 



This species is very close to hyphanti^ae, but is probably distinct: 

 separable by the characters noted in the key. 



Represented in the United States National Museum by the type 

 and a single specimen reared from Malacosoma americana at Au- 

 burn, New York, by B. A. Porter. 



151. APANTELES EUPHYDRYIDIS. new species. 



Female. — Length, 2.2 mm. Face closely coarsely punctate, very 

 dull ; vertex shagreened, somewhat shining ; mesoscutum very closely 

 coarsely punctate, rather dull; scutellum with the disk short and 

 broad, convex, sparsely punctate, shining ; the lateral face of scutel- 

 lum with the polished area reduced to little more than a transverse 

 line, the anterior sculptured area with strong rugae; mesopleura 

 polished above and behind, and with a conspicuous longitudinal, in- 

 distinctly foveolate depression; propocleum very coarsely rugose; 

 metacarpus distinctly longer than the stigma; the radius slightly 

 longer than the transverse cubitus and uniting with it in a strong 

 angle; posterior coxae smooth and shining; inner spur of posterior 

 tibiae but very slightly longer than the outer and distinctly less than 

 half as long as the metatarsus; abdomen slender, somewhat com- 

 pressed toward apex ; the first tergite but little broader at apex than 

 at base, the sides bulging slightly, the tergite smooth and shining on 

 the basal half, rugulose on the apical half ; second tergite short and 

 broad, the sides nearly parallel, the apical margin straight ; medially 

 the second tergite is somewhat smooth and shining; third and fol- 

 lowing tergites smooth and polished ; hypopygium extending a little 

 beyond the apex of the last dorsal segment; ovipositor slightly ex- 



