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ZACALOCHLORA, new genus. 



Belongs to the tribe Rhaphitelini as defined by Ashmead; right 

 mandible 4-toothed, left mandible 3-toothed, antennae inserted above 

 the level of the lower eye margins, 13 jointed, with three ring joints, 

 the third subquadrate, the last three joints forming a club which is 

 slightly enlarged; pronotum sharply angulated anteriorly; scutellum 

 without a transverse line; propodeum with a median carina and a 

 very short neck; lateral folds and spiracular sulci present; spiracles 

 oval; marginal and postmarginal veins subequal in length, stigmal 

 shorter. 



Type of the genus. — Zacalochlora milleri Crawford. 



In Doctor Ashmead' s tables this genus runs to Mormoniella, which 

 has two ring joints, the mandibles 4 and 3 toothed, and belongs to 

 the Eutelini, where it occurs under the name Nasonia. 



ZACALOCHLORA MILLERI, new species. 



Female. — Length about 3 mm. Coppery green, head and thorax, 

 including mesopleurse and propodeum between lateral folds, with 

 thimble-Hke punctures; pedicel longer than first joint of funicle; 

 metapleurae smooth; propodeum with a basal row of pits and a row 

 separating the neck from the rest of the propodeum; propodeum 

 laterad of the lateral folds smooth; wings hyahne; legs reddish-honey 

 color; abdomen longer than the head and thorax combined. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Type-locality. — Yreka, California. 



Type.— Cat. No. 15316, U.S.N.M. 



Eight specimens received from the Bureau of Entomology, United 

 States Department of Agriculture, with the record ''Hopkins, U. S., 

 No. 11413c, J. M. Miller, collector." This species is named after the 

 collector. 



TRICHOMALOPSIS, new genus. 



Belongs to the tribe Rhaphiteluii as defined by Ashmead; right 

 mandible 4-toothed, left mandible 3-toothed, all teeth acute at apex ; 

 occipital foraminal depression margined; antennae 13-jointed, with 

 two ring joints, very similar in the two sexes, pedicel longer than first 

 joint of funicle; parapsidal furrows incomplete; scutellum near apex 

 with an indistinct transverse line due to the difference in punctures; 

 propodeum with a distinct neck, lateral folds indistinct, due to the 

 sculpture; a median carina present in some specimens; propodeal 

 spiracles small, elongate, situated basad; marginal and postmarginal 

 veins subequal in length, the stigmal shorter; hind tibiae with one 

 apical spur; abdomen subsessile, the petiole not extending beyond the 

 neck of propodeum. 



Type of the genus. — Trichomalopsis shiralcii, Crawford. 



