xo. 1979. DESCRIPTIOXS OF XEW HYMEXOPTERA, 6— CRAWFORD. 253 



Male. — ^Length about 1.75 mm. Similar to the female; abdomen 

 brown with a green tinge and with a large basal yellowish-white spot. 



Habitat. — Dallas, Texas. 



Type.— Cat. Xo. 15314, U.S.X.M. 



Specimens taken November, 1906, and with the additional data 

 "V. S. D. A. Xo. 6076, bred from Xo. 3715, VT. D. Hunter, collector." 



The manuscript name given by Doctor Ashmead is adopted, but 

 other material has been used as the type material; that in. the hands 

 of Doctor Ashmead wag from BrucTius qimdrimaculaius and collected 

 at Washington, District of Columbia. 



FAMILY EULOPHID.E. 

 CASSIDOCIDA, new genus. 



Belongs to the tribe Tetracampini ; funicle 6-jointed, no apparent 

 ring joint, joints of club solidly fused; antennae very similar in the 

 two sexes, the scape in the male not swollen; eyes distinctly hairy; 

 hind tibias with two apical spurs; marginal vein slender, about four 

 times as long as the postmarginal ; stigmal knob subsessile; parapsidal 

 furrows distinct; median lobe of mesoscutum somewhat broader 

 along anterior margin than long; metanotum visible, narrow; propo- 

 deum without carinae, spiracles round; sheaths of ovipositor exserted, 

 about as long as the abdomen. 



The American Entomological Society possesses a specimen of the 

 genus Tetracampe named by Doctor Foerster, and this differs in hav- 

 ing the ovipositor concealed and the marginal vein only about twice 

 as long as the postmarginal. The genus FoerstereUa has venation 

 as in Tetracampe and the ovipositor concealed and in addition the 

 scape of the male is greatly swollen. 



The generic name is based on the name of the family to which the 

 host belongs. 



Type of the genus — Cassidocida a.spidomorpJtse, Crawford. 



CASSroOCnJA ASPEDOMORPHiE, new species. 



Female. — Length (excluding the exposed sheaths of ovipositor) 

 about 1.75 mm.; sheaths of ovipositor about 0.75 mm. Blue-green, 

 ^vith purple reflections in certain lights; head and thorax finely 

 lineolate and with setigerous punctures each with a fine, long, white 

 hair; scape and pedicel yellowish, rest of antennae light brown; first 

 joint of funicle about as long as the pedicel; following joints some- 

 what shorter, almost subequal in lei^th and slightly longer than 

 broad; scutellum at apex, metanotum, and propodeum smooth; pre- 

 pectus large, smooth; pleurae smooth; wings hyaline; legs, including 

 coxae, translucent yelloAvish; abdomen smooth, shiny. 



2Iale. — ^Length, about 1.5 mm. Similar to the female, the antennas 

 lighter in color, somewhat shorter but very sumlar; sculpture of 

 head and thorax more apparent than in female. 



