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ECPHYLUS HUBBARDI, new species. 



Female. — Length to the apex of the abdomen 2 mm.; length of the 

 ovipositor 2 mm. Head smooth, shining, impunctate; prescutum 

 subopaque, finely granular, laterally strongly angulate; notauli com- 

 plete, foveolate; scutum shining; suture between the scutum and 

 scutellum strongly foveolate; propodeum reticulate without a me- 

 dian carina or defined lateral areas; first abdominal segment much 

 longer than its apical width, sharply defined laterally by carinae and 

 with two nearly parallel longitudinal carinse near the middle which 

 divide the segment into three areas, the rest of the surface longi- 

 tudinally striate but in the middle area the strise are broken; the 

 rest of the abdomen shining, impunctate; ovipositor nearly as long 

 as the insect. Piceous; antennae basally yellowish; the head, the 

 first and second tergites reddish piceous; legs rufo-piceous; trochan- 

 ters pallid, anterior legs slightly paler; wings hyaline, slightly dusky; 

 venation very pale brown. > 



Chi-Ri-Cahua Mountains, Arizona. Described from one female 

 collected by H. C. Hubbard. 



Type.—Cnt. No. 15511, U.S.N.M. 



This species is given the name Jiubhardi after the collector, and is 

 the manuscript name proposed by Dr. W. H. Ashmead. 



ECPHYLUS LYCTI, new species. 



Female. — Length to the apex of the abdomen 2.25 mm.; length of 

 the ovipositor 1.5 mm. Head shining; the area immediately behind 

 the lateral ocelli with rather strong transverse carinse; prescutum 

 finely granular, distinctly tuberculate laterally; notauli complete, 

 foveolate; scutum finely granular; the suture between the scutum 

 and scutellum strongly foveolate; propodeum rather coarsely granu- 

 lar with defined lateral areas and short longitudinal median carina 

 which joins the apex of a poorly defined, diamond-shaped areola; 

 first tergite with its length and apical width subequal, with uniform, 

 strong longitudinal carinse; abdomen beyond the first tergite shining, 

 impunctate. Piceous; head black; legs yellowish brown ; wings hya- 

 line, slightly dusky ; venation pale brown. ! 



Lake City, Florida. Described from one female labelled "ex Lyctus 

 species in bamboo." Bred by H. G. Hubbard. 



Type.— C&t. No. 15513, U.S.N.M. 



ECPHYLUS SCHWARZI, new species. 



Female. — Length to the apex of the abdomen 1.5 mm.; length of 

 the ovipositor about 0.5 mm. Head shining, impunctate; prescu- 

 tum finely granular; notauli complete, foveolate; scutum shining, 

 practically impunctate, tuberculate laterally; the suture between 



