﻿CHALCIDOIDEA 
  RELATED 
  TO 
  CEROCEPHALA 
  — 
  GAHAN 
  ^>S 
  

  

  and 
  weaker 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  pairs; 
  anterior 
  femur 
  obviously 
  

   .swollen 
  and 
  its 
  tibia 
  a 
  little 
  thickened, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  moderately 
  

   longr 
  hairs 
  on 
  its 
  ventral 
  margin 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  shorter 
  ones 
  on 
  its 
  

   (^uter 
  face; 
  posterior 
  femur 
  slijjrhtly 
  swollen, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  short 
  

   hairs; 
  posterior 
  tibia 
  slender 
  at 
  base 
  but 
  gradually 
  increasing 
  in 
  

   thickness 
  toward 
  apex, 
  sparsely 
  hairy 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  rather 
  long- 
  

   and 
  slender 
  but 
  unequal 
  calcaria 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  not 
  thickened 
  ; 
  posterior 
  

   basitarsus 
  equal 
  to 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  tibia. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  combined, 
  a 
  little 
  

   broader 
  than 
  thorax 
  ; 
  petiole 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  smooth 
  ; 
  gaster 
  

   elliptical 
  in 
  outline, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished 
  

   dorsally 
  and 
  ventrally, 
  nearly 
  devoid 
  of 
  hairs 
  dorsally 
  but 
  with 
  

   numerous 
  rather 
  long 
  slender 
  bristles 
  at 
  apex 
  beneath 
  ; 
  first 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  gaster 
  emarginate 
  medially: 
  ovipositor 
  not 
  protruding 
  

   Ijeyond 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Head, 
  thorax, 
  legs, 
  and 
  abdominal 
  petiole 
  brownish 
  yellow; 
  

   anterior 
  and 
  posterior 
  coxae 
  whitish 
  except 
  dorsally; 
  antennae 
  

   concolorous 
  with 
  head 
  except 
  that 
  club 
  is 
  usually, 
  thouph 
  not 
  

   always, 
  blackish; 
  gaster 
  wholly 
  black 
  or 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  0.9 
  mm. 
  Antennae 
  uniformly 
  testaceous, 
  9- 
  

   .segmented 
  ; 
  funicle 
  6-segmented. 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  segments 
  very 
  short 
  

   and 
  difficult 
  to 
  distinguish, 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  larger; 
  club 
  solid, 
  conical, 
  

   a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  two 
  preceding 
  segments 
  combined; 
  abdomen 
  

   about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  thorax. 
  Otherwise 
  like 
  the 
  female 
  and 
  difficult 
  

   10 
  distinguish 
  from 
  it. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  University 
  Park, 
  Md. 
  

  

  Type.—U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  57279. 
  

  

  fiemarks. 
  — 
  Described 
  from 
  five 
  females 
  (one 
  holotype) 
  and 
  one 
  

   male 
  collected 
  by 
  W. 
  H. 
  Anderson 
  as 
  pupae 
  from 
  the 
  burrows 
  of 
  

   an 
  unidentified 
  cossonine 
  beetle 
  infesting 
  a 
  dead 
  branch 
  of 
  an 
  

   unidentified 
  tree 
  and 
  reared 
  to 
  adults. 
  

  

  2. 
  Genus 
  THEOCOLAX 
  Wcstwood 
  

  

  '! 
  hfocalax 
  Westwood, 
  Philos. 
  Map., 
  ser. 
  .3, 
  vol. 
  1. 
  p. 
  ll!7. 
  IhV'. 
  

   Lnrythia 
  Halihay, 
  Ent. 
  .Map., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  3:55, 
  18.3.3. 
  

  

  Theocolax 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  Crrocephala, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  treated 
  

   as 
  a 
  synonym 
  by 
  Walker 
  (Ent. 
  Mag., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  148, 
  1833). 
  It 
  

   may 
  be 
  distinguishod 
  from 
  Cmirrphahi, 
  howt'vor. 
  l\v 
  h;;ving 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  inserted 
  distinctly 
  below 
  a 
  line 
  connecting 
  the 
  lower 
  

   extremities 
  of 
  the 
  eye.s, 
  the 
  head 
  viewed 
  anteriorly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   broad 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  lon^rer, 
  parallel-sided, 
  and 
  never 
  with 
  more 
  than 
  

   three 
  small 
  toothlike 
  projections, 
  one 
  between 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  

   one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  facial 
  depression 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   each 
  mandible. 
  In 
  some 
  species 
  the 
  processes 
  above 
  the 
  bases 
  

  

  