128 w. H. ashmp:ad. 



:?IEGASTI€iMrS Spinola. 



17. Megastiginus flavipes u. sp. 



% . — Leugth .12 iuch. Head aud thorax bright golden green, face finely re- 

 ticulately strigose ; thorax irregularly, transversely, coarsely strigose ; autennse 

 clavate, scape and tlagellum beneath yellow, flagellum above brown-black ; the 

 collar is rather short ; the scutellum at tip is divided by a transverse suture and 

 with a raised rim at border posteriorly ; abdomen ovate, black ; legs waxy yellow ; 

 wings hyaline, veins pale, excepting the stigmal vein, which is brown, and ends 

 in a circular stigma. 



Described from one sj)ecinien taken in August. 

 This is the second species described from North America, while in 

 Europe there are six species known. 



ORMYRIIS Westwood. 



18. Ormyriis querciis n. sp. 



'J, 9- — Length .08 -.12 inch. Blue-black, with a greenish metallic lustre in 

 certain lights ; head punctate, more or less metallic green, with a long groove on 

 cheek ; eyes brown ; antennte brownish piceous, scape dull yellow ; collar finely 

 transversely strigose ; abdomen acuminate, variegated with greenish and bluish 

 bands ; legs yellowish, with a large bluish blotch above on posterior femora ; pos- 

 terior tibial spur very long ; wings hyaline, veins yellow. 



Described from eight specimens (two % six 9 ) bred from Cynipi- 

 dous gall (Andi'iciis batafoides Ashni.) 



19. Ormyrus antlricus n. sp. 



9 . — Length .12 inch. This species is much more robu.st than the preceding 

 species, and the abdomen is not nearly so pointed, metallic green, finely, trans- 

 versely rugulose; antennse brown, scape pale; legs: the femora are dark brown, 

 the tibife rufous and the tarsi yellowish, posterior tibial spurs short; wings 

 hyaline, veins brownish. 



Described from one 9 specimen bred from Cynipidous gall (An- 

 driGus diffieilis Ashm. ms.) 



Subtamily— EUPELMIN.E. 

 ElJPEIiMUS Dalnion. 



20. Eupelmii^i auratu!!» n. sp. 



9 . — Length .11 inch ; ovip. .02 inch. Bright golden green, surface shagreened ; 

 antennae long, subclavate and obliquely truncate at tip ; thorax but feebly de- 

 pressed, inclined to scutellum ; scutellum declining, obconical ; legs bright lemon 

 yellow ; coxse metallic green ; wings hyaline. 



Described from one 9 taken at large, and two 9 specimens bred 

 from the Cynipidous oak gall Andricus rugoms Ashm. 



The lemon yellow legs and the clear hyaline wings at once distin- 

 guish this species from all others in our fauna. 



