188 W. H. ASHMEAD. 



TORYMFS Dalman. 



23. Toryinus be«leg;uai'i!!» Linn. 



Syu. CaUimome magnified O. S. 



Baron Osten Sacken described his CaUimome magnifica from speci- 

 mens furnished him by Mr. Edward Norton, reared from rose galls, 

 I had identified his species from sjDecimens reared from rose galls 

 Rhodites Carolina A. and R. rosoi L., but was surprised on receiving 

 specimens of Torymus bedeguaris Linn., from Europe, to find tliem 

 identical. The species varies fi-om a golden-green to bluish-green in 

 the females, and to a greenish-blue in the males. It has been un- 

 questionably imported to this country on Rhodites rosce along with 

 Oligosthenus stigma Fabr. 



To this genus also belong my CaUimome cmndea, C. Uvidus and 

 C. virentis. 



24. Torymus flavicoxa O. S. 



One specimen, or rather what I take to be this species was reared 

 from the root oak gall Belonocnema Treatcv INIayr. 



25. Torymus breVicauda O. S. 



Syn. CaUimome brevissimicmida Aslam. 



Numerous s])ecimens of this species reared from two blackberry 

 galls Diastrophm nebulosns O. S. and D. cu^cutcBformis O. S., con- 

 vince me that my CaUimome brevissimicauda is but a varietv of this 

 species. The length of the ovipositor and the color of the abdomen 

 is variable. 



26. Torymus omnivorse n. .sp.— '^ 9- Length .07 to .12 inch. This 

 species varies from a bluish or greenish-blue in the males to a greenish aeneous 

 or dull metallic green in the females. The punctuation is as in Syiitomaspis 

 tubicola O. S., and as in that species the tarsi are white, all the femora and tibi* 

 being green or bluish-green, excepting occasionally the tibise are brown, or tips 

 white or yellowish. It could not be confounded with S. tubicola, as it is not so 

 bright a green as that species, and the scutellum has no transverse groove. 



Described from numerous specimens reared 1886 from cynipidous 

 gall Holcaspis omnivora Ashm. 



27. Torymus neuroterus n. sp.— 'J, . Length .05 inch. A diminutive, 

 metallic-green, little species, with a large, transverse head, black antennae, blue 

 or violet colored metathorax and abdomen and metallic-green legs, the trochan- 

 ters, tips of tibife, and tarsi alone being white. The abdomen is pedunculate. 



Described from specimens bred 1886 from gall Neuroterus minu- 

 tmimus Ashm. 



