202 W. H. ASHMEAD. 



CERANISUS Walker. 



77. Ceranisus flavipes Ashm. 



Syn. Tetrnstichiis Jiavipes Ashm. 



This species was described by me under the genus Tetrastlchus ; it 

 was reared from oak gall Holcaspk ficigera Ashm. 



78. Ceranisus flaviceps Ashm. 



Syn. Tet rastl elms flav'i pes Ashm. 



This was also described as a Teirmtichus. 



79. Ceranisus lecanii Ashm. 



Syn. Tetrastichus lecanii Ashm. 



This species was reared from a coccid Lecanium species and de- 

 scribed by me under the old genus Tetrastichus. 



80. Ceranisus flavopietus n. sp. — % 5*. — Length .07 inch. The male 

 is almost entirely yellow, with eyes, blotch on mesonotum, sides of scutellum 

 and tips of abdomen above, brown. In all these species the grooves are as in 

 genus Tetrastichus. The scape is slightly dilated and grooved, fiagellum with 

 long hairs, anteunse apparently 9 jointed. Wings hyaline, ciliated. In the 

 female the antenufe are clubbed, shorter, and without long hairs on flagellum ; 

 there is a brown blotch on fore part of the collar and the whole abdomen is brown. 



Described from two specimens captured at large. 



BARYSCAPfJS Forster. 



81. Baryscapus eentrieola? n. sp.— 9 . Length .12 to .14 incli. A large 

 black species with a slight metallic lustre. Thi^ does not differ greatly from 

 species in genus Tetrastichus, excepting the antennae is 8-jointed (scape, pedicel, 

 3 flagellar joints, 3 club joints), the scape is short, broad, the pedicel narrow and 

 the first flagellar joint long. The abdomen is widened behind, truncate. The 

 legs are black, excepting tips of femora and tips of hind tibiae and a blotch on 

 anterior and middle tibise, rest honey -yellow. 



i/a6.— Asheville, N. C. 



Described from two specimens reared from oak gall Hokaspis een- 



tricola 0. S. 



HYPERTEI.es Forster. 



82. Hyperteles blastopIiajs;i n. sp. — % 9.— Length .03 to .04 inch. 

 Blue-black in males or with greenish reflections in females. The vertex of head 

 is sharp. Antennse in %, brown with long hairs, in 9 shorter, without hairs 

 and clubbed. The thorax has a faint median groove and the scutellum has the 

 usual two grooves on disk. The legs are pale yellowish, in some specimens 

 almost white, with all the femora, except at both ends, brown or black. Wings 

 hyaline, bordered with very short cilise. 



Described from eighteen specimens bred from oak gall Andricus 



blasiopliagus Ashm. 



