ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. XV 



eyes brown; antennfe 13-jointed, long, subclavate, obliquely truncate at tip, pu- 

 bescent, scai:)e reddish brown, pedii.-el and flagellum black; thorax and abdomen 

 covered with short white pubescence above, beneath and at sides, the large convex 

 plate beneath wings alone excepted ; mesothorax depressed, or concave, with a 

 medio-longitudinal ridge posteriorly and a dejJression on either side; scutellum 

 flattened ; abdomen short broadened jiosteriorly and sub-truncate at tip with the 

 ovipositor slightly exserted, strongly keeled beneath and black or blue-black, de- 

 pending upon the light avd more or less testaceous at base; legs: anterior pair 

 above dark brown or black, coxse with first tarsal joint testaceous, other tarsal 

 joints darker, middle and posterior legs dark brown with coxse, knees apices of 

 tibiae and the tarsi pale testaceous, middle tibial spur long and white; wings 

 hyaline, with two broad transverse brown bands, the upper or apical one more or 

 less suffusing the whole tip of wing. 



% . — Length .10 inch. It differs from the female as follows: antennae of nearly 

 a uniform size throughout, filiform, with the pubescence longer and denser; meso- 

 thorax not depressed but convex, and the wings are clear hyaline without bands; 

 the front legs are pale yellowish with the upper surface of the middle femora and 

 tibia black, tibial spur as long as first and second tarsal joints combined, hind 

 femora and upper half of tibia black ; abdomen blue-black 



Described from several specimens bred from the eggs of Thjjanta 

 cusfator Fab. 



16. Eui><i^lniiis mantis n. sp. 



9- — Length .l,j inch. Head slightly wider than thorax rugosely punctate, 

 •metallic green, with purplish reflections and sparsely pubescent; antennee long, 

 subclavate; scape long, brown; pedicel short, black; flagellum dark brown; 

 collar short, narrowed before; mesoscutum convex, rounded before, with a broad 

 longitudinal depression posteriorly towards scutellum; scutellum convex, pointed 

 posteriorly; wings fuliginous, with a white transverse band before the base of the 

 stigmal vein ; legs brown, the upper edge of tibisa of a darker shade, tarsi pale. 



% . Length .10 inch. Metallic green, punctures not so pronounced as in female, 

 strigose beneath the eyes and converging towards mouth; mesoscutum not de- 

 pressed, the scutellum is smoother; abdomen purplish, with greenish metallic re- 

 flections; wings hyaline, but strongly iridescent; legs : trochanters white, femora 

 brown shading into white at knees; tibiae at apices and beneath white, brown 

 along upper edge and at base, tibial spur long and slender, about the length of 

 first tarsal joint, tarsi white, ungues dark. 



Described from six specimens, four females and two males, bred- from 

 the eggs of Mantis Carolina. 



17. Kiipelfniis conigerie n. sp. 



9. -Length .20 inch; ovip. .07. Thorax with legs and ovipositor a uniform 



. red-brown ; head brassy, darker on face, finely rugose and slightly pubescent; an- 



tennse black, scape yellowish; abdomen shining blue-black; wings hyaline, with 



n broad fuliginous band extending from a third the length of wing to near apex; 



extreme ti])s hyaline. 



An easily recognized species, described from one 9 bred May, 1881, 

 from gall Cynipsi conigera Ash. 



