XVI MONTHLY PROCEEDINGS. 



Sub-family— ENCYRTIN^. 

 ENCYRTUS Dalman. 



18. Eilpelmus lachni n. sp. 



9. — Length .08 inch. Bright golden green; abdomen cupreous; head large, 

 much wider than thorax, finely transversely rugoso-punctate with grooves on face 

 converging towards mouth ; antennae inserted on middle of face, 11 -jointed, brown 

 and thickly pubescent; scape slightly flattened, fulvous; pedicel rounded, smooth, 

 black; other joints wider and covered with white pubescence; thorax punctate, 

 scutellum more finely punctate with a transverse ridge separating the posterior 

 portion; wings hyaline, veins brown, marginal vein hardly as long as stigmal, 

 the latter ending in a toothed knob, postmarginal vein very long; legs: coxse 

 black with metallic reflections, middle portion of femora brown, tibiae and tarsi 

 white, or very pale yellowish ; abdomen with a row of hairs along upper edge of 

 segments. 



Described from four 9 specimens bred from pine apbis LacJmus 

 australis Ash. 



19. Eiipelmus sctiizoiienrie n. sp. 



9 . — Length .06-. OS inch. Head and thorax beneath blue-black, polished and 

 sculptured, slightly pubescent, mandibles 2-dentate: eyes large, brown; antennte 

 11-jointed, pubescent; scape long, black, shining; pedicel cyathiform, other joints 

 slightly flattened and becoming thicker towards tip ; mesothorax and scutellum 

 brassy, sparsely pubescent; abdomen dark with metallic reflections; legs h(mey 

 yellow, with the femora, excepting at tips, black; middle tibial spur as long as 

 first tarsal joint; wings hyaline, marginal vein slightly longer than stigmal, the 

 latter toothed at tip. 



%. — Length .05 inch. Agrees with the female, excepting the antennal joints 

 are not so wide, and the longer pubescence, while the marginal vein is very short. 



Described from several specimens bred from Aphis Schizoneura 

 aquaticse Ashmead mss. 



20. Eiipelmns alboeinctiis n. sp. 



9. — Length .08 inch. Piceous black ; eyes bro^v^ ; antennse brown, scape flat- 

 tened, pedicel not quite as long as first and second funicular joints combined, but 

 stouter, funicle 5-joiuted, joints subequal, club large and hairy, as long as joints 

 one, two, three and four combined; thorax and scutellum microscopically longi- 

 tudinally strigose; collar very short; mesothorax convex, parapsides distinct; 

 scutellum convex, with two distinct longitudinal grooves; abdomen subsessile, 

 segments one and two and part of third white, following segments black; legs 

 white, front pair slightly yellowish, femora slightly flattened; wings hyaline, 

 submarginal vein short, marginal vein long, stigmal very short. 



Described from specimens bred from an undescribed Cynips gall on 

 Quercus dentatus. 



COMYS Forster. 



21. Comys albicoxa n. sp. 



9 .^Length .07 inch. Head and thorax rust red with white pubescence, finely 

 transversely sculptured, with some large, remote punctures on head ; eyes brown. 



