PAltASITlC IIYMENOPTERA. 227 



Described from one S uiul one $ bred by Mr. Frank II. Cliit- 



tenden from the larvu of a Curculionid Oellodes acephalus Say. 



■■:\l>4>:tlY<'llOKI|I.S Ashiu. n. g. 

 ('ry|)e K. Ilii ripen) 



Head transverse, niucli wider tluin the thorax, and rather deeply, 

 round(>dly eniar<iinated behind, the occipital foraniinal depression 

 imlMar^■illed, the frons much impressed, the vertex, therefore, acute, 

 and antero-posteriorly thin ; the face below the insertion of antennie 

 is rather full, convex, the cheeks long, rather flat, a little longer 

 than the eyes; eyes rather small, obovate, bare; ocelli small, almost 

 in a straight line, the anterior ocellus being only slightly in advance 

 of the lateral; mandibles not large, 4-dentate ; antennae 13-jointed, 

 with two ring-joints, inserted near the middle of the face; in 9 sub- 

 clavate, [)u!)escent, extending to base of abdomen, the flagellum 

 two and a half times as long as the scape ; pedicel obconical, about 

 as long as the ring-joints and the first joint of funicle united ; funicle 

 joints transverse, club-shaped, loosely joined; club fusiform, '.]- 

 jointed ; in S more slender, with the funicular joints less distinctly 

 transverse. Thorax ovate, the ])ronotum short, rounded before, the 

 superior margin rounded ; mesonotum a little wider than long, with 

 the parapsidal furrows only indicated anteriorly ; scutellum convexly 

 rounded with a delicate transverse grooved line just before apex on 

 its posterior declivity ; metathorax produced into a neck at apex, 

 tricarinate, the carinie delicate, but distinct; spiracles small, elliptic. 

 Wings with the marginal and postmarginal veins about equal, or the 

 lattei' slightly the longer, the stigmal vein slightly curved, about 

 two-thirds the length of the marginal and terminating in a very 

 small stigma. Legs normal, tibial spurs 1, 1, 1. Abdomen small; 

 in 9 rounded, scarcely half the length of the thorax, depressed 

 above, subconvex beneath, the petiole very short, the second segment 

 occupying not (piite half the surface, the third and following seg- 

 ments short, sub('(|ual ; in S oval, the second segment a little shorter 

 than in 9 • 



This genus comes apparently nearest to Merapontx Walker, l)ut 

 is quite distinct from it in the shape of the head and in its antennal 

 and abdominal characters. 



Eufloiiiycliobiiis flHvipoM sji. n. 



9 . Lciifith 1 uim. Hi-ail and tliorax black, or blue-black, the niesoiKituin 

 and scutellum delicately reticulated, or scaly punctate, and witb a decided a-neous 

 or brassy tinge ; the scape, the short abdominal petiole and the legs yellowisli 

 white; flagellum light brown. Abdomen rounded, a;neous-black. 



% . — Length 0.65 mm. Agrees with the 9 i'l coloratioiial detail, but dill'ers in 

 having a more slender flagellum ami in the abdomen being oval, nut rounded. 



Hah. — District of Colundda. 



TKA.NS. AM. K.N'T. SOC. XXIII. JUNE. 1896. 



