192 WILLIAM H. ASH3IEAD. 



PRI^iTOIVIERUS Curtis. 

 Pristonierus eiiryptycliiie n. sp. 



Honey-yellow, or pale yellow ferruginous; the head hrown ; antennip black, 

 the basal joints beneath and the incisions of the third, fourth and fifth joints, 

 yellow; the sutures surrounding the scutellum and base of nietathorax black; 

 posterior femora has a dusky subapical band, armed beneath, beyond the middle, 

 with a large tooth, followed by several minute denticulations ; the base and apex 

 of posterior tibise are also black, their tarsi dusky, the joints somewhat paler 

 basally ; nietathorax areolated. The abdomen is gone aud cannot be described, 

 although in all jn'obability it was concolorous with the thorax. Wings hyaline ; 

 the stigma is very large, triangular, dark brown, the veins paler; the areolet 

 wanting. 



Hab. — District of Columbia. 



Described from one specimen bred May 19, 1884, from Eunjptijchla 

 saligueana Clem. 



Tribe VII. OphionuiL 



EREMOTYLUS Forster. 

 Eremotyliis arctise sp. n. 



% . — Length 2(3 mill. ; wing expanse 35 mm. ; 9 20-28 mm. ; expanse 36 40 mm. 



This species is closely allied to OpJiln. mac r arum Linn., and is no 



doubt confused in our collections with that species ; it is, however, 



slightly smaller, and may at once be distinguished by the following 



differences : 



O. inacruriini Linn. E. arctite u. sp. 



Wings with a decided fulvous tinge Wings without the fulvous tinge and 



and the veins fulvous ; the second re- the basal nervure, tips of median and 

 current nervure is abont tvdce as long discal nervures vary from brown to 

 as the first recurrent nervure, the third black, or piceo-black ; the second recur- 

 discoidal cell, therefore, is much wider rent nervure is only slightly longei- 

 at apex than at base. than the first recurrent nervure the 



cubital nervure being arcuate and the 

 third discoidal cell, therefore, is about 

 as wide at ai)ex as at base. 

 Transverse metathoracic carina is Transverse metathoracic carina is 



always more or less distinctly sinuated straight, 

 at the middle. 



Spinulse on hind wings vary from .Spinula- on hind wings vary from 



13 to 15. 7 to 9. 



Hub. — Wtishington, I). C. ; Jack.son, Miss. ; Vineland, N. J. ; 

 Selma, Ala. ; nnd Alameda, ('al. 



Described from one % labeled " Bred from Saturnio io," received 

 from Mrs. Mary Treat, Vineland, N. J. ; one 9 , labeled No. 995''", 

 reared Feb. 8, 1879, from Ecpunthena scribonia ; another. No. 408, 

 lin-d 1)\ Mr. E. A. Schwarz, at Jackson, Miss., Feb. 27, 1879, from 



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