PAIJAsrriC HYMKNOl'TKKA. ■ 19.") 



DcscrihtHl from a .single £ labeled No. 2- L, reared l)y Dr. Kiley 

 ill ]Mi.<suuri, Aug. 7, 1872, from Nej)helode'< violunx. 



This species comes nearest to L. ohi^cnruH Cress., and it may he 

 tlie male of that species, but this cannot l.-e de(initeiy settled until 

 the 9 is bred. 



Liiiiiieria cplK'stria' n. s|). 



%, 9 . — Leiifith (j luui. ; ovip. lianlly exserted. Hetul and thorax l)l:i("k, ('ovfrcd 

 with H wliite pubescence: niimdit)Ies and palpi pale; antenjiiP black, two basal 

 joints beneath ferruginous. Abdomen, except basal half of ]ietiole vvhicii i«! 

 black, and legs entirely ferruginous, the posterior tarsi alone being slightly dusky : 

 in the % the second abdominal segment, basally, is also black. Wings hyaline : 

 stigma and veins ))ale brown ; tegulse yellowish white, this color extending along 

 the costa basjiUy ; the discal areolet is of moderate size, petiolate, the second ner- 

 vure being about half again as long as the first. 



Hah. — Missouri. 



Described from two specimens, one % one 9 > labeled No. 289-^, 

 reared July 10, 1872, by Dr. Kiley, "from something feeding on wax, 

 perhaps Ephestria zece." 



It closely resembles L. xvbnihidux Cress., but the 9 of that sj)e- 

 cies is unknown, and the S is described as having " the first, second, 

 except tip, and the extreme base of the third [abdominal] segments 

 black, a|)ex sometimes slightly obfuscated," which certainly does not 

 agree with the above S ; besides L. siihrubidas must be a larger 

 insect, it is described as being o] lines long. 



Tribe X. Mesochorini. 



lVIKSO< IIOKIS Grav. 



]VIesocliorii»i aprilintis n. sp. 



9.— I-iength 2i-;i mm.; ovip. very short. Pale honey-yellow, or yellowish 

 white ; vertex of head, dorsum of mesothorax and nietathorax red-brown, the 

 latter sometimes black ; stemmaticum and tips of mandibles black. Abdomen 

 black, with a large oval luteous spot occupying most of the ni)i)er surface of the 

 second and third .segments; a spot at base of posterior tibiae and the apex brown. 

 The antennte are 31-jointed, filiform, nearly the length of the insect; nietathorax 

 areolated : the longer sj)ur on posterior tibise is hardly hiilf the length of the 

 first tarsal joint. Wings hyaline; stigma and veins hyaline, the costs? alone 

 slightly luteous. 



Hub. — Washington, D. C. ; N. J., N. Y., Ma.ss., Conn, and 111. 



Described from five specimens labeled No. 227", reared April 12 

 to 18, 1881, from Apanteles idilix French, and other specimens from 

 the cocoons of other Apanteles. The species is closely allied to M. 

 scitulus Cress, 



TRANS. AM. KNT. SOC. XXIII. JUNE, 1896 



