342 W. H. ASIIMEAD. 



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orbicuUir, .scarcely half the length of thorax; in female long-ovate, nearly as 

 long as tlie head and thorax united, the first body segment occupying one-third 

 of its surface, the following segments all short, snbequal. 



Hah. — Morgan tow 11, W. Va. 



Described from specimens bred by Prof. A. D. Hopkins from 

 cocoons of an Ajnniteles obtained from a Sphinx larva. 



Holcopelte eiipleciri How. 



Elachistus euplectri How., Fourth IJep. Eut. Com. .Vpp. p. 108. 



Hah. — Alabama, Florida (Ashmead). 



This species, described by Mr. Howard niider the genus Elachisiiis, 

 belongs in reality to this genus. 



Holcopelte producta sp. n. 



-J, 9. — Length 2-2.6 mm. Head and thorax cupreous, scaly- punctate; pleura 

 and beneath bluish. Abdomen seneous-black, in 9 conically produced, as long 

 as whole surface, the following segments short, in % much shorter than thorax, 

 truncate at tip; scape yellowish; pedicel and flagellum metallic, pubescent; 

 legs, except coxEe, white. 



Hah. — Las Cruces, N. Mex. Types in National Museum. 



Described from several specimens bred by Prof. Tyler Townsend 

 from Brnchus amicax Horn. 



EXTEnORJ Dalmau. 



Eiitedoii bigelovise sp. u. 



9 . — Length 2.5-3 mm. Robust, variable in color from a bronze-green to bluish 

 greeu or bluish, coarsely squamous; face below anteunse bluish ; mandibles rufo- 

 piceous; spot ou knees and tarsi white. Abdomen seneous-black, brassy at base. 

 Head transverse, wider than thorax, the occiput broadly concave, the superior 

 margin sharp; eyes large, broadly ovate ; scape and pedicel sBiieous; flagv>lluiii 

 black, or brown-black, the first funicular joint the longest, the third and fourth 

 subequal, a little shorter, but stouter than the first; club short, ovate. Wings 

 hyaline, the venation brown, the marginal vein very long, a little longer than 

 the submarginal, rather stout, the stigmal scarcely developed, ending in a knob. 

 Abdomen ovate, depressed above, as long as the head and thorax united, the 

 petiole short, the first body segment the longest. 



Hah. — Las Cruces, N. Mex., Ari7A)na, Dalles, Oregon and Wasatch, 

 Utah. TyP^-' '" National Museum and coll. Ashmead. 



The specimens from Las Cruces were reared by Prof. T. Townsend 

 from Evrosta bigelovue Ckll. ; those from Oregon and Utah were 

 collected by Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



