840 W. H. ASHMKAD. 



<;haiiters, knees, tibije and tarsi, middle lejis. iiududiiig coxse, and hind trochan- 

 ters, tips of their femora and tiieir tibise and tarsi, brownish yellow, rest of legs 

 dark brown ; ovipositor, except at base, light brown. Wings hyaline, the ner- 

 vures brown, the marginal and postmarginal veins very long, as long as the sub- 

 marginal, the stigraal vein about one-third the length of the marginal. Abdo- 

 men sessile, acuminate, longer than the head and thorax united, shagreeued, 

 sparsely pubescent. 



%. — Length 2..5 nun. Blue-black, subnietallic. the head, except the vertex 

 and the scape, blue; frons with an antennal furrow ; antennae widely separated 

 at base, the flagellum subclavate, black, the fifth, sixth and seventh funicular 

 joints wider thau long; inesonotum with slight indications of furrows anteri- 

 orly, not deeply or sharply defined, obsolete posteriorly; raesopleura with a lon- 

 gitudinal impressed line, the triangular piece before the tegulse and the hind 

 coxfe blue; legs blue-black, the middle tibise and tarsi dark brown, the hind 

 femora somewhat compressed. Wings hyaline, the marginal vein only two and 

 a half times the length of the stigmal. Abdomen ovate pointed, as long as the 

 thorax. 



Hab. — Morgantown, W. Va. 



Described from % and $ specimens bred April 26, 1893, by 

 Prof. A. D. Hopkins from a Clerid larva in white pine. This spe- 

 cies comes nearest to E. cijanieeps Ashra., but is larger, somewhat 

 ditterently colored, and with a much longer postmarginal vein. 



Enpeliniis juglaiidis sp. n. 



9- — Length 2-2.1 mm. Head blue, the thorax aeneous or blue-black; tro- 

 chanters, knees, anterior tarsi, middle and posterior tibise and tarsi, honey yel- 

 low ; the hind tibise usually with a dusky blotch at the middle. Wings hyaline, 

 the venation light brown, the margiiuil and postmarginal veins very long, the 

 stigmal with a slight curve, less than half the length of the marginal. Abdomen 

 seneous-black, bluish at base, sessile, depressed, only two-thirds the length of tlie 

 thorax, the ovipositor subexserted, or with only the tip exposed, the tip Reing 

 light brown or yellowish. 



Hab. — Morgantown, W. Va. 



Described from several specimens bred June 17, 1893, by Prof. 

 A. D. Hopkins from an unknown larva living in walnut. 



Subfttmily Elachistin.ts. 

 EliACHISTUS Spinola. 



KlaeliiMtiis proxiiniis sp. n. 



9- — Length 1.65 mm. Aeneous-black; scape and legs, except anterior coxae 

 and base of their tibise, which are black, honey-yellow; flagellum brown-black, 

 pubescent, subcompressed, the funicular joints about three times as long as wide. 

 Head smooth, impuuctate; mesothorax and scutellum feebly scaly-punctate; 



