156 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



first and second striate; the second segment is lialf again as long as 

 wide. 



In the $ the antenna^ and legs are yellow, the coxa? black, or dusky, 

 the pedicel slightly shorter than the first funiclar joint, the first three 

 fniiiclar joints e([ual, one and a half times as long as thick, the following 

 to the last, moniliform, subi)edicellate. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from many si^ecimens, reare<l from the eggs of Sphinx 

 Carolina Linn. 



Telenomus Rileyi IIow. 



Scudder, Butterllies New Eng., p. 1896. 



9 , Length, O.G'"'". Black, shining, the thorax with a fine micro- 

 scopic pnnctation and down. Head broadly transverse, slightly more 

 than thrice as wide as long. Eyes slightly pubescent. Mandibles 

 browu. Antennie 11-jointed, dark brown, the scape pale at extreme 

 base; the pedicel is a little longer than the first funiclar joint; the sec- 

 ond, third, and fourth funiclar joints moniliform; the first joint of the 

 club transverse, the second, third, and fourth joints about equal, trans- 

 verse-quadrate, the last cone-shaped. Legs dark brown or piceous, the 

 trochanters, knees, and tarsi, honey-yellow. Abdomen very slightly 

 longer than the thorax, smooth, polished, t\\Q first segment striated, 

 the second a little wider than long. Wings hyaline, fringed, the vena- 

 tion pale, the marginal vein punctiform. 



Habitat. — Fairbury, 111. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from 3 9 specimens, reared March 22, 1884, from the eggs 

 of Apatura clyton by A. H. Mundt. 



Telenomus gossypiicola, sp. nov. 



9. Length, 0.0'"'". Black, shining, impunctured. Head broadly 

 transverse, not quite thrice as wide as long antero-posteriorly. Eyes 

 bare. Mandibles pale rufous. Antennje 11-jointed, brown, the scape 

 blackish above; the pedicel is slightly longer than the first funiclar joint; 

 the secondand third fauiclar joints equal, moniliform ; the fourth .smaller- 

 transverse; the first joint of the club is transverse, the second, third, 

 and fourth transverse-quadrate, the fourth slightly the largest, the 

 last cone-shaped. Legs dark brown, the trochanters, knees, tips of 

 tibia; and the tarsi, yellow. Abdomen slightly shorter than the thorax, 

 smooth, polished, tlie first segment short, transverse, the second wider 

 than long. Wings hyaline, fringed, the venation pale, the marginal 

 vein about half the length of the stigmal. 



