MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID^. 157 



Habitat. — Boiigere P. O., Concordia Parisli, La. 

 Tjqies iu National Museum. 



Described from G 9 specimens, reared August 10, 1880, from lepidop- 

 terous eggs found on cotton. 



Telenomiis geometrae, sp. nov. 



S 9 . Lengtli, OAo """. Black, shining, impunctured. Head trans- 

 verse, thrice as Avide as long, the face convex, highly polished. Eyes 

 bare. Mandibles piceous-brown. Antenna^. 9 11-jointed, dark brown; 

 the pedicel is stout and at least twice as long as the first funiclar joint; 

 the first funiclar joint only a little longer than thick, the second sub- 

 equal with it, the third moniliform,the fourth very small, transverse; the 

 first joint of the club is transverse, the second larger, transverse, the 

 third and fourth larger, quadrate, the last conic. Legs brown, the pos- 

 terior coxi^ blackish, the trochanters, knees, tips of tibia? and tarsi, 

 pale. Abdomen not longer than the thorax, smooth, polished, the 

 second segment a little wider than long, apex truncate. Wings hya- 

 line, fringed, the venation pale yellowish, the marginal vein one-third 

 the length of the stigmal. 



In the S the antenna^ are 12-jointed, filiform, pale brown, the pedi- 

 cel about as long as the first funiclar joint, the first three funiclar joints 

 nearly equal, the first being slightly the shortest, the joints beyond 

 round, moniliform, slightly pedicellate, the terminal joint conic, 

 slightly more than twice as long as the preceding. Legs pale or 

 yellowish, the femora and tibia? dusky. 



Habitat. — ( ?) District of Columbia. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from many specimens reared from the eggs of an unknown 

 geometrid moth found on wild cherry; no date of rearing is given. 



Telenomus arzamae, sp. nov., Riley. 



"9. Length, 0.8""". Black, shining, the head and thorax with a 

 faint microscopic punctuation and finely imbescent. Head transverse, 

 slightly more than thrice as wide as long, polished; eyes slightly 

 pubescent; mandibles brown; antenme 11-jointed, brown, the flag- 

 el] urn darker above than beneath; the pedicel is scarcely longer than 

 the first funicular joint, the funicular joints subequal, the first joiut 

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

 verse-quadrate, the last cone-shaped: legs rufous, or reddish-yellow, 

 the trochanters and tarsi paler ; sometimes the femora and tibije are 

 more or less obfuscated: wings hyaline, fringed, the venation pale 

 brownish, the marginal vein about half the length of the stigmal. 

 Abdomen as long as the thorax, polished, the first segment striated, 

 the second about as long as its width at apex. 



