158 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



" In the $ tlie antenn<ie are 12-jointed, filiform, pale brownish yellow, 

 the tlagellum dusky brown ; the pedicel vshorter than the first funicular 

 joint; the second and third equal, a little longer than the first, the 

 joints beyond oval-inoniliform, the last conic, much longer than the 

 jn'eceding; legs reddish yellow or brownish yellow, the posterior 

 coxje dusky. 



"Described from many specimens reared June 4 to 23, 1884, from 

 eggs of Arzama densa Walk." — [From Ii.Uey''s MS.] 



Haiutat. — District of Columbia. 



Types in National Museum. 



Telenomus lavernee, sj*. nov. 



9 . Length, 0.6""". Black, shining, the thorax closely, microscopic- 

 ally punctulate. Head thrice as wide as long. Eyes bare. Mandible^ 

 piceous. Antennie 11-joiuted, brown, the scape pale rufous, the ped- 

 icel slightly longer than the first funiclar joint, the fuuiclar joints sub- 

 equal, the joints of the club only a little wider than long. Wings 

 hj'aline, fringed, the venation yellowish; the marginal vein about one- 

 third the length of the stigmal. Legs brownish-yelloAv. Abdomen as 

 long as the thorax, polished, the first segment striate, the second not 

 longer than wide. 



Habitat. — District of Columbia. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from specimens reared by Dr. Itiley, June 21, 1884, from 

 from eggs of Laverna lucifereUa Clem. 



Telenomus podisi, sp. nov. 



S 9 . Length, 1'""'. Black, shining, the thorax very finely but 

 distinctly punctate, and with a white pubescence. Head broadly trans- 

 verse, the face smooth, the vertex under a strong lens exhibiting a 

 faintly shagreened or alntaceous surface. Eyes a little bristly. Man- 

 dibles brownish-yellow. Antenn;e 9 11-jointed, brown, the scape and 

 l)edicel yellow, or brownish-yellow; the pedicel is distinctly longer than 

 the first funiclar joint, the second subeqnal with the first, the third and 

 fourth small, moniliform; the first joint of the club is transverse, about 

 half the length of the second, but not so wide, the second and third 

 transverse-quadrate, the fourth quadrate, the last cone-shaped, not 

 longer than the preceding. Legs, including coxa*, honey-yellow. Al)do- 

 men as long as the thorax, polished, the first segment striate, the 

 second as wide as long, striate at basal suture. Wings hyaline, fringed, 

 the venation pale yellow, the marginal vein less than half tlie length 

 of the stigmal. 



In the $ the antennji? are 12-jointed, filiform, the first three funiclar 

 joints lengthened and thickened, the first and second, about eipial, the 

 third a little shorter; the pedicel is only half the length of the first 



