MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AiMERICAN I'ROCTOTUYnU.E. IGl 



Telenonuis lufoniger J'rov. 



Adfl. ot corr., ^i. 403. 



rf . Long. 10 pee. D'liii iioir hrillant vu des.su.s, !<■ scape de.s juitt'iines. la jioitrine, 

 los pattes a\'et: la base de ralidoiueu d'tiu jaune plus on iiiuins roiix. Ailes avec 

 riuxiuoriis so foufoudaiit avec- la nervure costalc, ulna elargie, ayaut Fapiiart'iico d'uu 

 second stigma; cellule radiale ouverle, la partie auterieure de I'aile plus ou moins 

 obscurcie de roussatre. Alidonieu assez court, claviforme, subsessile. Cap Rouge. 



Unknown to me. The species is certainty not a true Telenomus, and 

 appears to me, judging from his description, a Ceraphronid. 



TRISSOLCUS Aslunead. gen. nov. 

 (Type T. brochiiiiwiKr. Aslini.) 



Head very large, transverse, much broader than the thorax, the froiis 

 convex, the occiput deeply concave, the upper edge of which is sharp. 

 Ocelli 3, triangularly arranged, widely separated, the lateral a little 

 distant from the margin of the eye, and connected with it by an oblique 

 grooved line. Eyes large, subovate. 



AntenniO inserted close to the mouth, in 9 ll-joiuted, clavate, the 

 fuuicle 3-joiuted, the club G-jointed, in S lli-jointed, filiform, with the 

 flagellar joints moniliform or submoniliform, pubescent. 



Maxillary palpi 3-jointed. 



Mandibles bifid. 



Thorax short, ovo'id, convex, the collar not visible from above, the 

 mesonotum with 3 furrows abbreviated anteriorly, the scutellum semi- 

 circular, the metathorax very short. 



Front wings pubescent, tlie marginal vein usually short, tlie stigmal 

 vein rather long, oblique; postmarginal long. 



Abdomen broadly oval, depressed, subsessile, the second segment tlie 

 longest, but always broader than long. 



Legs as in TelenomuH. 



This genus is closely allied to Tele)iomiis, but is readly distinguished 

 by the three abbreviated mesonotal grooves, broader head, and the wide 

 second abdominal segment. 



It seems to be i>arasitic only on the eggs of plant bugs belonging to 

 the family Peutatoinida'. 



Our species may be thus tabulated: 



TAHLK (»F SPECIES. 



Coxic and femora black. 

 Trochanters, tips of femora, tibiie, and tarsi honey-yellow. 



Antenuie wholly Ijlack, rarely with the distal ends of scape pale. 

 First funiclar joint as long as, or a little longer than, the pedieei. 



Second abdominal segment iiboveloniiitndinally acicnlated; sciitelhim iinely 



punctate T. kisi'IIIsti Ashm. 



Second ab(b)minal segment al)0\e smootli, not acieulated; scutellum smooth, 

 polished T. i'ouisi, sp. iiov. 



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