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gradually widening after tlie second, the last ovate, about as long as 

 the two preceding joints united. Legs brown; the trochanters, spot 

 on knees, tip of tibia', and the tarsi yellowish- white. Wings hyaline, 

 iridescent, i)ubescent. Abdomen piceous-black, shining. 



Habitat. — Los Angeles, Cal. 



Type in National Museum. 



A single specimen, labeled as having been "bred from old willow 

 wood partly covered with fungus and infested with Coleopterous larvne.' 



In all probability, with the coleopterous larvae were associated Dij)- 

 terous larvte from which the Ceraphron came. 



Ceraphron amplus, sp. no v. 



9 . Length, 2.2""".. Polished black, but showing some faint micro- 

 scopic punctures ; face deeply emarginated ; vertex with a grooved line 

 between the lateral ocelli ; eyes pubescent; mandibles brownish; legs 

 brownish-yellow; the coxte black; the femora and tibiiie dark-brown or 

 fuscous at the middle. Antennie 10- jointed, black, with a yellow ring 

 between the pedicel and the first funicle joint. Scape long, obclavate, 

 as long as the pedicel and the first three funicle joints united; flagel- 

 lum subclavate, the first joint being as long as the x)edicel, the second, 

 about two-thirds the length of the first, the following to the penulti- 

 mate subequal, the penultimate longer than preceding joint, or about 

 two-thirds the length of the last, which is long, very slightly longer 

 than the first. Thorax with a central grooved line. Metathorax with 

 the angles but slightly prominent, the post-scutellura toothed. Wings 

 subfuscous, the stignial vein long and curved. Abdomen long and 

 stout, longer than the head and thorax together, pointed at tij), the 

 second segment occupying fully half the whole length of the abdomen, 

 with stria3 at base. 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Ceraphron melanocerus, sp. nor. 



9, Length, 1.6"'™. Polished black ; legs brownish-yellow, the cox?b 

 and femora obfuscated or fuscous; face with an antennal impression 

 and a deep grooved line in front of the front ocellus ; eyes pubescent. 

 Antennae 10-jointed, black, with a pale ring at apex of pedicel; scape 

 long, obclavate; flagellum subclavate, the first funicle joint long, but 

 scarcely as long as the pedicel, the second, only half the length of the 

 first, the joints from the third to the last gradually increasing in size, 

 the third and fourth quadrate, the fifth and sixth a little longer than 

 thick, the last fusiform, twice as long as the penultimate. Thorax with 

 a central grooved line ; pronotum deeply impressed at the sides ; teguloe 

 black; metathorax rugose, the j)osterior angles not acute. Wings sub- 

 fuscous, the stigmal vein long, curved. Abdomen polished black, as 

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