164 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL IVIUSEUM. 



riUousj tlic cox;l' l)lack. Aiitcuiiii' 11-Jointcd, l)la('k, the scape nifous, 

 slij;iitly dusky at tip above, the pedicel neai'ly as hm^x as tlic first aud 

 sccoud fuiiiclar joints tojuetlier, the second and thiid fnniclar Joints 

 trans verse; the club 5-Jointed, not quite as long as the scai)e. Thorax 

 minutely, closely ])unctulate, slightly ]>ubescent, with three abbreviated 

 furrows posteriorly; the scutellum rugoso-punctate, slightly lustrous, 

 pubescent. Wings subhyaline, pubescent, the uervures pale brown- 

 ish, the marginal vein very short. Abdomen bioadly oval, depressed, 

 polished, the tirst segment striate, the second;, twice as wide as long. 



Habitat. — Washington, 1). (\ 



Type in National Museum. 



Trissolcus brochymenae Aslim. 



(I'l. VII, Fio. (1, 9.) 



Teleiiomiin hrorhiimciKi' Ashiii., Ela. Agric. i\ , 1S81, p. UIH; Kiit. Am., iii, p. 118; 

 Cress. Syu. llyui.. p. 1314. 



9 , Length, 0.8 to 0.9""". Black, shining, the thorax feebly, micro- 

 scopically puuctulate, with a fine pubescence; head smooth, fully four 

 times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly, a tine puuctulate line sur- 

 rounding the orbits. Ocelli very widely separated, the lateral close 

 to the eye margin on an oblique grooved line extending from the eye 

 to the occiput. The occiput concave, the ui)per edge sharp; cheek flat. 

 Eyes ]»ubesceiit. Antenme ll-jointed, the scape, pedicel, and tirst 

 fnniclar Joint, brownish-yellow, the following Joints brown-black; the 

 scape does not extend above the front ocellus ; the pedicel is longer and 

 thicker than the tirst funiclar Joint, the latter about twice as long as 

 thick, joints 2 and 3 transverse, the club large, 0-jointed, all the joints, 

 except the last, transverse. Thorax rounded, the luesonotum convex, 

 wider than long, with 3 abbreviated grooved lines posteiiorly. Legs 

 honey-yellow, the coxa' black. Abdomen small, tiattened, not longer 

 than the thorax, truncate behind, black, shining, the tirst segment 

 transverse, striated, separattMl from the second by a deep suture, the 

 second occupying most of the remaining surface. Wings hyaline, the 

 venation yellow, the marginal vein i)unctiform, not longer than thick. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, h'la. 



Types in Coll. Aslnncad. 



Described from several specimens reared from the eggs of Brochy- 

 mrna arhored Say. Specimens are also in the National Museum, reared 

 from the eggs of an uidiiiown Hemi}»feron by ^Ir. H. (J. Hubbard. 



DISSOLCUS Aslmicad, j;cii. imv. 

 (Tv])c I>. iiif/ri<<iriiis Asliiii.) 



1 lead transxcisc or siih(pi:Hlrate, not wider than the thorax, the 

 occipnt liat l>uf not concave or emargiuate. Ocelli 3, in a triangle, 

 tlie lateral a little away fntiii I lie maigiii of the eye. l\ves ovate, 

 pubescent. 



