MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PKOCTOTRYPID.E. 149 



iiig" joints to the last inoniliform, brietly pedicellate, the last cone- 

 shaped, as long as the first; legs yellow. 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from many specimens reared in June from the eggs of an 

 unknown Koctuid moth. 



Telenomus gnophaelae, sp. nov. 



$ 9 . Length, 0.8'"'". Black, shining, the thorax microscopically 

 punctate. Head transverse, wider than the thorax, the face polished, 

 impunctured, the vertex laintly shagreened. Eyes slightly bristly. 

 Mandibles rufous. AntenntB $ 11-jointed, black, the pedicel much longer 

 than the first funiclar joint, the second fuuiclar joint very slightly shorter 

 than the first, the thir<l not more than half the length of the second, the 

 club much more slender than usual. Legs black ; trochanters, knees, 

 base and apex of tibia^ and the tarsi, honey-yellow. Abdomen shorter 

 than the thorax, broadly truncate behind, the first and second seg- 

 ments at base, striate, the second being broader than long. Wings 

 hyaline, fringed, the venation brown, the marginal vein half the length 

 of the stigmal. 



In the (? the antenn;v are 12-jointed, filiform, brown, the pedicel 

 smaller than the first funiclar joij it, the first and third funiclar joints 

 about equal, the second very slightly longer than either of the others, 

 the joints beyond to the last, moniliform, the last conic, twice as long 

 as the penultimate; legs reddish-yellow, the coxjb dusky or black. 



Habitat. — Sisson, California. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from many specimens reared August 24, 1890, by Mr. A. 

 Koebele, from the eggs of Qnophwla hopferi Grote. 



Telenomus gracilicornis, sp. uov. 



$ . Length, 0,8""". Head, scutellum, and abdomen polished black, 

 shining ; thorax microscopically puncta-te, subopaque, with a fine pubes- 

 cence; scape black, the fiagellum brown black, the pedicel yellowish 

 at tip; legs black; the trochanters, knees, anterior tibite, except a 

 blotch above, and the tarsi, honey-yellow. Antenn.T 11-jointed, the 

 club rather slender; the fiagellum twice as long as the scape; the first 

 funiclar joint is about two-thirds the length of the pedicel, the second a 

 little shorter than the first but still a little longer than thick; the tbird 

 and fourth moniliform, about equal in size; the first joint of club is sub- 

 moniliform, transverse, a little larger than the last funiclar joint, the sec- 

 ond, transverse-quadrate, the third and fourth quadrate, slightly longer 

 tban the second, the last pointed, conic. Wings subfiiscous, the 

 venation brown, the marginal vein punctiform, hardly twice as long as 

 thick. Abdomen not longer than the thorax, truncate at apex, spatu- 



