150 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



late, not striate basally, the second segment scarcely longer tlian wide 

 at apex. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Type, 9 , in Coll. Asbniead. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Telenomus californicus, sp. nov. 



9 . Length, O.S""". Black, shining, the thorax microscopically punc- 

 tate and covered with a fine pubescence. Head transverse, as wide as 

 the thorax, the face smooth, iiolished. Eyes pubescent. Mandibles 

 black. Antenna' 11 -Jointed, black, the pedicel distinctly longer than 

 the first fuuiclar joint, the first three funiclar joints subequal, all longer 

 than thick, the fourth moniliform, the first joint of the club small, trans- 

 verse, the second, third, and fourth nearly equal, transverse-quadrate, 

 the last short, cone-shaped. Legs black, the trochanters, knees, ex- 

 treme tips of the tibiiB and the tarsi, honey-yellow. Abdomen very 

 slightly longer than the thorax, polished, the first segment striated, 

 the second about as long as wide. AVings hyaline, fringed, the vena- 

 tion pale brownish-yellow, the marginal vein one-third the length of 

 the stigmal. 



Habitat. — Los Angeles, Cal. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from 4 9 specimens, reared by Mr. D. W. Coquillett from 

 the eggs of an unknown Orgyia. 



Telenomus persimilis, sp. nov. 



9. Length, 1.5""". Black, shining, the thorax distinctly punctulate, 

 subopaque, pubescent; the head 2^ times as wide as long, polished, the 

 vertex toward the eyes alutaceous; legs rufous, the cox;ie black. An- 

 tenna? 11-jointed, black, the pedicel shorter than the first funiclar joint, 

 its apical margin yellow, the second funiclar joint is two-thirds the 

 length of the* first, the third and fourth shorter than the second, sub- 

 equal, the fourth being rounded; the club is rather slender, the first 

 joint transverse and shorter than the following, the second, third, and 

 fourth equal, quadrate, the last conic. Wings hyaline, fringed, the 

 venation pale brown, the marginal vein one-third the length of the shaft 

 of the stigmal. Abdomen oval-subtruncate at apex, a little longer tluin 

 the thorax, smooth, polished, the first segment wider than long, striate, 

 the second not longer than its width at apex, the following short, the 

 third being twice as long as the fourth; the suture between the first 

 and second segments is striated. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Va. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Since this Avas written I have seen specimens of this species reared 

 from unknown hemipterous eggs in Michigan. 



