MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID^. 151 

 Telenonius graptae How. 

 Scudd. But. New Eng., 1». 1896. 



S 9. Length, Cf)""". Black, sbining. Head transverse, wider than 

 the thorax, the face polished, the vertex subopaqne. Eyes slightly 

 bristly. Mandibles piceons-black. Antennae in $ 11-jointed, black, 

 very gradnally clavate, the club less distinctly defined than usual; the 

 pedicel a little longer and stouter than the first funiclar joint, the second 

 and third funiclar joints nionilifonu, the second very slightly longer than 

 the third, the latter a little transverse; first and second joints of club 

 transverse, the third and fourth quadrate, the last conic. Legs piceous- 

 brown, almost black, the trochanters, knees, tips of tibiae, and tarsi, 

 pale. Abdomen a little shorter than the thorax, truncate i^osteriorly, 

 the first segment transverse, finely striated, the second wider than long, 

 smooth and polished, the suture between it and the first with some 

 stria3. Wings hyaline, fringed, the venation yellowish, the marginal 

 vein one-third the length of the shaft of the stigma. 



In the S the antenna; are 12-jointed, filiform, the scape black, the 

 flagellum brown; the pedicel is shorter than the first funiclar joint, the 

 second and third funiclar joints about equal, and longer than the first, 

 the joints beyond to the last, round-moniliform, slightly pedicellate, the 

 last conic, twice as long as the penultimate. Legs brown, the anterior 

 tibisB, trochanters, base and apex of the tibia', and the tarsi, honey-j 

 yellow. 



IIabttat. — District of Columbia. 



Types in National Museum. 



Eedescribed from many specimens reared by Dr. Riley, Seiitember 

 16, 188G, from the eggs of Grapta interrogatioHls Fabr. 



Telenomus spilosomatis, sp. nov. 



S ? . Length, 0.6""". Polished black, impunctured, the thorax witb 

 a fine microscopic pubescence. Eyes bare. Mandibles black. An- 

 tenna? 9 11-jointed, the scape black, the flagellum dark brown; the pedi- 

 cel is longer than the first funiclar joint; the second and third funiclar 

 joints are equal, mouiliforra; the first joint of the club is transverse, 

 the second, third, and fourth about equal, quadrate, the last cone-shaped. 

 Legs piceous-brown, the trochanters, knees, apices of tibiae, and the 

 tarsi, pale brownish-yellow. Abdomen not longer than the thorax, 

 smooth and shining, the first segment transverse, the second wider 

 than long, the terminal segments retracted within the second. Wings 

 hyaline, fringed, the venation pale yellowish, the marginal vein very 

 slightly longer than half the length of the stigmal. 



In the i the antennie are 12-jointed, filiform, pale brown, the pedicel 

 distinctly longer than the first funiclar joint, the second and third funi- 

 clar joints about equal, longer than the first, the joints beyond round, 



