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tinged, pubescent; inargiiial vein about twice as long as the stigiiuil, 

 the postmarginal very long. Legs biowuish-yellow; in 9 with the 

 coxoe black. Abdomen, in 9 ,long fasiforni, in $ long, linear, scarcely 

 widened at the middle, extending far beyond the wings Avhen folded, 

 and about thrice as hnig as the thorax; iirst and secomt segments 

 striated and punctate, the following segments imnctate and faintly 

 rugose. 



Habitat. — Florida ; Virginia. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Macroteleia virgiiiiensis, sp. nov. 



9. Length, 4'""'. Black, shining, with thimble-like punctation; 

 head transverse-quadrate; eyes very large, rounded, pubescent. An- 

 tenna lli-Jointed, clavate, Inown-black, the scape brownish-yellow; 

 tirst funiclar joint long, one-tliird longer than the pedicel, the second 

 two-thirds the length of the tirst, the third and fourth subequal, but 

 still longer than wide; club G-jointed, gradually thickened from the 

 f(nirth funiclar joint, long, gradually tapering off at both ends. 



Mesonotum with two distinct furrow^s. Scutellum smoother, sj)arsely 

 punctate. Metathorax with a median keel. Wings hyaline, the mar- 

 ginal vein twice the length of the stigmal, the latter rather short, end- 

 ing in a knob; basal nervure wanting. Legs, including coxfe, reddish- 

 yellow. Abdomen pointed, fusiform, about twice as long as the head 

 and thorax united, with close, thimble-like punctures, some of which 

 are elongated and with raised lines, the first segment striolated, the 

 suture between the first and second crenate; the first and second seg- 

 ments are about equal in length, a little shorter than the third and 

 fourth, which are also equal. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Ya. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Since this description was drawn up specimens of this species were 

 reared by Dr. Riley, in the Department of Agriculture, from the eggs 

 of Orchelhnvm (jlaherrimum. 



CALLISCELIO Aslim., geii. iiov. 

 (Tj'pc, C. laiiciuctus.) 



Head transverse, the frons convex, the face not impressed, occiput 

 and cheeks delicately margined; ocelli 3, large, in a triangle, the lateral 

 touching the eye; eyes very large, oval, bare. 



Antennae inserted at the clypeus, 12-jointed in both sexes, in 9 with 

 a G-jointed club, all the funiclar joints elongate; iu-S filiform, the first 

 flagellar joint long, joints 1 to 10 submoniliform. 



Mandibles bidentate. 



Maxillary pali)i 4-jointed ; labial palpi 3-jointed. 



Thorax ovate, rounded before, the prothorax slightly visible from 

 above, the mesonotum with two distinct furrows, scutellum semicircu- 

 lar, convex; metathorax short, carinated laterally. 



