ABT. 4 NEW PARASITIC HYMENOFIERA GAHAN 31 



praesciitum with a very fine but distinct median longitudinal 

 carina; scutellum veiy finely but distinctly reticulate, subopaque 

 except at apex which is polished; axillae less distinctly reticulate; 

 propodeum polished, the median carina distinct; pleura and sternum 

 mostly polished but with the prepectus and femoral depression faintly 

 rugulose; wings normal; front femora considerably swollen, thicker 

 than the hind femora; innner spur of hind tibia equal in length to 

 to the first and second tarsal joints combined; outer spur more than 

 half as long as the inner one; petiole of abdomen rugulose and about 

 twice as broad as long; abdomen, exclusive of petiole, as broad as 

 long and broadest near apex. Head, thorax, abdominal petiole and 

 narrow lateral margins of first tergite black ; antennal flagellum brown- 

 ish, becoming darker toward apex; scape and pedicel reddish testa- 

 ceous, the scape paler basally; face below antennae and exclusive of 

 cheeks, legs including all coxae, and abdomen except petiole and 

 narrow margins on first segment, reddish testaceous; wings hyaline,^ 

 venation pale testaceous. 



Type locality. — Waldo, Florida. 



Type.—C^i. No. 29451, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Isoparce cupressi Boisduval. 



Described from three female specimens received from D. Marston 

 Bates, Gainesville, Florida, and said to have been parasitic upon larvae 

 of the above-named sphingid moth, taken by T. H. Hubbell in a 

 cypress swamp, October 13, 1924. 



Family MYMARIDAE 



Genus ANAPHOIDEA Girault 



So far as known to the writer, the curious arrangement of the ovi- 

 positor in this group has never been brought out. This will be best 

 understood from a study of the accompanying figure of the abdomen 

 of A. calendrae, new species (fig. 2). 



The ventral portion of the abdomen is projected forward under- 

 neath the thorax, often reaching to the front coxae or even beyond. 

 The ovipositor (fig. 2; 0) has its origin from the invaginated eighth 

 and ninth sternites (fig. 2 ; SS and 9S) which are situated near the 

 middle of the abdomen. From its point of origin the ovipositor first 

 runs forward within the membranous sack formed by the anteriorly 

 produced sternites and then bends sharply back upon itself and 

 extends to the apex of the abdomen. In dead specimens this sack is fre- 

 quently ruptured and the ovipositor appears as a distinct loop beneath 

 the thorax. The ovipositor sheaths do not extend beyond the apex 

 of abdomen. The actual point of emergence of the ovipositor from 

 the abdomen is almost beneath the point of attachment of abdomen 

 and propodeum. From this point to the apex of abdomen the ovi- 

 positor, when at lest, lies concealed in a groove formed in part by a 



