ABT. 4 NEW PARASITIC ni'MENOPTERA GAHAN 21 



in length by 0.14 in breadth) the marginal fringe very nearly e([ual 

 to the breadth of wing; discal cilia absent from that portion of the 

 wing behind the submarginal vein and also from a rounded area 

 embracing the stigmal vein; the rest of wing surface mostly ciliated 

 but with a narrow border around the outer portion of wing nearly 

 or quite bare save for a single row along the margin; submarginal 

 vein with two bristles; hind wing with the marginal cilia about twice 

 as long as the breadth of wing, the discal ciliation consisting of a 

 row along the anterior margin from the apex of venation to the apex 

 of wing, a more or less imperfect row along the posterior margin 

 from near base to apex, and a short row between these two which 

 does not reach the apex of wing; all tarsi distinctly o-jointed; abdo- 

 men as long as the thorax, rounded apically, the ovipositor exserted 

 approximately one-fifth the length of abdomen. General color very 

 pale yellow, almost white; the occiput above, borders of mouth 

 narrowly, pronotum and narrow anterior border of mesonotum, spot 

 on axillae, propodeum, a broad transverse basal band embracing 

 approximately one-third of the abdomen, and a spot on each side 

 embracing the vibrissal plates, distinctly fuscous; antennae slightly 

 dusky, legs entirely pale. 



Type locality. — San Juan, Porto Rico. 



Cotypes—C&i. No. 29446, U.S.N.M. 



Ho^t. — Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell) 



Described from eight females reared by H. L. Dozier, January 3, 

 1925, and all mounted in balsam on a single slide. 



PUOSPALTEI.LA BELLA, new species 



A species superficially resembling very closely P. pemiciosi Tower, 

 from which it is distinguished by having the first funicle joint dis- 

 tinctly longer than broad, the third funicle joint also more than twice 

 as long as broad and the forewing without a dusky band behind the 

 marginal. Also resembles P. aurantii Howard, but may be distin- 

 guished by the above-mentioned antennal characters. It is very 

 similar to female specimens in the National collection from Italy said 

 to represent P. conjugata Masi, but differs by having the second fu- 

 nicle joint as long or very slightly longer than the third and the head 

 <^ntirely black. Differs from the description of conjugata also by 

 having the antennae 8-jointed in the male instead of 7-jointed. 



Female. — Length 0.65 mm. Antennae rather slender, the club dis- 

 tinct and a little thicker than the funicle; scape slender, cylindrical; 

 pedicel a little more than one and one-half times as long as thick ; 

 first funicle joint very nearly twice as long as broad and about three- 

 fourths as long as the pedicel; second funicle joint one and one-half 



