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scutum shining, nearly impunctate; suture between the scutum and 

 tlie scutellum with three strong rugae; the posterior lateral aspects 

 of the scutellum and a depressed area of the metanotum with rugae ; 

 the metanotum medianly with two prominent carinae which con- 

 verge until they meet in the form of a rounded tubercle at the apical 

 middle margin ; propodeum reticulate, basal median area more finely 

 so, the basal lateral areas finely punctured: mesepisternum sculp- 

 tured like the scutum except for the obliquely foveolate depression: 

 first abscissa of the radius about one-sixth or less than the length 

 of the second ; second cubital cell slightly narrowed below ; recurrent 

 vein basad of the first transverse cubitus by about one-third the 

 length of the first transverse cubitus ; nervulus interstitial ; first ter- 

 gite longitudinally striate ; extreme base of the second tergite finely, 

 irregularly aciculate ; the apex of the second and all of the following 

 tergites shining, impunctate. Black; clypeus, mandibles except 

 apices and scape beneath ruf o-piceous ; palpi and tegulae pale yellow; 

 legs rufous, apical fourth of the posterior tibiae dusky; wings hya- 

 line, venation pale brown; body with short, gray hair. 



Type-locality. — Easton, Washington. Described from one female 

 collected by Koebele. 



Type.— Cut. No. 19003, U.S.N.M. 



JB. CLYPEUS SHARPLY DEFINED LATERALLY; ABOUT TWO AND ONE- 

 HALF TIMES AS WIDE AS LONG; FIRST ABSCISSA ON THE RADIUS 

 BUT LITTLE SHORTER THAN THE SECOND, 

 a. First two tergites red, the second completely sculptured. 



DIOSPILUS CALIFORNICUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 5 mm. ; length of the ovipositor 4.5 mm. ; length 

 of the antennae 3.75 mm. Apical margin of the clypeus narrowly 

 depressed, the surface shining, sparsely punctured; head below the 

 antennae with separate, well-defined punctures, which are more 

 widely separated medianly and laterally; head above the antennae 

 and posterior orbits shining, practically impunctate; ocelli in a 

 little less than an equilateral triangle ; latrad or each lateral ocellus 

 is a narrow, elongate, crescent-shaped fovea ; third and fourth an- 

 tennal joints subequal; prescutum depressed posteriorly, reticulate; 

 notauli strongly foveolate; scutum, prescutum, and most of the mes- 

 episternum shining, impunctate; sides of the pi-onotum coarsely 

 reticulate ; suture between the scutum and scutellum Avith one ruga ; 

 posterior lateral aspects of the scutellum and depressed area of the 

 pronotum with rather weak rugae; metanotum medianly with two 

 carinae, which converge posteriorly and meet in the form of an elon- 

 gate flattened area in the apical middle; propodeum coarsely reticu- 



