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Family ICHNEUMONIDAE 

 Subfamily Ophioninae. 



NEPIERA BENEVOLAi Gahan, variety FUSCIFEMORA, new variety. 



Female. — Length 6 mm. Apparently differs from the type of N. 

 henevola only by the hind femora outwardly having a broad blackish 

 or fuscous stripe from base to apex. 



Male. — Like the female except that the outer side of the hind 

 femora are entirely black or blackish. 



Type-locality. — Pasadena, California. 



Type.—C2it. No. 20384, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Phthorimdca operculella. 



Two females and one male reared by J. E. Graf and recorded in 

 the Bureau of Entomology under Chittenden No. 2230'*. 



Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA. 



Family CALLIMOMIDAE 



Subfamily Monodontomerinae. 



LIODONTOMERUS SECUNDUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 1.7 mm. Very similar to Z. perplexus^ but differs 

 as follows: The antennal funicle is slightly longer, its joints, except 

 the first which is slightly transverse, subquadrate or at least not dis- 

 tinctly broader than long; the anterior wing beneath the marginal 

 vein has a large more or less distinct fuscous spot occupying the 

 median portion of the wing; the ovipositor is distinctly longer than 

 the abdomen or about two-thirds the length of the body; otherwise 

 agrees with the description of perplexus. 



Male. — Similar to the male of perplexus^ but distinguished by the 

 fuscous spot on the wing. 



Type-locality. — Caldwell, Idaho. 



Type.—C2it. No. 20386, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Bruchophagus funehris. External parasite of larvae. 



Eight females and one male reared by T. D. Urbahns, October 10, 

 1914, and recorded under Webster No. 13300, Bureau of Entomology. 



LIODONTOMERUS INSUETUS, new species. 



Ferrude. — Length 1.5 mm. Differs from L. perplexus by having 

 the ovipositor fully as long as the abdomen, the scutellum projecting 

 apically so as to form a slight ledge above the short metanotum, the 

 propodeum sloping nearly perpendicularly from its base, all tibiae 



1 This species is figured under the name Nepiera benevola in Bull. 427, U. S. Dept 

 Agric, p. 47, fig. 44. 



