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and the hind femora except as noted reddish yellow; sides of the 

 abdominal venter obscurely yellowish basally ; wings subhyaline with 

 blackish tinge, the veins and stigma brownish black. 



Male. — Agrees with the female. 



Cocoons. — Pure white. 



Type-locality. — Nashville, Tennnessee. 



Tyjje.—Cait. No. 20375, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Epagoge sulfureana. 



Thirteen specimens reared by C. C. Hill from the larvae of the 

 above-mentioned host and recorded in the Bureau of Entomology 

 under Webster No. 8337. 



APANTELES DIACRISIAE, new species. 



Female. — Length 2.5 mm. Head closely punctate except the de- 

 pression above the antennae and before the ocelli which is smooth: 

 antennae about equal to the body in length, the first four flagellar 

 joints subequal and nearly four times as long as thick, the following 

 joints gradually shorter; mesoscutum closely punctate and sub- 

 opaque, scutellum polished with some suberased punctures; meso- 

 pleura anteriorly punctured like the mesoscutum, posteriorly pol- 

 ished; propodeum rugose with a weak median carina; hind coxae 

 impunctate or nearly so; abdomen about equal to the head and 

 thorax in length, strongly laterally compressed beyond the base of 

 the fourth segment, the hypopygium rather large and prominent; 

 the first tergite with its sides straight and parallel, about one and 

 one-half times as long as broad, its apex distinctly narrower than the 

 base of the second tergite; first and second tergites strongly sculp- 

 tured, the third down the middle and at base more weakly so : ovi- 

 positor slightly exserted. Head and thorax black; palpi and 

 tegulae pale testaceous; legs reddish testaceous, except base of hind 

 coxae, which are blackish, and the hind tarsi, which are brownish; 

 antennae dark brown, wings hyaline, the veins testaceous at base of 

 wing, the outer veins and stigma pale brownish; abdomen blackish 

 above, the sides and venter concolorous Avith the legs. In some speci- 

 mens the w^iole abdomen except the two or three basal tergites is 

 more or less testaceous. 



Male. — Agrees with the female except that the abdomen is shorter, 

 scarcely at all compressed apically and the hind coxae have more 

 black at base. 



Type-locality. — Washington, District of Columbia. 



Type.—Q^t. No. 20401, U.S.N.M. 



Host. — Diacrisia virginica. 



Described from eleven specimens reared in September, 1915. from 

 larvae of the above-named host by Dr. F. H. Chittenden and re- 

 corded imder Chittenden No. 4908. 



