KO. 2210. NEW REARED ICHNEUMON-FLIES— CUSHM AN. 467 



deeply impressed below, the tibia strongly curved and flattened below 

 so that when the two are brOiif^ht together a largo opening is left; 

 abdomen more slender, first tergito twice as long as wide at apex and 

 equal in length to second, whicli, as naturally folded, is parallel-sided; 

 palpi and pedicel white ; wings clear hyaUno ; hind tibia mostly piceous ; 

 front and middle logs except coxae stramineous to white ; front and 

 middle coxae white at apices. 



Host. — Evetria sishiyouana. 



Type-locality. — Colestin, Oregon. 



Other localities. — Corlett, Montana; Crescent City, California; 

 Siskiyou, Oregon; Ashland, Oregon. 



Type.— C&t. No. 20778, U.S.N.M. 



The single paratype female (paratype a) is very like the type with 

 the leg color somewhat darker. The five paratype males exhibit 

 considerable variation both in size and sculpture. The largest is 

 7.5 mm. long and the smallest 5 mm. Paratypes 6 and c are very 

 like the allotype ; d has the pedical piceous and the hind femur with 

 a large reddish spot on each side; e has the front and middle femora 

 piceous above, and / has the middle femur mostly and the tibia at 

 apex and below piceous. 



Described from the above-mentioned eight specimens, the type 

 and allotype reared under Hopkins U. S. Nos. 12538n^ and 12538nnn^ 

 from the type host in cones of Abies concolor; paratypes a, h, and c 

 under Hopkins U. S. Nos. 12o60e2, 13298M, and 12560i6r, respec- 

 tively, from cones of Abies concolor, the first and last at Ashland 

 and the second at Siskiyou; paratypes d and /under Hopkins U. S. 

 No. 12557? from cones of Picea sitJcensis at Crescent City and para- 

 type e under Hopkins U. S. No. 125096 from cones of Picea engel- 

 manni at Corlett. 



ITOPLECTIS OBESUS, new species. 



Female. — Length, 8 mm,; ovipositor, 1.5 mm. 



Very stout, the thorax very nearly as high as long; head much nar- 

 rower than thorax and set very close to the very short vertical pro- 

 notum; prescutum medially extending slightly farther cephalad than 

 upper margin of pronotum; propodeum declivous throughout; abdo- 

 men very broad, tergites 3-5 very transverse, more than twice as 

 wide as long; ovipositor less than one-third as long as abdomen; legs 

 very stout, posterior femora less than three times as long as deep. 



Face rounded, strongly, rather densely punctured and together 

 with mandibles and malar space clothed with long, dense, cinereoua 

 pubescence; clypeus at base sparsely punctured, in the middle deeply 

 impressed, the impression polished, at apex roundly truncate and with 

 a single row of punctures; malar space only about one-third as long 

 as basal width of mandibles; antennae inserted far above middle of 

 eyes, the latter deeply emarginate opposite antennae; frons, occiput, 

 and cheeks sparsely, weakly punctured, poUshed; ocelli large and 



