no.2378. ASHMEAD'S PARASITIC CYNIPID&E WELD. 435 



Subfamily Figitinae Dalla Torre. 



Genus KIEFFERIELLA Ashmead. 



Kiefferia Ashmead, Psyche, vol. 10, 1903, p. 10 (not Mik 1895 in Dipteral).— 

 Rohwer and Faqan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 53, 1917, p. 369. 



Kiefferiella Ashmead, Ent. News, vol. 14, 1903, p. 159; Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 vol. 5, 1903, p. 221.— Dalla Torre and Kieffer, Das Tierreich, 1910, Lief. 24, 

 pp. 83, 887. — Rohwer and Fagan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 53, p. 369. 



Genotype. — Kiefferiella rugosa Ashmead. Monobasic. 



Head and thorax very coarsely rugose, head not broadened behind 

 the eyes, cheeks margined, malar space without groove, antennae 

 of female filiform, third shorter than fourth, all flagellar segments 

 long-cylindrical. Pronotum subtruncate in front, the truncation 

 not margined, but with upturned sharp margin behind. Parapsides 

 percurrent. Scutellum rounded behind; two large deep smooth 

 pits at base separated by a narrow septum. Mesopleura separated 

 from sternum by a carina. Wing with closed marginal cell, no areolet, 

 pubescent and ciliate. Abdomen laterally compressed much as in 

 Ibalia, longer than head and thorax, second tergite not tongue-shaped, 

 bare, as long as third and fourth united. The character of "hairy 

 eyes" is a very obscure one seen only with high magnification. 



The genus may be readily recognized by the use of the Tierreich 

 key. 



KIEFFERIELLA RUGOSA Ashmead. 



Kiefferia rugosa Ashmead, Psyche, vol. 10, 1903, p. 10 (sine desc). 



Kiefferiella rugosa Ashmead, Ent. News, vol. 10, 1903, p. 159 (sine desc); Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 5, 1903, p. 221 (sine desc.).— Dalla Torre and Kieffer, 

 Das Tierreich, 1910, Lief. 24, p. 83. 

 Female. — Black with sparse short white pubescence on head and 

 thorax. Head broader than thorax, rugoso-punctate with radiating 

 ridges about mouth, facial line 0.75 transfacial, interocular line 0.58 

 transfacial, and area 1.4 times as broad as high, malar space 0.7 eye, 

 frons with two smooth impressions above antennae making an ele- 

 vated triangle with ocelli at broad upper end, antennae said to be 

 13-segmented (now broken beyond eighth), first longer than third, 

 second almost globular, third three times as long as broad, 4-6 sub- 

 equal and each about 1.4 times third, eighth longer than third. Pro- 

 notum reticulate on sides. Mesoscutum as long as broad, rough with 

 sharp transverse ridges running across the shallow parapsides, ante- 

 rior lines very short, trace of median behind. Scutellum coarsely 

 reticulate, half as long as mesoscutum, with hind margin vertically 

 ridged and slightly overhanging. Propodeum with two square im- 

 pressed areas side by side. Mesopleurae with two polished and two 

 sculptured areas, separated from sternum by longitudinal ridge. 

 Front wing with brown veins, radial cell three times as long as broad, 

 cubitus reaching basal, areolet absent, clouded on marginal cell and 

 uo distal half of first and proximal part of third cubital cells, surface 



