NO. 1920. XEW BEEFi AXD TCTTNEUMOy-FLTES—riERECK. G15 



APANTELES (APANTELES) GELECHLE, new species. 



Female. — Loiifj^lli, 2.5 mm.; jif^roes witli tlio orij^intil dcscrij)! ion of 

 A. fumiffranse A'iorcck, to which it is rchited, except in the ratlicr 

 oblique, curved sides of tlie second plate, wliich arc apparently as 

 long a.s the plate is long down the middle, in the black femora the 

 anterior pair of which is mostly stramineous on its a])ical half, in the 

 hind tibise, wliich are mostly blackish on the apical half and mostly 

 reddish on the basal half, with the extreme base rather; stramineous 

 and in the exserted portion of the ovipo-sitor, which is at least as long 

 as the abdomen. 



Type-locality. — East Tviver, Connecticut. 



Type.— Qui. No. 14703, U.S.X.^L 



Labeled, "reared from GelecMa trialhamaculella, August, 1910, Dr. 

 Chas. R. Ek, Xo. 156." 



APANTELES (APANTELES) LITHOCOLLETIDIS, new species. 



Male. — Length, 1.5 mm.; compared with the original description 

 of A. aristotelise Viereck, this diiSFers as follows: Palpi dark; wings, 

 including stigma and veins broAvnish; propodeum without an areola, 

 the latter barely suggested at apex by faint striae, otherwise almost 

 sculp tureless; first plate distinctly more than twice as long as wide 

 at apex and at least twice as long as wide at base, without a median 

 fovea; second plate more or less fmely scuptured tliroughout, nearly 

 twice as long down the niiddle as wide at base and at least twice as 

 wide at apex as at base, its apex straight and its sides arcuate. 



Type-locality. — Warren, Massachusett s . 



Type.— Cat. No. 14704, U.S.N.M. 



Labeled, "reared from LitTiocollctcs on sweet fern, W. D. Kearfott." 



APANTELES (APANTELES) PLESIUS, new species. 



Female. — Length, 3.5 mm.; related to Apanteles (Apanteles) 

 edwardsii Riley from wiiich it can be distinguished by the second 

 plate being more nearly three than four times as wide at apex as 

 long dowm the middle, by the third segment being regulose to beyond 

 the middle, by the first plate being apparently wider at apex than at 

 base, and by the hind femora being reddish with the apical third 

 more or less blackish. As in A. edwardsii liiley the head is not longer 

 than wide, the thorax not depressed, the tegulse stramineous, and 

 all coxae more or less black. 



Type-locality. — Essex County, New Jersey. 



Type.— C&t. No. 14705, U.S.N.M. 



Labeled, "from lai-va on white oak, June 20, Keaiiott No. 223." 



APANTELES (APANTELES) POLYCHROSIDIS, new species. 



Female. — Length, 2.5 mm.; closely related to A. cdward»ii RUey 

 from which it can be distinguished by the finely sculptured propodeum 



