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tinct median ridge. Wings hyaline, veins pale brown, the cost as darker ; 

 venation as in B. phycidis Riley. The male is but 2^ un ' in length and 

 similar to the female, excepting that the abdomen is brown and the an- 

 tennas but 21-jointed. 



Habitat. — San Diego, California. 



Described from one male and fourteen female specimens, labeled No. 

 734 P°, reared from an unknown Phalasuid sent to the Department by 

 Mr. G. W. Bares, of San Diego, California. 



Bracon analcidis n. sp. 



Female. — Length, 3f mm ; ovipositor, 2 mm . Pale yellowish-brown, smooth 

 and polished; head reddish-brown, the face dusky; eyes black; an- 

 tennae 35-jointed; mesothoracic parapsides distinct; metathorax finely 

 rugose; abdomen ovate, the three basal segments shagreened, the fol- 

 lowing segments smooth, polished ; the plate of 1st segment is large, 

 trapezoidal, margins rimmed; ovipositor black. The wings are hyaline, 

 iridescent, veins pale brown, stigma yellowish ; venation as in B. phy- 

 cidis Riley. 



Habitat. — Missouri, ? St. Louis. 



Described from one specimen, labeled No. 428°, reared by Professor 

 Riley in September, 1870, from a snout beetle, Analcis fragarice. 



Bracon venioniae n. sp. 



Female. — Length, 3 mm ; ovipositor, 2 mm . Yellowish-brown; eyes, ocelli, 

 palpi, antennas, a spot at base of anterior wings, sutures surround- 

 ing scutellum, metathoracic disk, mesopectus, plate of 1st abdominal 

 segment, a spot at base of 2d medially, and the ovipositor, black. 

 Head and thorax smooth, polished, parapsidal grooves distinct, al- 

 though not sharply defined ; antennas long, 31-jointed; abdomen ovate, 

 shagreened, plate of 1st segment large, trapezoidal ; all tarsi and pos- 

 terior tibias toward tips dusky. Wings dusky hyaline, veins pale brown, 

 the costas darker, the stigma more or less yellowish ; venation as in B. 

 phycidis Riley. 



The male is but 2 mm long, all black excepting the 2d abdominal seg- 

 ment, which is yellow excepting a triangular spot on middle at base ; 

 the whole abdomen is smooth and polished; antennas 26 jointed; the 

 knees and bases of tibias are brown, while the wings are much darker 

 than in the female and strongly iridescent. It may be a different spe- 

 cies from the female, although reared from the same plant. 



Described from one male and one female, labelled No. 3557°, the male 

 reared May 18, the female May 15, 1885, from the seed capsules of Ver- 

 nonia noveboracensis ; two other males are in the collection labeled as 

 having been reared from larvas feeding in capsules of same plant. 



The female comes nearest to B. xantho stigma Cress. 



Bracon junci n. sp. 



Male and female.— Length, 2 mm . Black, smooth, and polished, sparse- 

 ly pubescent ; inner orbits to summit of eyes, mandibles, and palid pale 



