624 NEW SPECIES OF BRACONID.E. 



Wabitat.— Washington, I). 0., and Kirkwood, Missouri. 



Described from three specimens, reared October 5, 1880, from an 

 unnamed Qelechia on oak, and three specimens received from Miss 

 Mary Mnrtfeldt, labeled " Parasite ou Gelechia cinerella Murtfeldt." 



Bracon notaticeps 11. sp. 



This species in size, color, and sculpture is exactly similar to the 

 above, only the legs are slightly paler and the antennae are 28-joiuted. 



Habitat.— Washington, D. C. 



Described from two specimens, labeled No. 709", reared from an oak- 

 leal' sUeletonizcr. 

 Bracon Cookii o. sp. 



Male. — Length, 2§ mm . Head and thorax smooth, polished, black; 

 orbits below antennae, lower portion of cheeks, mandibles, legs, and 

 abdomen, pale brownish yellow; the apical two-thirds of posterior 

 tibiae and their tarsi, excepting incisions of joints, the plate of the 1st 

 abdominal segment, a spot on the disk of the 2d, and the disks of the 

 3d, 4th, 5th, and Oth segments, black, or brownish-black. The antennae 

 are long, cylindrical (broken at tips), the flagellar joints after the 2d 

 are hardly twice as long as wide. The parapsidal grooves are only 

 indicated anteriorly; the mesopleurae are smooth with a curved line on 

 the disk behind the middle ; scutellum smooth, with a crenulate furrow 

 at base; metathorax smooth, polished, with spiracle sulci; abdomen 

 minutely shagreened. 



Wings, hyaline; veins, brown; the venation as in B. vernonice. 



Habitat. — Lansing, Michigan. 



Described from a single specimen, received from Prof. A. J. Cook, 

 labeled No. 509, " Parasite on leaf-miner on basswood." 



Subfamily EXOTHECINiE. 



EXOTHECUS Wesmael. 



Exothecus magnificus Q. sp. 



Female. — Leugth, 15 mni ; ovipositor, 24 mm . Head, antennas, middle 

 coxa' and 1st joint of trochanters and the tarsi, posterior legs, wings, 

 4th abdominal segment and those following, and ovipositor, black; 

 thorax, legs, three basal joints of abdomen, and t'vo broad bands across 

 the wings, orange red ; the 2d joint of posterior trochanters and tibiae 

 at base, red. The antenna 1 about 93-jointed, extending to the middle 

 of abdomen, the joints being broader than long; the abdomen is longer 

 than the head and thorax together, compressed along the venter; the 

 ventral valve prominent and obtusely rounded at apex. 



Habitat. — Columbus, Texas. 



Described from a single specimen, taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz at; 

 Columbus. Texas, in duly, 1879. 



It is the largest and most beautiful Braconid known to me, and may 

 be recognized at once by its beautifully banded wings. 



