(330 NEW SPECIES OF BRACONID^. 



Described from a single specimen labeled No. 2871°, reared May 14, 

 1883, from a case-bearing Tineid (Joleopkora carycefoliella Clem., fount 

 on hickory. 



Rhyssalus oscinidis n. sp. 



Male. — Length, l| inm . Black, smooth, shining; lower portion of cheeks, 

 lace, palpi, legs, and 2d abdominal segment honey-yellow; antennae long,; 

 slender, 2.~> jointed, the 2d joint and the flagellum dusky, the basal joint 

 and the suture between the 2d and 3d yellow; thorax smooth, without 

 parapsidal grooves; scutellum has a large lunate fovea at base, tht 

 bottom of which is crenulate with raised lines; metathorax rugose: 

 abdomen oval, the 1st segment aciculated, the following smooth, pol- 

 ished ; wings hyaline, the veins pale brown; the transverse metlial 

 nervure is almost interstitial with the basal, while the recurrent nervure 

 is interstitial with the 1st transverse cubital; the 2d submargiual cell 

 is twice the length of the 1st. 



Habitat.— Washington, D. 0. 



Described from one specimen, reared July 6, 1886, from a dipterous 

 leaf-miner, Oscinis sp., found on Plantago major. 



Rnyssalus carinatus n. sp. 



Male. — Length, 3" nn . Head, thorax, and dorsal surface of abdomen 

 black; two basal an ten mil joints, legs, sides of abdomen, and venter 

 honey-yellow ; palpi pale; flagellum of antennae dark brown ; mandibles 

 brown, tips black. The vertex of head is smooth, polished ; the face 

 rugose, pubescent ; antennae 45-joiuted, the 3d joint the longest, the 4th 

 slightly shorter, while the following are about twice as long as wide; 

 parapsidal grooves deep, distinct, the dorsal surface of the lobes smooth, 

 the rest of the thorax rugose, pubescent; metathorax coarsely rugose, 

 areolated. The abdomen is ovate, the basal segment rugose with two 

 prominent keels, the 2d segment aciculated at base, while the following 

 segments are smooth. Wings hyaline, iridescent, veins brown ; the 

 submediau cell is distinctly longer than the median ; the recurrent ner- 

 vure is not interstitial with the 1st transverse cubital nervure, but joins 

 the 1st submargiual cell between its middle and the apex. 



Habitat. — Missouri. 



Described from one specimen. (Coll. C. V. Eiley.) 



OXCOPHANES Forster. 



Oncophanes melleus n. sp. 



Female.— Length, 2""" ; ovipositor, about | mm . Pale honey-yellow ; 

 eyes, tips of mandibles, dorsal surface of metathorax, and 1st abdomi- 

 nal segment black. The parapsidal grooves are distinct, but do not ex- 

 tend to the base of the scutellum; the middle lobe has a longitudinal 

 groove dow ii the center, and the depressed posterior portion, in front 

 of the scutellum, is finely punctate; the scutellum has a transverse 

 groove at base, the bottom of which is crenulated ; metathorax smooth 



