662 NEW SPECIES OF BRACON1D.E 



not prominent. Wings hyaline; veins pale; the 2d branch of the radius 

 is more than twice as long as the transverse cubital nervure. 



Habitat. — Lafayette, Ind. 



Described from one specimen received from Mr. F. M. Webster. 



Aphidius phorodontis n. sp. 



Female.— Length, If-""". Black, polished ; mouth parts pale; legs and 

 abdomen rui'o piceous; trochanters, knees, and the petiole of abdomen 

 at base, yellowish. The antennae are 14-jointed, very slightly and grad- 

 ually thickened toward apex, black, the two basaljoints piceous, the 3d 

 and 4th joints beneath yellowisb, the joints beyond the 5th are about 

 twice as long as thick* the parapsidal grooves are faintly distinguish- 

 able anteriorly; metathorax areolated, the surface of the areolets some 

 what wrinkled; the abdomen is not longer than the head and thorax 

 combined; the petiole about thrice as long as wide, the post-petiole 

 widened. Wings hyaline; stigma and veins pale; the 3d discoidal cell 

 is very narrow; the 2d branch of the radius as long as the transverse 

 cubital nervure. 



The male differs from the female in having 16-joiuted antenna?. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Described from several specimens, labeled No. 4273°, received from 

 Mr. James Fletcher, January 0, 1SS9, and bred from Phorodon mahaleb. 



Aphidius confusus n. sp. 



Female. — Length, 2 mm . Black, polished; legs honey-yellow, the upper 

 surface of anterior and middle femora and tibia?, brown; the posterior 

 coxa 1 , femora, and middle of tibiae, black; abdomen honey-yellow, disks 

 of the segments pale brownish. The antenna? are lG-jointed, black ; the 

 joints of the thigellum are about twice as long as thick; the rnesotho- 

 racic parapsidal grooves are slightly indicated anteriorly; me'athorax 

 smooth, areolated; abdomen a little longer than the head and thorax 

 together, lanceolate; the petiole a little more than thrice longer than 

 wide and slightly narrowed at base. Wings hyaline; stigma and veins 

 pale brown; the 2d branch of the radius only slightly longer than the 

 transverse cubital nervure. 



Habitat. — Los Angeles, California. 



Described from a single specimen, received from Mr. Albert Koebele. 

 This specimen was reared in April from an Aphis on orange. 



LYSIPIILEBUS Forster. 



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TABLE OF SPECIES. 



Males. 



1. Antennae 15-jointed or less 2. 



Antenna' 18-jointed. 



Collar, plenra, and metathorax black ; petiole short, brown. 



L. cerasaphis Eitch. 

 Collar, pleura, and metathorax yellow ; petiole long, yellow. 



I., mtilthirticulatus Ashm. 



