6G8 NEW SPECIES OF BRACONID.E. 



posterior coxa' black or black basally; the abdomen ovate, brown, the 

 petiole as wide at base as at apex and yellowish brown. 



Habitat— Los Angeles, California. 



Described from four specimens received from Mr. D. W. Coquillett, 

 labeled No. 93, reared from an Aphis Siphonophora sp. on abntilon. 



Lysiphlebus tritici n. sp. 



Male and female. — Length, If 1111 ". Black, smooth, polished; meta- 

 thorax smooth, black, with delicate lateral ridges; legs, including 

 coxae, honey-yellow, the posterior femora sometimes pale brownish; 

 abdomen as usual, brownish-piceous, the petiole honey-yellow, slightly 

 widened posteriorly ; wings hyaline, the stigma and veins pale brown, 

 the 2d branch of the radius as long as the 1st. 



The antennae in the female are 13 jointed, brown, the joints of the 

 flagellum about twice as long as thick, the terminal joint about one- 

 third longer than the preceding. The male has 11 jointed antennae, the 

 joints of the flagellum about two and a half times as long as thick, the 

 terminal joint being longer and thicker than the others; the abdomen 

 is brown, black at apex, the petiole and the basal portion of the 3d 

 segment honey-yellow, or pale yellow-ferruginous; the hind tarsi are 

 about as long as their tibiae, the basal joint being about as long as the 

 three following joints. 



Habitat — Cadet, Missouri. 



Described from several specimens received from Mr. J. W. Barlow, 

 labeled No. 2721, reared June 20, 1S82, from wheat Aphis, Aphis arena'. 



Lysiphlebus persicaphidis u. sp. 



Female. — Length, 2 mm . Black, smooth, polished ; face piceous; meta- 

 thorax smooth, black, delicately areolated ; legs, including coxa, pale 

 yellow ferruginous, the posterior tarsi being distinctly longer than 

 their tibiae, about the length of the last joint ; the abdomen long lance- 

 olate, hardly one-third longer than the head and thorax together, 

 pointed at apex ; the petiole and 1st segment and base of 3d pale yel- 

 low-ferruginous, from thence dark brown; wings hyaline, stigma and 

 veins brown, the 2d branch of the radius is a little shorter than the 1st. 



The antenna are 13-jointed, piceous black, the 1st joint beneath pale 

 yellow-ferruginous, the joints of the flagellum less than thrice as long 

 as thick, the terminal joint longer, fusiform. 



Habitat. — Fresno County, California. 



Described from one specimen received from Mr. Albert Koebele, reared 

 in May, 188(5, from Aphis on peach. 

 Lysiphlebus baccharaphidis n. sp. 



Male and female.— Length, lf mm . Black, smooth, polished; face more 

 or less piceous, the clypeus prominently convex and always piceous; 

 metathorax areolated; legs pale brownish, the posterior pair dark 

 brown, their coxa' black, trochanters and knees pale yellowish ; abdo- 

 men long lanceolate, brown, the petiole and 3d segment along the sides 



