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broad as long, petiole broad and flattened above, spiracles a little be- 

 yond middle; tergites 6 and 7 unusually long, tergite 8 nearly con- 

 cealed ; ovipositor sheath barely longer than second tergite, oviposi- 

 tor more than twice as long as its sheath. 



Black; clypeus and mandibles piceo-testaceous ; antennae brown, 

 testaceous below toward base; legs reddish testaceous, hind coxae 

 more or less piceous, hind tibia and tarsus darker above; wings 

 hyaline, stigma and veins brown, tegula and radix stramineous. 



Male. — Much like female, but all coxae definitely piceous to black, 

 antennae black with scape piceous and pedicel testaceous below ; ter- 

 gites less broadly and less definitely polished at apex. 



Type locality. — Lunenburg, Mass. 



Type.—V.S.'^M. No. 44068. 



Remarks. — Three females and one male reared under Gipsy Moth 

 Parasite Laboratory No. 12458P1 from pine needles infested by 

 Paralechia pinifoliella Chambers, but whether as primary or second- 

 ary parasites is not known. The specimens emerged on June 27 and 

 28, 1928, and June 12, 1929. 



Genus TRICHOCRYPTUS Thomson 



TRICHOCRYPTUS ATLANTICUS Cushman 



Three specimens of the undescribed male of this species have 

 been received from C. W. Johnson along with three females, all 

 from Nantucket Island, Mass. It differs from the female strik- 

 ingly in the color of the abdomen, which is black with tergites 1-5 

 more or less dark ferruginous, the first at apex, the others apically 

 and laterally, and the second sometimes so at base. The vertex is 

 arched distinctly above the level of the top of the ej'^es, the malar 

 space is slightly shorter than basal width of mandible, the antennae 

 are 25-jointed (20- to 21-jointed in female), the first joint of fla- 

 gellum is fully as long as second, the scutellum white only at apex, 

 the pubescence of head and thorax is darker colored and less dense 

 than in the female, the wings distinctly brownish infumate, the first 

 abdominal segment narrower with the dorsal carinae extending to 

 the tip and with a more or less distinct median depression just 

 beyond the spiracles, the hind femur black at apex, the hind tibia 

 infuscate above and the tarsus practically black. 



In one of the females the scutellum is black. Another female 

 from Massachusetts (Baker collection) differs from the type prac- 

 tically only in being larger with the abdomen relatively a little 

 stouter. 



Genus NEOSTRICKLANDIA Viereck 



Neostricklandm Viereck, Can. Ent., vol. 57, p. 75, fig., 1925. (Genotype, Neo- 



stricklandia sericata Viereck.) 

 Trichestema Cushman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 72, art, 13, p. 9, flg. 1, 1927. 



(Genotype, Trichestema helcostizoides Cushman.) (New synonymy). 



