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MACROTELEIA KIEFFERI, new species. 



Female.:— Similar to .1/. striativentris; black, scape and legs, in- 

 cluding Coxae reddish-testaceous; meso- and metapleurse punctured; 

 wings reaching beyond apex of fourth segment; veins light, the 

 postmarginal not much longer than the marginal; segments two and 

 three of abdomen subequal, the fourth shorter, longer than the fifth; 

 sixth segment about as long as fourth, viewed in profile the line of 

 the dorsum slightly curved. 



Male. — Unknown . 



Manila, P. I. (R. E. Brown, collector.) Two specimens. 



Type.— Cat, No. 12897, U.S.N.M. 



Named for Rev. J. J. KielTer. 



MACROTELEIA MANILENSIS Ashmead. 



Female. — Length 3.25 nun. Very similar to the two species de- 

 scribed above, the mesopleurae punctured, the metapleurse striate; 

 wings reaching beyond the apex of the fifth segment, the veins light 

 colored, the postmarginal not .much longer than the marginal: seg- 

 ments two and three of abdomen subequal, the fourth much shorter 

 but longer than the fifth, the sixth about as long as the fourth and 

 viewed in profile with the line of the dorsum strongly curved. 



Male. — Similar to the female in structure of the pleurae; last seg- 

 ments of abdomen with two prongs at apex. 



Manila, P. I. (R. E. Brown, collector.) 



Doctor Ashmead, when describing this species, had before him 

 only a male specimen. 



Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA. 

 Family TORVMIDJv 



Subfamily M< >X< >I>( >.N'I< > \I KK'I N vK. 

 DIMEROMICRUS, new genus. 



Antennse 13-jointed with two ring joints; in the male these ring 

 joints so minute as to appear as one, except under high magnification ; 

 funicle six-jointed; occipital foramina 1 depression margined , scutellum 

 without a, cross furrow; abdominal segments incised medially; from 

 femora normal; pronotum short; hind femora almosi smooth be- 

 neath, excised at apex; eyes bare; marginal vein about as long as 

 submarginal; stigma! knob subsessile; postmarginal vein hardl\ 

 longer than stigma! knob. 



Plesiostigmodes the only other genus in the subfamily having two 

 ring joints, differs in having the front femora much swollen and the 

 pronotum longer than the mesonotum. 



Type of genus— Dimeromicrus ashmeadi Crawford. 



