ICHNEUMON-FLIES — GELINAE : MESOSTENINI 



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Figures 37, 38. — Localities: 37 (left), Mallochia frontalis; 38 (right), M. laevis. 



Type: 9, Moorestown, N.J., June 23, 1939, H, and M. Townes 

 (Washington, USNM 63754). 



Paratypes: cf, Lawrence, Kans., Apr. 29, 1895, Hugo Kahl (Wash- 

 ington), cf, 9, Patuxent Refuge near Bowie, Md., May 20, 1947, 

 and June 6, 1948, R. M. Mitchell (Mitchell). Sd', 19, Takoma Park, 

 Md., June 3, 1945, June 21, 1942, and July 5, 1942, H. and M. TowTies 

 (To-vvnes). 6 d^, 19, Moorestown, N.J., June 15, 23, and 25, 1939, and 

 July 8, 19, and 21, 1939, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9 , Crabtree 

 Meadows, 3,600 ft., Yancy Co., N.C., Aug. 5, 1951, H., M., and D. 

 Townes (Townes). 9, Franklin, 2,000 ft., N.C., May 24, 1957, 

 W. R. M. Mason (Ottawa). &, Raleigh, N.C., July 3, 1935, C. S. 

 Brimley (Raleigh), cf, in pitcher of Sarracenia flava, Raleigh, N.C., 

 May 18, 1940, D. L. Wray (Townes). cf, on grass and low herbage, 

 Salado Creek, Bexar Co., Tex., Mar. 13, 1952, M. Wasbauer (Berkeley), 

 c?, San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 3, 1947, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 

 9 , Vienna, Va., June 4, 1913, R. A. Cushman ( Washmgton) . 



This species occurs in the Carolinian and Austroriparian faunas. 



4. Mallochia laevis, new species 



Figures 328,e; 331, c 



Front wing 4.3 to 5.0 mm. long; mesoscutum weakly mat, its punc- 

 tures very fme and weak, very sparse except at front end of median 

 lobe, where they are moderately dense; punctures on mesopleurum 

 fine and weak, separated by about 3 times their diameter; ovipositor 

 tip as in figure 32 8, e. 



Male: Head and body fulvous, the head largely yellowish as in 

 figure 331, c. Palpi pale yellow; scape and pedicel fulvous; flageUum 

 dark brown; legs fulvous, the front and middle tarsi brown apically, 



