266 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 2 1 6 paut 3 



Billy's Island, Okefenokee Swamp, Ga., July 1912 (Ithaca). 9, Spen- 

 cer, Ind., June 26, 1925, J. A. Harris (St. Paul). 9, Baton Rouge, 

 La., H. A. Morgan (Washington). 29, "La. U.," La. (Washington). 

 9, reared from Lagoa pyxidifera, New Orleans, La;, May 22, 1958, 

 J. C. Prichett (Washington). 9, Raleigh, N. C, May 16, 1940 

 (Townes). cf , Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 22, 1936, C. S. Brimley (Ral- 

 leigh). d', Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 1, 1949, H. Townes (Tov/nes). cT, 

 Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 4, 1935, C. S. Brimley (Raleigh). 9, Beaumont, 

 Tex., Mar. 18, 1908 (Washington), cf , Brazos Co., Tex., Apr. 8, 

 1941, R. W. Strandtman (Townes). 9, reared from Megalopyge oper- 

 cularis, Dallas, Tex., Apr. 5, 1922 (Washington). 9, reared from 

 Megalopyge opercularis, Galveston Island, Tex., Jan. 17, 1955 (Wash- 

 ington). 9, Piano, Tex., October, E. S. Tucker (Washington). 29, 

 San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 1, 1955 (Washington). 9, Fairfax, Va., 

 Oct. 23, 1935, F. C. Craighead (Washington). 9, Falls Church, Va., 

 June 27, 1913, Wm. Middleton (Washington). 9, Falls Church, Va., 

 October 19, N. Banks (Cambridge). 9, Cheat Mt., 2,000 ft., W. Va., 

 June (Pittsburgh), cf, reared from Lagoa pyxidifera, Oct. 20, 1880 

 (Washington), d^, 9, Feb. 13, 1905 (Ithaca). 



This species occurs in southeastern United States. It is parasitic 

 on the cocoons of Megalopygidae. 



5. Lanugo picta, new species 



Figures 344; 345 



Male: Front wing 7.4 to 8.0 mm. long; mesoscutum polished, its 

 punctures rather coarse, strong, separated by about 0.5 their diameter; 

 apical transverse carina of propodeum moderately strong laterally, 

 absent medially; pleural carina absent below basal carina or very 

 weak and incomplete; hypostomal carina, front edge of pronotum, and 

 notaulus as in female. 



Fulvous. Front orbit and mandible yellowish; flagellum with a 

 yellow band covering about 5 segments, basad of the band weakly 

 infuscate above, apicad of the band fuscous; upper part of occiput, 

 prosternum, prepectus, mesepimeron, and some sutural markings on 

 thorax, black; tarsi yellow, their fifth segments brown and basal 

 0.28 ± of hind basitarsus fulvous; hind tibia dark ferruginous, its 

 base a little paler; wings subhyaline, the front wing marked with 

 fuscous brown as in figure 344, the apex of hind wing weakly infuscate. 



Female: Front wing 7.3 to 12.8 mm. long; hypostomal carina 

 distad of occipital carina moderately high, about 0.65 as long as 

 basal width of mandible, its apex weakly projecting beyond lower 

 articulation of mandible; epomia about 0.30 as long as height of pro- 

 notum; front edge of pronotum at its lower 0.35 with a weak to rather 

 sharp curve; mesoscutum mat, its punctures very fine, weak, sub- 



