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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL, 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  68. 
  MICROBRACON 
  WAWEQUA 
  Viereck 
  

  

  Microhracon 
  wawequa 
  Viereck, 
  Bull. 
  22, 
  Conn. 
  Geol. 
  and 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Survey, 
  

   1917 
  (1916), 
  pp. 
  204, 
  206. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  at 
  New 
  

   Haven, 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Following 
  are 
  notes 
  made 
  upon 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  type, 
  a 
  

   male 
  specimen 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  : 
  Head 
  rather 
  thick 
  at 
  insertion 
  of 
  

   antennae; 
  face 
  and 
  frons 
  smootii 
  and 
  polished; 
  antennae 
  34-seg- 
  

   mented, 
  all 
  the 
  flagellar 
  segments 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  the 
  first 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second; 
  thorax 
  long, 
  rather 
  slender, 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  high, 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished; 
  propodeum 
  pol- 
  

   ished, 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  stub 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  ridge 
  at 
  apex; 
  first 
  abscissa 
  of 
  

   radius 
  very 
  long, 
  about 
  three-fourths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  intercu- 
  

   bitus 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  second 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  ; 
  last 
  abscissa 
  

   of 
  cubitus 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  second 
  cubital 
  cell 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   long; 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  tergite 
  with 
  two 
  elongate 
  pits 
  laterally 
  at 
  

   apex; 
  medially 
  at 
  apex 
  this 
  tergite 
  is 
  polished; 
  second 
  and 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  tergites 
  completely 
  polished; 
  suturiform 
  articulation 
  very 
  fine, 
  

   not 
  punctate 
  or 
  foveolate. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  wholly 
  black; 
  abdomen 
  

   piceous 
  black; 
  wings 
  very 
  strongly 
  infumated; 
  all 
  coxae, 
  and 
  fore 
  

   and 
  middle 
  femora 
  mostly, 
  black; 
  posterior 
  femora 
  black 
  at 
  base 
  on 
  

   the 
  outer 
  side. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  unique 
  type. 
  

  

  69. 
  MICROBRACON 
  SULCIFRONS 
  Ashmead 
  

  

  Microbracon 
  sulcifrons 
  Ashmead, 
  Bull. 
  1, 
  Colo. 
  Biol. 
  Assoc, 
  1S90, 
  p. 
  15. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  13638, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Head 
  rather 
  prominent 
  at 
  insertion 
  of 
  antennae, 
  the 
  face 
  receding 
  

   below 
  ; 
  face 
  medially, 
  and 
  the 
  frons, 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished 
  ; 
  antennae 
  

   rather 
  stout, 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  flagellar 
  segments 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  thick; 
  

   thorax 
  stout, 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished 
  ; 
  propodeum 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  carina 
  

   extending 
  nearly 
  half 
  way 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  toward 
  base 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   few 
  short 
  ridges 
  diverging 
  from 
  this 
  stub; 
  legs 
  of 
  type 
  missing 
  be- 
  

   yond 
  coxae; 
  metacarpus 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stigma; 
  second 
  

   abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  at 
  least 
  twice 
  the 
  first, 
  the 
  third 
  not 
  distinctly 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  combined; 
  abdomen 
  rather 
  short; 
  first 
  

   tergite 
  sculptured 
  laterally 
  and 
  apically 
  ; 
  second 
  tergite 
  and 
  basal 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  third 
  finely 
  striate; 
  suturiform 
  articulation 
  broad, 
  straight, 
  

   and 
  strongly 
  foveolate; 
  apical 
  third 
  of 
  third 
  tergite 
  and 
  the 
  fourth 
  

   and 
  following 
  tergites 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished. 
  Body 
  wholly 
  black; 
  

   coxae 
  black; 
  wings 
  dusky. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Smith's 
  Park 
  Gulch, 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  type 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen. 
  

  

  