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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL. 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body. 
  Head 
  black, 
  except 
  the 
  face 
  which 
  is 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  thorax 
  black 
  ; 
  wings 
  nearly 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  legs 
  yellowish, 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  blackish; 
  abdomen 
  black, 
  the 
  membranous 
  margins 
  

   of 
  first 
  tergite, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  tergite 
  and 
  the 
  suturiform 
  

   articulation, 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Rye, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Papaipema 
  frigida 
  Smith. 
  

  

  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  four 
  female 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  series. 
  

  

  51. 
  MICROBRACON 
  APICATUS 
  (Provancher) 
  

  

  Bra 
  con 
  apicatus 
  Provancher, 
  Natural. 
  Canad., 
  vol. 
  12, 
  18S0, 
  p. 
  143. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Public 
  Instruction 
  at 
  Quebec, 
  Canada. 
  

  

  The 
  transverse 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  opening 
  between 
  clypeus 
  and 
  man- 
  

   dibles 
  slightly 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  opening 
  to 
  the 
  

   eyes 
  ; 
  antennae 
  of 
  type 
  broken, 
  25 
  segments 
  remaining 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellar 
  

   segments 
  stout, 
  those 
  beyond 
  the 
  second 
  but 
  very 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad 
  ; 
  malar 
  space 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  flagellar 
  segment 
  ; 
  

   frons 
  minutely 
  closely 
  punctate 
  or 
  reticulate 
  and 
  opaque; 
  thorax 
  

   polished; 
  propodetim 
  polished, 
  with 
  a 
  prominent 
  stub 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  

   ridge 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  fine 
  sculpture 
  adjoining 
  this; 
  second 
  

   abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first; 
  abdomen 
  

   of 
  type 
  missing; 
  head 
  yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  spot 
  on 
  front 
  and 
  

   vertex 
  enclosing 
  ocelli, 
  and 
  the 
  occiput, 
  blackish; 
  thorax 
  black, 
  the 
  

   propleura, 
  lateral 
  anterior 
  angles 
  of 
  mesoscutum, 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  fur- 
  

   rows 
  and 
  the 
  space 
  behind 
  the 
  middle 
  lobe 
  of 
  mesoscutum, 
  fer- 
  

   ruginous; 
  legs, 
  including 
  all 
  coxae, 
  testaceous; 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  

   at 
  apex 
  and 
  their 
  tarsi, 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Canada; 
  ? 
  Maine; 
  ?Long 
  Island, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  notes 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  type. 
  The 
  United 
  States 
  Nation- 
  

   al 
  Museum 
  lias 
  two 
  specimens 
  without 
  locality 
  data, 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  

   called 
  apicatus 
  by 
  Ashmead, 
  another 
  from 
  Ottawa, 
  Canada, 
  also 
  

   named 
  apicatus 
  by 
  Ashmead, 
  and 
  two 
  specimens 
  from 
  Long 
  Island, 
  

   New 
  York, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  this 
  species 
  although 
  positive 
  

   identification 
  is 
  difficult 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  abdomen. 
  The 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  with 
  their 
  appendages, 
  agree 
  perfectly 
  with 
  the 
  

   type 
  in 
  structure 
  and 
  color, 
  and 
  in 
  placing 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  key 
  I 
  

   have 
  considered 
  these 
  specimens 
  to 
  be 
  apicatus. 
  The 
  single 
  complete 
  

   antenna 
  has 
  30 
  segments; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  very 
  delicately 
  sculptured 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  second 
  tergite; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  granular; 
  the 
  suturiform 
  ar- 
  

   ticulation, 
  straight, 
  finely 
  minutely 
  foveolate 
  ; 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  sheaths 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  One 
  specimen, 
  with 
  30-segmented 
  antennae, 
  

   in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Boston 
  Society 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  was 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  by 
  C. 
  W. 
  Johnson 
  at 
  Bar 
  Harbor, 
  Maine. 
  The 
  abdomen 
  of 
  all 
  

  

  