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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL, 
  MUSEL'M 
  vol.67 
  

  

  tergite 
  very 
  minutely 
  granular; 
  fourth 
  and 
  following 
  tergites 
  in- 
  

   creasingly 
  faintly 
  sculptured, 
  the 
  fifth 
  and 
  sixth 
  being 
  almost 
  com- 
  

   pletely 
  smooth; 
  ovipositor 
  sheaths 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen 
  beyond 
  

   first 
  tergite. 
  Yellow; 
  propodeum. 
  first 
  abdominal 
  tergite, 
  and 
  a 
  

   basal 
  median 
  spot 
  covering 
  the 
  shining 
  rugulose 
  area 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  

   tergite, 
  black; 
  wings 
  very 
  nearly 
  hyaline; 
  legs, 
  including 
  all 
  coxae, 
  

   yellow. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Branford, 
  Connecticut; 
  Cadet. 
  Missouri. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Aristotelia 
  absconditella 
  Walker. 
  

  

  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  holotype, 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  female 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  

   Collection 
  recorded 
  under 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  number 
  4575° 
  

   which 
  was 
  reared 
  December 
  30, 
  1889, 
  as 
  a 
  parasite 
  of 
  Aristotelia 
  

   absconditella. 
  

  

  46. 
  MICROBRACON 
  MONTOWESI 
  Viereck 
  

  

  Mierobracon 
  montowesi 
  Viereck, 
  Bull. 
  22, 
  Conn. 
  Geol. 
  anil 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Survey, 
  

   1917 
  (1916), 
  pp. 
  206, 
  208. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  at 
  New 
  

   Haven, 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Head 
  not 
  thin, 
  but 
  the 
  temples 
  narrow, 
  receding 
  directly 
  behind 
  

   the 
  eyes; 
  head 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  thorax; 
  eyes 
  unusually 
  large, 
  the 
  

   face 
  hardly 
  broader 
  between 
  eyes 
  than 
  long 
  between 
  the 
  antennal 
  

   foramina 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  margin 
  of 
  clypeus; 
  face 
  minutely 
  punctate 
  

   laterally, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  medially 
  ; 
  f 
  rons 
  very 
  weakly 
  punctate, 
  

   shining 
  ; 
  antennae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body, 
  32-segmented, 
  all 
  the 
  flagellar 
  

   segments 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  broad; 
  thorax 
  stout, 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   polished; 
  parapsidal 
  grooves 
  sparsely 
  hairy; 
  propodeum 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  polished, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  stub 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  ridge 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  first 
  

   abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  recurrent 
  vein; 
  second 
  abscissa 
  

   of 
  radius 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first; 
  abdomen 
  broad-oval; 
  

   chitinized 
  plate 
  of 
  first 
  tergite 
  almost 
  entirely 
  smooth, 
  slightly 
  

   sculptured 
  at 
  the 
  apex; 
  second 
  tergite 
  very 
  delicately 
  granular; 
  third 
  

   and 
  following 
  tergites 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining; 
  ovipositor 
  sheaths 
  less 
  

   than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  Face 
  yellow; 
  frons 
  and 
  vertex 
  

   mostly 
  piceous 
  to 
  blackish; 
  occiput 
  black; 
  thorax 
  black, 
  with 
  fine 
  

   ferruginous 
  lines 
  in 
  the 
  parapsidal 
  furrows, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   scutellum 
  and 
  the 
  propleura, 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  wings 
  very 
  slightly 
  dusky 
  ; 
  

   legs, 
  including 
  all 
  coxae, 
  yellow; 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  

   their 
  tarsi 
  dusky 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  yellow 
  except 
  the 
  first 
  tergite 
  and 
  a 
  

   basal 
  median 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  second, 
  which 
  are 
  black. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Host 
  — 
  fPriophorus 
  acericaulis 
  McGillivrav. 
  

  

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

   National 
  Museum 
  has 
  two 
  male 
  paratypes, 
  reared 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  

   from 
  maple 
  leaf 
  -stems 
  infested 
  with 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  above-named 
  saw- 
  

  

  