﻿art. 
  8 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  GENUS 
  MICEOBRACON 
  — 
  MUESEBECK 
  49 
  

  

  domen. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  mostly 
  brownish-black 
  to 
  black; 
  wings 
  

   strongly 
  infuscated 
  on 
  basal 
  two-thirds; 
  legs, 
  including 
  coxae 
  tes- 
  

   taceous 
  to 
  reddish-brown 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  mostly 
  testaceous 
  to 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Ottawa, 
  Canada. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  notes 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  type, 
  and 
  a 
  homotype 
  (de- 
  

   termined 
  by 
  Rohwer) 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Mu- 
  

   seum; 
  it 
  bears 
  no 
  locality 
  data. 
  

  

  33. 
  MICROBRACON 
  HYSLOPI 
  Viereck 
  

  

  Microbracon 
  hyslopi 
  Viereck, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  42, 
  1912, 
  p. 
  143. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  14316, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Head 
  not 
  very 
  prominent 
  at 
  insertion 
  of 
  antennae; 
  face 
  slightly 
  

   receding; 
  malar 
  space 
  in 
  female 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  first 
  segment 
  of 
  an- 
  

   tenna! 
  flagellum; 
  the 
  transverse 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  opening 
  between 
  

   clypeus 
  and 
  mandibles 
  but 
  little 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  this 
  

   opening 
  to 
  the 
  eye; 
  face 
  very 
  faintly 
  punctate; 
  frons 
  weakly 
  punc- 
  

   tate 
  just 
  above 
  insertion 
  of 
  antennae; 
  antennae 
  usually 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  

   segmented 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  flagellar 
  segments 
  of 
  equal 
  length, 
  all 
  flagel- 
  

   lar 
  segments 
  considerably 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad; 
  oeell-ocular 
  line 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  diameter 
  of 
  an 
  ocellus; 
  thorax 
  stout, 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished; 
  pro- 
  

   podeum 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  stub 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  ridge 
  at 
  apex; 
  radius 
  not 
  

   attaining 
  apex 
  of 
  wing, 
  second 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  first, 
  the 
  third 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  combined 
  ; 
  

   the 
  portion 
  of 
  cubitus 
  between 
  recurrent 
  and 
  first 
  intercubitus 
  more 
  

   than 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  recurrent: 
  abdomen 
  robust, 
  mostly 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   polished: 
  first 
  tergite 
  rugulose 
  along 
  posterior 
  margin; 
  second 
  ter- 
  

   gite 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  rugulose 
  or 
  granular; 
  third 
  tergite 
  rarely 
  faintly 
  

   punctate; 
  ovipositor 
  sheaths 
  fully 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  Head 
  

   black, 
  sometimes 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  or 
  testaceous 
  inner 
  and 
  superior 
  

   orbital 
  markings; 
  cheeks 
  and 
  temples 
  sometimes 
  testaceous; 
  thorax 
  

   with 
  mesoscutum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  the 
  pleura 
  usually 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  propodeum 
  and 
  pectus 
  black 
  ; 
  rarely 
  thorax 
  almost 
  wholly 
  

   black 
  ; 
  wings 
  rather 
  strongly 
  infuscated, 
  the 
  stigma, 
  at 
  least 
  at 
  base 
  

   and 
  along 
  costal 
  margin 
  bright 
  yellow 
  ; 
  all 
  coxae 
  and 
  trochanters, 
  and 
  

   usually 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  femora, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  black; 
  

   abdomen 
  usually 
  mostly 
  testaceous, 
  with 
  black 
  median 
  areas 
  on 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  tergites. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Washington, 
  Oregon, 
  Utah, 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Etiella 
  zinckenella 
  schisiicolor 
  Zeller. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  type 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  has 
  

   three 
  specimens 
  reared 
  from 
  a 
  lepidopteron 
  on 
  Trifolium 
  at 
  Manzan- 
  

  

  