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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  lar 
  segment 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  all 
  the 
  following 
  one 
  and 
  one- 
  

   half 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  thorax 
  stout, 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished; 
  

   parapsidal 
  grooves 
  sparsely 
  hairy 
  ; 
  propodeum 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished 
  ; 
  

   first 
  abdominal 
  tergite 
  somewhat 
  roughened 
  laterally 
  and 
  at 
  apex; 
  

   second 
  tergite 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  very 
  faint 
  sculpture 
  medially 
  ; 
  suturif 
  orm 
  

   articulation 
  very 
  fine; 
  third 
  and 
  following 
  tergites 
  completely 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  polished; 
  ovipostor 
  sheaths 
  projecting 
  hardly 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  Head 
  black, 
  with 
  very 
  narrow 
  ferruginous 
  

   inner 
  and 
  superior 
  orbital 
  lines; 
  thorax 
  black; 
  wings 
  hyaline; 
  legs, 
  

   including 
  all 
  coxae, 
  bright 
  yellow; 
  abdomen 
  in 
  type 
  honey-yellow, 
  

   with 
  first 
  tergite 
  and 
  transverse 
  median 
  spots 
  on 
  second, 
  third 
  and 
  

   fourth 
  tergites, 
  black. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Ottawa, 
  Canada. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  specimen 
  known 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  25. 
  MICROBRACON 
  ASHMEADI, 
  new 
  name 
  

  

  Macrodi/ctium 
  politum 
  Ashmead, 
  Proc. 
  Wash. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  vol. 
  4, 
  1902, 
  p. 
  252 
  ; 
  

   [not 
  (Bracon 
  politus 
  Provancher) 
  =M 
  icrohracon 
  nuperus 
  (Cresson).] 
  

  

  Type.— 
  €at. 
  No. 
  5712, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Head 
  not 
  thin 
  antero-posteriorly, 
  face 
  receding; 
  eyes 
  broad; 
  face 
  

   and 
  f 
  rons 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished 
  ; 
  opening 
  between 
  clypeus 
  and 
  mandi- 
  

   bles 
  small, 
  its 
  transverse 
  diameter 
  not 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  

   the 
  opening 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  thorax 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  its 
  greatest 
  depth 
  ; 
  parapsidal 
  grooves 
  sparsely 
  hairy 
  ; 
  metanotum 
  

   longer 
  than 
  usual 
  ; 
  propodeum 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  stub 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  carina 
  

   at 
  apex 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  short 
  ridges 
  diverging 
  from 
  this; 
  stigma 
  large, 
  

   long; 
  both 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  cubital 
  cells 
  long; 
  last 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  

   longer 
  than 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  abscissae 
  combined; 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  

   rather 
  stout, 
  the 
  apical 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  large 
  and 
  fully 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   second; 
  abdomen 
  long 
  and 
  narrow; 
  first 
  tergite 
  slender, 
  broadening 
  

   gradually 
  toward 
  apex, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  rugulose 
  laterally 
  and 
  at 
  apex; 
  

   second 
  tergite 
  with 
  faint 
  striae 
  medially; 
  suturif 
  orm 
  articulation 
  

   very 
  delicate; 
  remainder 
  of 
  tergum 
  polished; 
  hypopygium 
  not 
  at- 
  

   taining 
  apex 
  of 
  last 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  ; 
  ovipositor 
  sheaths 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  Head, 
  thorax 
  and 
  abdomen 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  

   wings 
  a 
  little 
  infuscated; 
  legs, 
  including 
  coxae, 
  black; 
  tibiae 
  yellow 
  

   on 
  the 
  basal 
  half. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  unique 
  type. 
  

  

  