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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  07 
  

  

  Maine. 
  At 
  the 
  Gipsy 
  Moth 
  Laboratory 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  specimen 
  reared 
  

   from 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Coleopkora 
  taken 
  at 
  Wilmington, 
  Massachusetts. 
  

   The 
  original 
  description 
  of 
  kansensis 
  and 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  type 
  by 
  A. 
  B. 
  

   Gahan 
  leave 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  pygmaeus. 
  

  

  21. 
  MICROBRACON 
  CONNECTICUTORUM 
  Viereck 
  

  

  Microoracon 
  connect 
  icutorum 
  Viereck, 
  Bull. 
  22, 
  Conn. 
  Geol. 
  and 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  

   Survey, 
  1917 
  (1916), 
  pp. 
  205 
  and 
  209. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  at 
  New- 
  

   Haven, 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Resembles 
  nuperus 
  and 
  curtus 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  head 
  thin 
  antero-pos- 
  

   teriorly, 
  in 
  the 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished 
  frons, 
  the 
  completely 
  polished 
  

   propodeum 
  and 
  the 
  smooth 
  abdomen, 
  but 
  differs 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  

   much 
  shorter 
  ovipositor 
  sheaths. 
  

  

  Following 
  are 
  notes 
  made 
  on 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  type: 
  Face, 
  

   frons 
  and 
  vertex 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining; 
  malar 
  space 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   transverse 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  opening 
  between 
  clypeus 
  and 
  mandibles; 
  

   antennae 
  missing; 
  thorax 
  stout; 
  parapsidal 
  grooves 
  posteriorly, 
  and 
  

   the 
  metapleura, 
  thickty 
  pubescent; 
  propodeum 
  completely 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  polished, 
  without 
  a 
  suggestion 
  of 
  a 
  stub 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  ridge 
  at 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  first 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  intercubitus, 
  

   the 
  second 
  abscissa 
  hardly 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  ; 
  

   the 
  portion 
  of 
  cubitus 
  between 
  recurrent 
  vein 
  and 
  first 
  intercubitus 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  recurrent; 
  abdomen 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished, 
  with 
  

   a 
  few 
  extremely 
  faint 
  punctures 
  or 
  striae 
  on 
  second 
  tergite; 
  the 
  

   plate 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  tergite 
  completely 
  polished; 
  ovipositor 
  sheaths 
  

   not 
  projecting 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  New 
  Haven, 
  Connecticut. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Known 
  only 
  from 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  22. 
  MICROBRACON 
  PSILOCORSI 
  Viereck 
  

  

  Microbracon 
  psilocorsi 
  Viekeck, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  42, 
  1912, 
  p. 
  143. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Oat. 
  No. 
  14317, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Resembles 
  politiventris 
  in 
  habitus, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  details, 
  but 
  is 
  eas- 
  

   ily 
  distinguished. 
  Head 
  thick 
  antero-posteriorly 
  at 
  insertion 
  of 
  an- 
  

   tennae; 
  face 
  strongly 
  receding; 
  eyes 
  very 
  short, 
  broad-oval; 
  frons 
  

   polished; 
  antennae 
  usually 
  30 
  to 
  33-segmented, 
  tapering 
  distinctly 
  

   toward 
  tip; 
  the 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  basal 
  segments 
  of 
  flagellum 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  subequal 
  ; 
  thorax 
  stout, 
  rather 
  thickly 
  pubescent 
  in 
  the 
  parap- 
  

   sidal 
  grooves 
  and 
  on 
  metapleura; 
  scutellum 
  large; 
  radius 
  arising 
  

   much 
  before 
  middle 
  of 
  stigma 
  and 
  going 
  to 
  extreme 
  apex 
  of 
  wing; 
  

   second 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  much 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  the 
  first; 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  cubitus 
  between 
  recurrent 
  and 
  first 
  intercubitus 
  only 
  half 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  recurrent; 
  measured 
  along 
  cubitus 
  the 
  third 
  cubital 
  cell 
  

   not 
  distinctly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  propodeum 
  smooth 
  and 
  polished 
  ; 
  

  

  