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Front femur with a broad, rather shallow excision beneath; front tibia less 

 strongly and more evenly bent at middle, and only moderately swollen 

 beyond the middle; hind tibia with sharply defined blackish subbasal and 

 apical bands separated by a broad, median, white band. 



2. granulosus, new species 

 3. deceptor, new species 



FEMALES 



1. Hind tibia varying from uniformly reddish to reddish with very indistinct sub- 



basal and apical fuscous bands 1. pterophori (Ashmead) 



Hind tibia with distinct black (or brownish-black) and white bands ... 2 



2. Upper valve of ovipositor in region beyond nodus slightly convex in lateral 



aspect (fig. 310,d); metapleurum usually smooth except for scattered 



punctures 2. granulosus, new species 



Upper valve of ovipositor in region beyond nodus flattened or slightly con- 

 cave in lateral aspect (fig. 310,e); metapleurum usually more or less finely 

 rugulose or somewhat granular on lower 0.5 . . 3. deceptor, new species 



1. Scambus (Ateleophadnus) pterophori (Ashmead) 



Figures 311,e; 320,e 



Pimpla pterelas of authors, not of Say. 



Pimpla pterophori Ashmead, 1890, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 12, p. 445; 9 . 



Type: 9 , Los Angeles, Calif. (Washington) . 

 Colpomeria litoralis Davis, 1898, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 24, p. 367; o*. 



Lectotype: d\ Michigan (Philadelphia) ; designated by Cresson, 1928. 

 Ateleophadnus bicarinata Cameron, 1903, Invert. Pacifica, vol. 1, p. 128; 9 . 



Type: $ (only tips of tarsi remaining), Ormsby County, Nev. (London). 



Male: Front wing 3.0 to 6.5 mm. long; antenna with 20 to 24 seg- 

 ments; cheek about 0.25 times breadth of mandible at base; thorax 

 slightly elongate; propodeum moderately long, with dorsomedial 

 carinae distinctly divergent posteriorly and extending to apical 0.2 of 

 propodeum; front femur with a broad, deep, coriaceous excision be- 

 neath; front tibia strongly, angularly bent a little before middle, 

 slender at base and strongly swollen beyond angulation; abdomen 

 slender; claspers rather long and narrow. 



Black. Pedicel and flagellum yellowish brown to pale brownish 

 beneath; maxillary palpus pale yellowish; labial palpus fuscous; hind 

 angle of pronotum sometimes with an inconspicuous yellowish brown 

 spot; legs reddish, with front coxa often brownish to blackish except 

 at apex; trochanters mostly yellowish; hind tibia indistinctly banded 

 (broadly dull yellowish at middle, with fuscous or brownish subbasal 

 and apical annuli) ; and hind tarsus brownish with segments paler at 

 bases. 



Female: Front wing 5.0 to 8.5 mm. long; antenna with 20 to 25 

 segments; cheek about 0.38 times breadth of mandible at base; temple 

 strongly rounded to occiput; thorax moderately stout; propodeum 

 with dorsomedial carinae distinct and diverging posteriorly; sides and 

 dorsal surface of propodeum with numerous, rather shallow punctures, 



