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eyes impunctate; postocellar line subequal with ocelloccipital line and 

 ocellociilar line; pronotum impunctate dorsally, sparsely punctured 

 laterally; mesonotum shining \\dth distinct well defined punctures 

 which are separated by the width of a puncture; propodeum coarsely 

 sculptured in the middle, sides wdth the punctures distinct, close but 

 not confluent; petiolar area well defined; first tergite one and one- 

 fifth times as long as apical Avidth, parallel sided, the carinae termi- 

 nating approximately at the middle, coarsely confluently punctured ; 

 second tergite with coarse confluent punctures; the third and fol- 

 lowing tergites shining with the punctures separated by about one- 

 half their width. Black; spot on the mandibles, most of the clypeus, 

 two spots in the middle of the face, scape beneath, inner orbits 

 narrowly, posterior orbits on the lower half, spot on the side of the 

 pronotum, part of the tegulae, spot beneath, the usual spot on the 

 scutum, most of the scutellum, the metanotum, two small spots on the 

 propodeum, apical margin of the first, second, third, fom'th, fifth, and 

 sixth tergites (from the second to sixth the band is present only 

 medianly) yellow; legs black; trochanters, four anterior femora be- 

 neath, four anterior tibiae and tarsi, basal two-thirds of the hind 

 tibiae and most of the hind tarsi yellow; wings dusky hyaline, vena- 

 tion brown. 



Type locality. — Washington, District of Columbia. Described from 

 a single female collected May 28. 



Type.— C&i. No. 21061, U.S.N.M. 



EXENTERUS HTLLENSIS Provancher. 



Type. — In Harrington collection bearing label P. 581. 

 Paratypes of this species are in the second Provancher collection 

 public museum, Quebec, bearing blue lable 468 and yellow lable 1238. 



FAMILY BRACONIDAE. 



CARDOCHILES THERBERIAE, new species. 



Apparently allied to C. thoracica (Cresson) but the head is darker, 

 the legs and thorax differently marked. 



Male. — Length, 5 mm. Head smooth and shining; imier orbits 

 slightly converging below; ocelli in an equilateral triangle; eyes 

 hairy; flagellum distinctly tapering apically, the first joint about 

 one-fifth longer than the fourth; thorax smooth, polished; notauli 

 feebly foveolate; propodeum roughened, the median area well defined, 

 diamond-shaped; abdomen smooth, polished; first abcissa of radius 

 half as long as second and slightly shorter than thu-d which is sub- 

 equal in length with the second intercubitus. Black; thorax and 

 propodeum ferruginous; clypeus, inner obits narrowly, elongate spot 

 on posterior orbits dorsally, anterior legs below middle of femora, 

 apices of intermediate femora, basal two-thirds of their tibiae, all of 



