26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.63. 



coxae small, hardly as long as their trochanters, perfectly smooth, 

 polished; inner spur of posterior tibiae hardly one- third as long as 

 metatarsus; first abdominal segment rather stout, finely longitudi- 

 nally striate above and provided with two conspicuous fossae anteri- 

 orly; ventral margins of first tergite widely separated; remainder of 

 dorsum of abdomen smooth and polished; ovipositor sheaths about 

 two-thirds to three-fourths the length of the abdomen, the ovipositor 

 somewhat curved downward. Black; scape and pedicel of antennae 

 yellow, flagellum pale brown, becoming darker apically; face, clypeus, 

 and mandibles except tips, ferruginous; vertex, occiput, and temples 

 blackish; pro thorax entirely ferruginous; rest of thorax black; wings 

 hyaline, stigma dark brown, pale at base; legs, including coxae and 

 femora entirely, yellow; posterior tibiae apically, and posterior tarsi 

 slightly infuscated; abdomen black, except second tergite, which is 

 ferruginous or brownish; ovipositor sheaths brownish. 



Type.— Cat. No. 24965, U.S.N.M. 



Type locality. — Ilarrisburg, Pennsylvania. 



Host. — Unknown. 



Described from three female specimens collected by Mr. W. S. 

 Fisher on Ilicoria, August 7, 1914. There are three other female 

 specimens, not included in the type series, in the United States 

 National Museum, two were collected by Mr. Fisher at Harrisburg, 

 June 22, 1914; and one labeled ''Huron Mts., L. S., 7-9." 



18. METEORUS TRACHYNOTUS Viereck. 



Metcorus trachynotusYiF.R^CK, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 142. 

 Meleorus arddpsidis Viereck, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 43, 1912, p. 579. 



Type. — Types of both species in the United States National 

 Museum. 



Malar space about half as long as basal width of mandibles; ocell- 

 ocular line rarely quite twice as long as greatest diameter of an ocellus; 

 antennae slender, normally with 32 to 34 segments; stigma brown, pale 

 at base; first abscissa of radius usually about equal to second; the third 

 abscissa of radius going to extreme apex of wing; first abdominal 

 tergite finely striate, with two large fossae on petiole, the ventral 

 margins of the tergite widely separated; color varies from mostly 

 black to mostly testaceous. The cocoon is very thin, and milky white 

 in color. 



Distribution. — Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 

 California, Colorado, Utah, Vancouver Island, Louisiana, Massa- 

 chusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Florida; probably occurs through- 

 out the United States and at least southern Canada. 



Hosts.— Harmologa fumiferana Clemens (Viereck) ; Cacoecia argy- 

 rospila Walker (Viereck) ; Ancylis comptana Frolich; Ancylis, species; 

 Ania limhata Haworth; Wilsenia, species. 



