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of metafemora minutely sliagreened, almost glabrous, ventral margin 

 with 18 to 20 small closely set teeth, basal one slightly larger ; inner 

 tooth sharp. 



Propodeum with a few long lateral setae, strong carinae present 

 near apex and on meson, two minutely reticulated areas at base, 

 spiracular slits almost vertical, wider dorsad than ventrad, propo- 

 deum without lateral projections ; petiole three times as long as wide, 

 surface minutely reticulated, basal lamina narrow, lateral carinae 

 absent ; gaster acuminate, slightly longer than metaf emur, abdominal 

 tergites 5 to 7 with sparse lateral setae; eighth tergite obscurely sha- 

 greened, almost glabrous, setae sparse, short, spiracular openings 

 round, directed laterad; cerci obovate, located slightly nearer an- 

 terior than posterior margin of epipygium, the latter densely and 

 minutely pitted and provided with long setae; apex of ovipositor 

 sheath with a few short ventral setae. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Type locality. — Florida. 



Types. — ^Holotype, female, Biscayne Bay, Fla. ; paratype, Tallulah, 

 La., 1194, 1 female. Types deposited in the U. S. National Museum. 



Host. — Unknown; this species will probably prove to be a hyper- 

 parasite. 



SPILOCHALCIS HIRTIFEMORA (Ashmead) 



Figure 8, g 



Smicra hirtifeniora Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 12, p. x, 1885. — 

 Cresson, Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of Amer- 

 ica north of Mexico, p. 233, 1887. — Dalla Tobre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, 

 vol. 5, p. 377, 1898. — Schmiedeknecht, Genera insectorum, fase. 97, p. 35, 

 1909. 



Spllochalcis Jiirtifemora (Ashmead) Wilson, Florida Ent., vol. 16, p. 2&, 1932; 

 vol. 17, p. 3, 1933 ; Florida Agr. Exp. Stat. Techn. Bull. 271, p. 16, 1935. 



Spilochalcis syrphklis Wolcott, Journ. Dept. Agr. Puerto Rico, vol. 7, p. 57, 

 1923 ; Journ. Agr. Univ. Puerto Rico, vol. 20, p. 536, 1936. 



This small yellow or orange species is most easily recognized by 

 having the head, from the dorsal aspect, one-half as long as wide, 

 the scrobe cavity shallow, the apex of the antennal scape just reaching 

 the level of the posterior ocelli, and the width of the head equal to 

 the maximum dorsal width of thorax; there is an indistinct spot 

 around the stigmal vein of the forewing. This species bears a 

 superficial resemblance to some members of the genus Decatonia. 



Description. — Yellowish or orange; venter of thorax, variable lon- 

 gitudinal mesal stripe on mesopraescutum, spot around stigmal vein, 

 and most of abdomen, reddish brown. 



Female : 3-4 mm. Apex of antennal scape reaching level of poste- 

 rior ocelli, pedicel three-quarters and ring segment one-quarter length 



