THE TRIBE CHALCIDINI — BURKS 323 



posterolateral angle, spiracular slits almost vertical; petiole slender, 

 twice as long as wide, dorsal surface minutely reticulated, almost 

 glabrous, basal lamina slightly wider on ventral than on dorsal side, 

 lateral carinae present; gaster flattened on dorsal surface, slightly 

 longer than metafemur, abdominal tergites 4 to 7 with long lateral 

 setae; eighth tergite minutely reticulated, and provided with long, 

 sparse setae, spiracular openings round; cerci oval, located near 

 posterior margin of epipygium, usually provided with three long 

 setae ; apex of ovipositor sheath with a few long ventral setae. 



Male : 3 mm. Antennal scape (fig. 9, h) short, stout ; malar space 

 slightly less than one-third height of compound eye ; combined widths 

 of compound eyes equal to width of interocular space at level of 

 antennal bases ; petiole two and one-half times as long as wide ; gaster 

 shorter than metafemur. 



Type locality. — ^Washington, D. C. 



Type.—Rolot^^Q, male, 2624, U. S. National Museum. 



Host.—Chalepus dorsalis Thunberg [ = Odontota scutellaris (Oli- 

 vier)] (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). 



Distribution. — District or Columbia: Washington, July 31, 1884, 

 3025°% 1 male (holotype) ; August 12, 1884, 3025°% 1 female, 1 male; 

 all three specimens reared from Chalepus dorsalis mining leaves of 

 RoUnia pseudoacacia. North Carolina: Tin City, July 10, 1934, 

 F. S. Blanton, 1 female. 



SPILOCHALCIS SUBOBSOLETA (Cresson) 

 FiGUEES 9, i; 12, fc 



Smicra 8uhobsoleta Ceesson, Trans. Amer. Bnt. Soc, vol. 4, pp. 36, 42, 191, 

 1872.— Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 36, 1885.— Cresson, 

 Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America north 

 of Mexico, p. 234, 1887.— Daixa Tokre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, vol. 5, 

 p. 382, 1898. — ScHMEEDEKNECHT, Genera insectorum, fasc. 97, p. 36, 1909. — 

 Cresson, The Cresson types of Hymenoptera, p. 76, 1916. 



Smicra bioculata Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, pp. 36, 43, 192, 1872. — 

 Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 33, 1885.— Ashmead, Trans. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, p. 125, 1886.— Cresson, Synopsis of the families 

 and genera of the Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico, p. 233, 1887. — 

 Daixa Torre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, vol. 5, p. 374, 1898.— Schmiede- 

 knecht, Genera insectorum, fasc. 97, p. 34, 1909.— Cresson, The Cresson 

 types of Hymenoptera, p. 74, 1916. 



Spilochalcis Uoculata (Cresson) Viereck, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 32, p. 

 184, 1906. 



Smicra Uoculata faceta Cresson, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, p. 43, 1872; 

 Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America north 

 of Mexico, p. 233, 1887.— Dalla Torre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, vol. 5, 

 p. 374, 1898. — ScHMiEDEKNECHT, Genera insectorum, fasc. 97, p. 34, 1909. — 

 Cresson, The Cresson types of Hymenoptera, p. 75, 1916. / 



