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pound eyes; left mandible with two teeth, right with three, the two 

 ventral ones indistinctly divided; diameter of posterior ocellus two- 

 fifths width of interocellar space. 



Dorsum of thorax covered with large punctures, spaces between 

 punctures minutely reticulated; pubescence long, fine; anterolateral 

 angles of pronotum carinate; anterior dorsal margin of pronotum 

 acarinate on mesal one-quarter; parapsidal furrows distinct; the 

 surface of mesopraescutum slightly higher than surface of mesoscu- 

 tum; prepectus narrow, tonguelike, not quite reaching tegula; an- 

 terior margin of mesoscutellum with a minute mesal projection, 

 apex with a minute lamina ; metepisternum covered with deep, nearly 

 contiguous pits; metacoxae relatively slender, surface almost gla- 

 brous, reticulations extremely faint ; metafemora glabrous, outer sur- 

 face densely covered by short pubescence, outer ventral margin with 

 11 to 18 small blunt teeth; inner tooth lacking; basal enlargement 

 of posterior claw with several large teeth. 



Propodeum densely covered by long setae ; reticulations prominent, 

 rather irregular, enclosing large, nearly rectangular areas near apex ; 

 strong lateral projections wanting (fig. 13, c), spiracular openings 

 wide, almost vertical; petiole glabrous, short, less than twice as long 

 as wide, basal lamina narrow on ventral side, slightly wider on dorsal 

 side, interrupted at dorsolateral angles, faint longitudinal, lateral 

 grooves present; gaster strongly compressed, slightly larger than 

 metafemur; abdominal tergites 3 to 7 with rows of short lateral 

 setae; eighth tergite minutely punctured, densely covered by long 

 pubescence, spiracular openings with anterior margins straight; 

 epipygium densely pubescent, cerci oval, located near anterior mar- 

 gin and provided with four or five long setae; apices of ovipositor 

 sheaths with long, dense setae. 



Male: 7.5 mm. Antennal scape (fig. 8, o) broad, slightly expanded 

 at apex ; width of malar space one-quarter height of compound eye ; 

 petiole twice as long as wide. 



Type locality/. — District of Columbia. 



Type. — Neotype, male, Bolton, Conn., July 20, 1932, ex Phobetron 

 pithecium; deposited in the U. S. National Museum. This species 

 was originally described from a single male specimen collected by 

 Edward Norton in Washington, D. C, and the type has subsequently 

 been lost. A neotype is, therefore, designated. 



Hosts. — Prolimacodes 'badia (Hiibner) , Phobetron pithecium, Abbot 

 and Smith (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). 



Distribution. — Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massa- 

 chusetts, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia. 



