ICHNEUMONID SUBFAMILY NEORHACODINAE — OUSHMAN 527 



One female (type) and one of unknown sex (apex of abdomen 

 ^one) collected on Covillea tridentata Vail, April 15, 1932, at the 

 type locality; and one male (allotj^pe) from the C. F. Baker collec- 

 tion (No. 2064) taken at Tucson, Ariz.. May 20, 1896, by R. E. 

 Kinze. 



ROMANIELLA, new genus 



Differs from Neorhacodes Hedicke only in its entire lack of trans- 

 verse furrows on the abdomen, in having the abdomen uniformly 

 shagreened and mat without any longitudinal striation, and by the 

 presence on each side of the first tergite of a narrow longitudinal 

 groove extending forward from the posterior margin. 



Genotype. — Romaniella exmlcatus. new species. 



I take pleasure in dedicating this interesting genus to Dr. A. 

 Roman, of the Stockholm Museum, in appreciation of his many cour- 

 tesies and of his discriminating studies on the Ichneumonidae. 



ROMANIELLA EXSULCATUS, new species 



Female. — Length 2 mm. 



Head broader than thorax, finely shagreened and mat ; temples con- 

 vex, receding; frons weakly convex; eyes slightly shorter than width 

 of face, parallel; face medially polished and slightly elevated; clyp- 

 eus polished, longer than face, apex with a fringe of setae, the setif- 

 erous punctures inconspicuous; malar space hardly as long as basal 

 v.idth of mandible; antenna Aveakly subclavate, penultimate joint 

 as thick as long. 



Thorax mat, shagreened, mesopleuroii posteriorly and metaplenron 

 more shining; notaulices faintly impressed; longitudinal and apical 

 carinae of propodeum moderately strong. 



Abdomen uniformly shagreened, more coarsely so than thorax, only 

 narrow apices of tergites 1-4 and the whole of 5 polished ; ovipositor 

 sheath nearh' two-thirds as long as abdomen. 



Black: antenna stramineous at base, becoming gradually darker 

 to brown at apex; legs stramineous, coxae and hind femur pice- 

 ous, hind tibia apically and apical tarsal joints fuscous; wings hya- 

 line, venation and radix stramineous, stigma piceous with base and 

 apex pale. 



Type locality. — Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 



ri/;>6.— U.S.N.M. No. 53547. 



One female reared from an old cotton boll, September 25, 1932, by 

 H. F. G. Sauer. 



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