THE TRIBE CHALCIDINI — BURKS 269 



Host. — (.^) Mimorista flavidissimalis Grote (Lepidoptera, 

 Pyralidae). 



Distribution. — Texas: Brownsville, November 21-December 17, 

 1910, 2 females, 3 males, November 19-25, 1911, 3 females, January 

 18, 1923, T. C. Barber, 1 female; Uvalde, June 1921, ex Mimorista 

 flavidissimalis ( ? ) , J. C. Hamlin, 1 female. 



Mexico: Sumichrast, 1 female, 1 male (allotype and holotype), 2 

 males (paratypes). 



Honduras: La Ceiba, April 14, 1917, F. J. Dyar, 1 female. 



SPILOCHALCIS EUBULE (Cresson) 



FiGTJEKs 8, i; 12, 6 



Smiera euhule Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 93, 1865; The 

 Cresson types of Hymen optera, p. 74, 1916. — Wolcott, Journ. Dept. Agr. 

 Puerto Rico, vol. 7, p. 61, 1924 ; Journ. Agr. Univ. Puerto Rico, vol. 20, p. 

 537, 1936. 



Smiera eudule (Cresson) Walker, Notes on Chalcidiae, p. 51, 1871. — Cresson, 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 4, pp. 37, 49, 1872.— Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, p. 34, 1885. — Dali-a Torre, Catalogus hymenopterorum, 

 vol. 5, p. 376, 1898.— AsHMEAD, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, vol. 48, p. 336, 

 1900. — ScHMiEDEKNECHT, Genera insectorum, fasc. 97, p. 35, 1909. 



This large species is most readily distinguished by the very narrow 

 malar space, the antennae inserted low on the frons, but well above 

 the ventral margins of the compound eyes, and the metaf emur having 

 only four teeth, the basal one of which is larger than the others. 



Description. — Red, light brown, or yellow with dark brown mark- 

 ings; small dorsal spots near lateral margins of pronotum, center 

 of mesopraescutum and mesal margins of lobes of mesoscutum, axil- 

 lae, mesal stripe and apex of mesoscutellum, apices of metacoxae, 

 dorsal and variable ventral stripes on outer side of metafemora, and 

 most of abdomen, usually dark ; apical half of wings slightly darker 

 than basal half. 



Female: 8-10 mm. Antennal scape short, stout, markedly ex- 

 panded at apex, reaching to level of ventral margin of anterior ocel- 

 lus, pedicel slightly less than one-half length of segment 4, ring seg- 

 ment one-tenth or less length of fourth segment, segment 4 slightly 

 longer than 5, segments 5 to 10 nearly equal, tapering slightly, seg- 

 ment 11 slightly wider at base than 10, 12 and 13 shorter, narrow; 

 scrobe cavity deep, smooth, margin carinate, this margin enclosing 

 anterior ocellus; interantennal projection provided with a large, thin, 

 anterior lamina; frons scatteringly punctured laterad of scrobe 

 cavity, almost glabrous ventrad of antennal bases ; anterior tentorial 

 pits located near margin of compound eyes, slightly dorsad of level 

 of antennal bases; lateral carinae present on frons laterad of scrobe 

 cavity; malar space one-eighth height of compound eye; combined 



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