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extending as far out as apex of stigmal vein but not in front of it; 

 this band extends caudad over halfway across wing; front and mid- 

 dle coxse brown, hind coxae greenish, trochanters and femora brown ; 

 tips of femora and rest of legs whitish testaceous. 



Male. — Length about 2 mm. Similar to the female, but the 

 antennas almost uniformly reddish testaceous with the scape and 

 apex of club somewhat whitish; funicle 4-jointed, the first joint 

 distinctly longer than the pedicel, the second slightly shorter than 

 the first, the third and fourth shorter subequal in length, each about 

 as long as the pedicel; all joints of funicle simple, without branches; 

 wmgs almost entirely lacking the fuscous cloud of the female; abdo- 

 men with a small flavous spot. 



Type-locality. — Oakland Farm, Kanawha, West Virginia. 



Material received under note number Hopkins, West Virginia, 

 No. 1100. 



Type.— Cat. No. 14591, U.S.N.M. 



COMEDO HOOKERI. new species. 



Female. — Length about 2.25 mm. Head and thorax bronzy aene- 

 ous, the abdomen aeneous with a whitish spot on the disk of the first 

 abdominal segment; face transversely lineolate; scape testaceous, 

 rest of antennae brown, the first joint of the funicle about as long as the 

 club and twice as long as the pedicel; second and third joints of funicle 

 subequal, each about two-thirds as long as the first; mesonotum with 

 thimble-like punctures, those on the mesoscutum so shallow as to 

 somewhat resemble reticulations by carinas; metanotum and pro- 

 podeum with sculpture similar to that on scutellum; the metanotum 

 medially depressed, about half as long as the propodeum; propodeum 

 with a distinct neck which is not punctured, with a median and lateral 

 carinae, the lateral ones running forward to the lateral folds which are 

 represented by foveae-like depressions; punctures laterad of lateral 

 folds shallow and finer than those medially on propodeum; wings 

 hyaline with an indistinct cloud beginning at the base of the apical 

 half of the marginal vein and extending to the apex of the stigmal 

 vein but not anterior of the stigmal vein, the cloud extending about 

 two-thirds of the distance across tlie wing; postmarginal vein longer 

 than stigmal; coxae aeneous; femora brown, trochanters, bases, and 

 apices of femora, and the tibae and tarsi entirely whitish. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Hahitat. — Vienna, Virginia. 



Host. — PyropJiila pyramidoides. 



Type.— Cat. No. 14590, U.S.N.M. 



Specimens received from the Bureau of Entomology, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, under note number, Quaintance No. 7043, 

 C. W. Hooker collector, with the date 6.5.11. 



This species is named after the collector. 



