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terior groove coarsely rugose with ;i smooth depression tit the middle 

 anterior to the groove ; metapleuron rugose, median lower part of an- 

 terior portion smooth ; propodeum rugose, carinae of areola moderate- 

 ly distinct but costulae not well defined, spiracle ovate. First abscissa 

 of radius longer and thicker than that of basal vein ; third abscissa of 

 cubitus longer than fourth; recurrent vein and second abscissa of cu- 

 bitus about equal ; nervulus postfurcal by about 0.67 of its own length ; 

 first abscissa of submedius slightly shorter than second ; interanal vein 

 represented by a short pigmented stump. Fifth segment of fore tar- 

 sus longer than second; apex of hind tibia thickened and expanded 

 outwardly into a flaring process; inner spur of middle tibia about 0.67 

 as long as basitarsus, second and fifth segments of middle tarsus about 

 equal ; inner spur of hind tibia about half as long as basitarsus, which 

 is slightly longer than the next three tarsal segments combined, second 

 and fifth tarsal segments about equal. First abdominal suture slightly 

 curved to the margin; second tergite shorter than third medially; 

 hypopygium about as long as the first three tergites combined, plow- 

 share-shaped, ovipositor sheath sparsely pubescent, spatulate, pol- 

 ished, its exposed part about 0.67 as long as hypopygium (pi. 5, fig. 40) . 



Type. — In the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



In addition to the type the author has examined specimens from 

 Dallas, Tex., September 22, 1905 ; Addis, La., October 26, 1912 ; Lafay- 

 ette, La., November 6, 1938; Illinois; Washington, D. C, September 

 16, 1883 ; and Tifton, Ga. 



CARDIOCHILES APICALIS (Cresson) 



Toxoneuron upicale Cresson, Can. Ent., vol. 5, pp. 66, 68, 1873. 



Toxoneura apicalis Ashmead, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 3, pp. 49, 51, 1894. 



Cardiochiles apicalis Ashmead, iti Smith, Insects of New Jersey, p. 592, 1900. 



Female. — ^Length 4.20 mm. Black, eye blackish gray ; pedicel dark 

 ferruginous apically ; middle part of mandible light ferruginous ; wings 

 with apical third fuliginous, the rest hyaline; apical two-thirds of 

 fore femur, fore tibia, apical half of middle femur, and basal third of 

 middle tibia, ferruginous; fore and middle tarsi, apical two-thirds of 

 middle tibia, and spurs of fore and middle tibiae, blackish. Antenna 

 27-segmented ; eye hairy, ocelli elevated; vertex smooth, polished; 

 frons smooth, polished, and with a median longitudinal carina; face 

 slightly less than 2.50 times as wide as long, its median line slightly 

 elevated and with a short tubercle above ; clypeus smooth, its apical 

 median margin distinctly notched; temple wider than eye in dorsal 

 view ; galea short. Median portion of lateral face of pronotum wrink- 

 led ; median lobe of mesoscutum nearly smooth, flat, and without a dis- 

 tinct depression on each side of the median longitudinal line ; notauli- 

 ces narrow, finely f oveolate ; upper groove of mesopleuron f oveolate, 



