ICHNEUMON-FLIES OF GENUS CARDIOCHILES — MAO 237 



CARDIOCHILES DIGNUS, new species 



FeinaJe. — Length 7.5. Black except the following: Narrow inner 

 and broad outer orbital markings, outer half of tegula, lateral margins 

 of first and second tergites, and a spot in each basal lateral angle of 

 third tergite ferruginous; eye grayish black; forewing with about 

 apical 0.40 fuliginous, the remainder yellow; stigma, part of meta- 

 carpus, costa, first abscissa of radius, basal vein, part of first abscissa 

 of cubitus, medius, and most of submedius ferruginous; hind wing 

 yellow on basal half, infuscated on apical half, veins ferruginous, 

 second abscissa of metacarpella, radiella, and cubitella dark; legs 

 ferruginous, with all coxae and trochanters black, the apical segment 

 of hind trochanter mostly ferruginous, hind tarsi blackish ; ovipositor 

 sheath black. Antenna incomplete, 32 segments remaining; eye bare; 

 ocelli elevated; vertex and frons smooth and polished; face about 2.50 

 times as wide as long, punctate, and with a low median tubercle above, 

 below which it is broadly, slightly elevated ; clypeus rougher than face, 

 slightly elevated on basal median half, its apical margin not notched 

 but distinctly reflexed ; temple narrower than eye in dorsal view ; galea 

 short. Median portion of the lateral face of pronotum rugose ; mesono- 

 tum very minutely punctate; mesopleuron minutely punctate, upper 

 and lower grooves foveolate, posterior groove weakly foveolate; meta- 

 pleuron rugose, w^ith the basal triangular portion mostly smooth; 

 propodeum rugose, the areola sharply defined by prominent carinae 

 but costulae weak and indistinct, spiracular area open posteriorly, 

 spiracle long ovate. First abscissa of radius longer than that of basal 

 vein ; third abscissa of cubitus longer than fourth ; recurrent vein and 

 second abscissa of cubitus equal; nervulus postf ureal by about its 

 length ; first abscissa of submedius shorter than second ; interanal vein 

 represented by a short pigmented stump. Fifth and second segments 

 of fore tarsus about equal ; hind tibia flattened toward apex, but not 

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

 as long as basitarsus; inner spur of hind tibia about 0.67 as long as 

 basitarsus ; middle and hind tarsi incomplete. First abdominal suture 

 slightly curved to the margin ; second tergite shorter than third ; hypo- 

 pygium short, in profile obtuse, its median ventral line without a 

 longitudinal fold ; ovipositor sheath short, pubescent, its exposed part 

 about half as long as the hypopygium (pi. 5, fig. 29). 



ry/?e.— U.S.N.M. No. 58285. 



Type locality. — Victoria, Tex. 



Described from a single female specimen collected April 27. 1912, by 

 J. D. Mitchell. 



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