240 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol. sg 



Moim, Loxoaiege similalis (Guenee) . Published records citing Gnori- 

 inoschema operculella (Zeller) as host presumably apply to the closely 

 similar new species, insculptus. 



CARDIOCHILES FLORID ANUS (Ashmesd), new combination 



Toxoneura floridaiw Ashmead, Proc. Ent. Sue. Washington, vol. 3, pp. 49, 50, 1894 



(male). 

 Toxoneuron flwidanum Patton, Psyche, vol. 7, p. 179, 1894. 



Female.— h&ngth. about 6 mm. Black; middle part of mandible 

 ferruginous; wings fuliginous, veins dark; coxae and trochanters 

 black ; femora ferruginous, fore and middle femora black basally ; fore 

 and middle tibiae ferruginous, apex of the latter black, hind tibia black, 

 its basal 0.67 dark ferruginous ventrally ; fore tibial spur ferruginous, 

 spurs of middle and hind tibiae black; tarsi black, the four basal seg- 

 ments of fore tarsus dark ferruginous. Antenna of type incomplete ; 

 eye conspicuously hairy ; ocelli elevated ; vertex smooth, polished ; f rons 

 smooth, polished, with a weak median longitudinal carina; face 

 slightly less than twice as wide as long, smooth ; clypeus flat, smooth, 

 its apical margin notched medially, clypeal furrow weak; temple 

 slightly wider than the eye in dorsal view ; galea short. Median por- 

 tion of lateral face of pronotum rugose ; mesonotum smooth ; notaulices 

 narrow, sharp, finely foveolate; mesopleuron i3olished, upper groove 

 widened and partitioned, lower groove foveolate, posterior groove 

 coarsely foveate, with a smooth shallow groove at the middle leading 

 anteriorly to the lower groove ; metapleuron rugose, its anterior portion 

 mostly smooth and polished ; propodeum rugose, carinae distinct and 

 high, spiracular area long, spiracle long ovate. First abscissa of 

 radius slightly longer than that of basal vein ; third abscissa of cubitus 

 much shorter than fourth; recurrent vein and second abscissa of 

 cubitus about equal ; nervulus postf ureal by slightly more than half its 

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

 represented by a pigmented line. Second and fifth segments of fore 

 tarsus about equal; hind tibia not expanded into a flaring process; 

 inner spur of middle tarsus about as long as basitarsus; inner spur of 

 hind tarsus about 0.67 as long as basitarsus; basitarsus of hind leg 

 about equal to the next three tarsal segments combined, third tarsal 

 segment longer than fifth. Second tergite shorter than third medially ; 

 hypopygium plowshare-shaped, not or barely surpassing last tergite. 

 Ovipositor sheath pubescent, broadened apically, and about as long as 

 first three abdominal tergites combined (pi. 5, fig. 30). 



Male. — Essentially similar to the female but with middle and hind 

 tibiae almost entirely black. 



ry/^e.— U.S.N.M. No. 50155. 



Specimens examined, in addition to the type, which is from Jack- 

 sonville, Fla., include a male reared at Manhattan, Kans., May, 1940, 



