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anterior ocellus; first joint of funicle slightly but distinctly longer 

 than pedicel; mesoscutum, except anteriorly where granulose, 

 granular-reticulate, at extreme rear exactly the same as medially; 

 scutellum with similar sculpture, with a median longitudinal carina 

 and a row of pits at apex ; metanotum and propodeum coarsely rugose ; 

 wings hyaline; first segment of abdomen with rugae almost reaching 

 apex; second segment with a basal row of pits, and rest of segment 

 smooth. 



Male. — Length about 1.2 mm. Similar to the female, except in 

 secondary sexual characters. 



Type-locality. — Port of Spain, Trinidad. 



Described from 18 females and 2 males reared from the eggs of a 

 hemipteron during January, 1912, by F. W. Urich, after whom the 

 species is named. 



Type.— Cut. No. 16034, U.S.N.M. 



TRISSOLCUS TRINIDADENSIS, new species. 



Female. — Length about 1.2 mm. Black, the antennae brown, with 

 the scape and pedicel lighter; coxae black, femora, except the lighter 

 apices, dark broAvn, tibiae and tarsi hght brown; face reticulated, 

 with scattered punctures and with no medial smooth area in front 

 of anterior ocellus; first joint of funicle hardlj' longer than pedicel; 

 mesonotum anteriorly rugulose, medially granulose-reticulate; pos- 

 teriorly more shiny and more granulose; scutellum apically with a 

 row of pits, with a median longitudinal carina, basally rugulose, disk 

 shiny, almost smooth; wings hyaline; segment one of abdomen lon- 

 gitudinally rugose almost to apex; second segment with a basal row 

 of pits. 



Male. — Length about 1.05 mm. Similar to the female except in 

 secondary sexual characters, the antennae (only 9 joints remaining) 

 testaceous; the legs lighter brown than in female, with the femora 

 not much darker than the tibiae. 



Type-locality. — St. Augustine, Trinidad. 



Described from 8 females and 1 male reared from the eggs of SpJiyro- 

 coris oUiquus on cotton. May, 1912, by F. W. Urich. 



Type.— C&t. No. 16035, U.S.N.M. 



This species closely resembles the last but is smaller, has darker 

 colored antennae and legs, and has the sculpture at the rear of the 

 mesoscutum and on base of scutellum different from that on middle 

 of mesoscutum. 



TELENOMUS TABANOCIDA, new species. 



Female. — Length about 0.85 mm. Black, the antennae and legs 

 brown, the coxae darker, the trochanters and bases of femora and the 

 tarsi Ughter; head wider than long but not twice as wide; face smooth, 



