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verse ridges between them; the two lateral ridges on each side joined 

 to each other and to the median by several transverse carinae; spira- 

 cle broad oval. 



Wings. — Infuscated, darker behind and basad of the stigma, vena- 

 tion typical, second cubital cell trapezoidial, the second transverse 

 cubitus in both wings of one specimen with a ver}^ short spur branch- 

 ing from above its middle into the third cubital cell; forewing, 7.5 

 mm.; hind wing, 6 nmi. 



Legs. — Fore and middle coxae and all trochanters black; hind 

 coxae red, tips blackish, basal third of fore femora, all of middle fe- 

 mora, and extreme base and apex of hind femora blackish, rest red- 

 dish-yeUow; fore tibiae yellow, middle and hind tibiae black, fore tarsi 

 pale, middle and hind black, all tarsal claws black, fore and middle 

 cleft, hind large-toothed, nearly cleft; middle tibiae with 3-4, hind 

 tibiae with 8-10 stout apical spines. 



Ahdomen. — Elongate lanceolate, length 3.5-4 mm.; length of 

 ovipositor, 4 mm., reddish-yeUow, sometimes with internal irregular 

 blackish diffusion above; ovipositor yellow, sheaths black; first seg- 

 ment elongate, rather slender, proportions, length, 3.5+ ; width at 

 apex, 2.2; width at base, 1; spiracles projecting slightly on each side; 

 dorsum of segments two and thi-ee, smooth and shining, \vith a broad 

 very shallow depression just behind the base, and an indistinct trans- 

 verse hne separating the two segments. 



!Male. — Not knowTi. 



Described from two female specimens, holotype from Southern 

 Pines, North CaroUna, collected by A. H. Manee, May 21, 1908, and 

 from the collection of N. Banks, and the other from BrandtsviUe, 

 Pennsylvania, July 24, 1910, collected by H. B. Ku'k, and from the 

 collection of P. R. Myers. 



Type.— Cat. No. 20479 U.S.N.M. 



BRACON SZEPLIGETII, new species. 



Size medium, length, 6.5-8 mm., malar space shghtly but distinctly 

 greater than the height of the eyes; parapsidal furrows crenulate, 

 red, mouth parts, antennae typically, trochanters and tips of middle 

 and hind tibiae more or less, hind tarsi except base of first segment, 

 blackish; abdomen often with blackish infusion. 



Female. — Head.— Triangulav, slightly longer than wide; length, 

 56; width, 53; height of eye, 25; malar space, 27; width between 

 eyes, 29; width at bottom of beak, 16; most specimens with the ac- 

 tual measurements greater but the proportions approximately the 

 same; interantennal plates distinct, rather close together, a triangu- 

 lar area below them flattened and slightly grooved medially; ridges 

 above the antennal pits highest opposite the median ocellus, contin- 

 uous to the lateral oceUi; face in profile nearly straight to the flat- 



