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nearly equal in length to the first two funicle joints; the funicle 

 joints increasing slightly in thickness and less distinctly in length 

 distad, the sixth, however, distinctly longer than the fifth, and all a 

 little wider than long; club nearly as long as the last three preceding 

 joints combined, solid and obliquely truncate from the apex nearly 

 to the base on the inner side. Thorax and abdominal structure 

 practically as in Homalotylus jiaminius, the ovipositor not protruded. 

 Wings with cilia on basal third of disk, and those in an oval spot in 

 the middle of the disk just distad and below the apex of the stigmal 

 vein, transparent and weaker; the speculum as in the species of 

 Homalotyhis; stigmal vein rather thick, only slightly enlarged at 

 apex, and forming an angle of about 45° with the postmarginal, which 

 is about one-half as long or a trifle more. Head finely punctulate, 

 a trifle more coarseh^ so than in H.Jlaminius, the pin punctures few, 

 very shallow, and evanescent; mesoscutum finely scaly-reticulate, 

 the mesopleura fhiely reticulate, with the reticulations arranged in 

 longitudinal lines, especially on the posterior half; axillae and scutel- 

 lum opaquely punctulate, the punctures fuier and more closely set 

 than those on the head; side pieces of the metascutum transversely 

 aciculate; first abdommal tergite scaly-reticulate on the posterior 

 half and entirely smooth across the base, the reticulations at the 

 sides hardly larger than those on the mesoscutum, but gradually 

 becoming medially much larger and transversely lengthened except 

 at the posterior margin. Pubescence on face, cheeks, and mesoscu- 

 tum v.'hitish, that on the face and cheeks not very thick; the meta- 

 pleura and hind coxae with an appressed silvery white pubescence as 

 in the species of Homalotylus. Length of body, 1.G5; length of head, 

 0.59; width of head, 0.56; width of vertex, 0.141 ; length of eye, 0.43; 

 width of eye, 0.28; length of antennae, 1.02; width of mesoscutum, 

 0.59; length of forewing, 1.41; width of forewmg, 0.56 mm. 



Frontovertex of head and the scutellum Sanford's brown (R.), the 

 rest of the head, the pronotum and underparts of thorax similar but a 

 little more yellowish, the postorbital region of head with a slight 

 greenish luster, the center of the occiput and concealed part of pro- 

 notum blackish; the axiflae considerably darker than the scutellum 

 or about auburn (R.), and with a purplish luster in a strongly oblique 

 view; tegulae white, with the apex pale brown; mesoscutum and 

 abdomen blackish ^vith. a strong metallic purplish luster, the meta- 

 notum, propodeum, and metapleura similar but with a weaker 

 luster. Antennal scape concolorous with face, but darker at apex, 

 the pedicel and flagellum darker brown, the club paler brown, especially 

 along the truncated margin. Legs concolorous, with underparts of 

 thorax, front and middle tibiae, and the hind femora a little more 

 brownish; the hind tibiae blackish brown; the middle tibial spur, first 

 joint of middle tarsi and the hind tarsi, except the last tv.'o joints, 



