NO. 2293. PARASITIC CHALCIDOID FLIES— TIMBERLAKE. 159 



Quayle), Quayle's No. 9. The specimen without doubt issued from 

 an unnoticed Coccineilid host. 

 Type.— Cat. No. 22035, U.S.N.M. 



3. KOMALOTYLUS AFKICANUS, new species. 



Female. — Head shaped nearly as in H. Jiaminius, but a Httle 

 narrower, being distinctly although but little longer than wide,, the 

 sides more convex; as seen from in front appearing broadly oval; 

 eyes proportionately longer than wide as compared with H. Jiaminius; 

 the dorsal orbits strongly converging posteriorly, so that the vertex 

 at the posterior ocelli is considerably less than half of the width of 

 the space between the lower corners of eyes; ocelli in a very acute- 

 angled triangle, the posterior pair touching the eye-margin, and 

 nearly as far removed (about four-fifths as far) from the occipital 

 margin as from the median ocellus; face slightly protuberant between 

 the bases of the antennae. Scape linear, compressed, not at all 

 dilated; pedicel as long as the fii-st and three-fourths of the second 

 funicie joint combined; funicle joints decreasing shghtly in length 

 distad, the lirst about one-half longer again than wide, the sixth 

 about one-fourth longer again than wide; club equal to the last three 

 funicle joints combined. Mandibular dentition as in H. quaylei. 

 Thorax and abdomen proctically as in H. flamiriius but less robust 

 and the ovipositor protruded for a length about equal to one-half 

 that of abdomen. Wings rather small and narrow, only one- third of 

 forewing projecting beyond apex of abdomen, otherwise very nearly 

 as in //. quaylei except that the sub apical oval hyahne spot is some- 

 what smaller and not quite so close to apex of disk; the postmarginal 

 vein equal to the stigmal in length. Otherwise in regard to struc- 

 tural characters like H. flmninius; sculpture the same except the 

 frontovertex of head is noticeably more shining, and the pin-punc- 

 tures are rather smaller and sparser, but distinct. Length of body, 

 1.72 (to 2.23); length of head, 0.59; width of head, 0.52; width of 

 vertex, 0.101; length of eye, 0.505; width of eye, 0.244; length of 

 antennae, 1.35; width of mesoscutum, 0.545; length of forewing, 1.34; 

 width of forewing, 0.47; length of ovipositor, 0.30 mm. 



Head metallic, shmy, dark cress green (R.); the face and oral 

 margin sometimes suffused with yellowish brown in certain lights; 

 thorax and abdomen bluish black, the pronotum and mesoscutum 

 greenish black, all parts except the axillae and scutellum more or less 

 metaUic shinmg, the dorsum of abdomen iridescent metallic, the 

 pleura and sternmn of thorax in some specimens appearing slightly 

 suffused with yellowish brown in bright light ; teg-ulae white with the 

 posterior margin blackish. Antennae black, becommg duller distad, 

 the last funicle joint varymg from blackish to yellowish white like 

 the club. Legs black v/ith a shght bluish luster on the coxae and 



