ART. 4. NEW PAEASITIC HYMENOPTEKA GAHAIST. 3 



Two females determined by J. C. Crawford as this species are in 

 the National Museum, reared by A. D. Immsj at Manchester, Eng- 

 land, from Lepidosa'phes ulmi (Linneaus). I can see no reason to 

 doubt the correctness of the determination. These specimens 

 were apparently reared from the same material as were the 

 types of Ajjhideiicyrtus aspidioti^ var. hrlttanicus Girault, which 

 species (as represented by the female type) has been shown to be 

 a synonym of C heiloneurinus microphagus (Mayr) (ante p. 2). 

 Two males from the same source which are in the National Museum 

 and which were described by Girault as apparently the males of his 

 var. hrlttanicus are, however, undoubtedly males of Anabrolepis 

 zetterstedtii instead. Four females in the National Collection labelled 

 " Par. of Mytilaspis sp. & Aspidiotus spurcatus, Pontvalains, Sarthe, 

 France, P. Marchal " and which have been previously determined, 

 apparently by Ashmead, as Hahrolepis dalmani (West wood) are 

 not that species but belong, in my opinion, to the present species. 



The species has been recorded from North America by Ashmead 

 (1900) and again by Girault. Ashmead did not indicate the source 

 of his specimens, which have not been located. Girault (1917) re- 

 corded two males reared from Lcpidosaphes ulmi at Monmouth, 

 Maine, under the name of Aphidcncyrtus aspidioti. Again (1920) 

 he recorded a female from the same host and locality under the name 

 Hahrolepis zetterstedtii. Girault's specimens, like those of Ashmead, 

 are missing, but there can be little doubt that the males referred to 

 in the first reference are really the same species as the female sub- 

 sequently recorded, and the identification of the female was probably 

 correct. 



In addition to the above records the writer has seen two females 

 labeled as having been reared at Columbus, Ohio, by Robert A. 

 Young from Diaspis ostreaeformis. These bear the name label Ha- 

 hrolepis dalmani^ but appear to be zetterstedtii. A single male 

 specimen was recently received from J. McDunnough, of the Cana- 

 dian Department of Agriculture, and which was reared at Vernon, 

 British Columbia, from Lepidosaphes idini. 



Timberlake (1920) has transferred the species to his new genus 

 Anahrolepis, where it apparently belongs. 



Family EUPELMIDAE. 



Genus LECANIOBIUS Ashmead. 



Lecaniobius Ashmead, Pi'oc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 4, 1896. p. 17. 

 Zalophothrix Crawford, Proc. Eut. Soc. Wash., vol. 9, 190S, p. 156. 



Female. — Head viewed from above strongly transverse, as wide as 

 or wider than the thorax; occiput immargined; posterior orbits 

 rather narrow and receding from the e3'e-margin ; ocelli distant from 



