OF NATURAL HISTORY. 7Jl 



2. E STliDIOSA. — Black ; teruiinul joint (.f the aiitc-ima; an 

 long as the two preceding ones together. 



Inhahitti Indiana. 



9 IJody reticulate with cruwdcd punctures : antenna) uionili- 

 form, of eight joints, geniculate; second joint shortest; third 

 joint hardly longer than the fourth, and gradually a little sh.)rt<T 

 to the penultimate ; ultimate joint about a.s long as tin- two pre- 

 ceding ones together, conic-ovate, with a very slight appearance 

 of being three-jointed : thorax, anterior segment in breadth at 

 least e(jual to twice the length ; suture at the scutel not dilated : 

 ecutel obtu.sely rounded behind: wings hyaline; nervure much 

 arcuated froni the edge, its confluence with the edge about as 

 long as the branch, which is subclavate : abdomen polished, im- 

 punctured ; above oval ; laterally orbicular ; peduncle shorter 

 than the posterior coxaj aud trochanters : kiucs and tips uf the 

 tibiae honey-yellow: [273] tarsi, particularly the two posterior 

 pairs, whitish. 



Length less than one-tenth of an inch. 



EULOPHUS Geoff. Latr. 



1. E. DICLADUS. — Blackish metallic; tibiae and tarsi white. 

 Inhabits Indiana. 



Body brassy blackish, more or less tinged with cupreous, punc- 

 tured : antennae larger towards the tip ; terminal joint larger 

 than the preceding one, conic-compressed ; two long, slender 

 branches, originating near the base, and nearly as long as the 

 antennae; tergum tinged each side with green: feet blackish: 

 tibiae and tarsi white. 



Length nearly one-twentieth of an inch. 



The terminal joint of the antenna? in the female is consider- 

 ably larger than the others. 



2. E. BASALis. — txreenish; feet, tip aud ba.se of the antenuaj 

 white. 



Inhabits Indiana. 



9 Body granulated, brassy-green, with a slight violaceon.-i re- 

 flection : antennae yellow-white, third, fourth and tifth joints 

 dusky : abdomen blackish-violaceous, basal disk whitish, and .i 

 small whiti.sh spot at tip: feet white, including the anterior 

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