168 Journal New York Entomological Society. iV'oi xvii. 



forming a head to the funicle, the proximal funicle joint small, distinctly 

 shorter and narrower than the pedicel and much shorter than any of the 

 following joints, somewhat like a ring-joint ; scape usual. Mandibles acutely 

 tridentate, the mesal (inner) tooth shortest, the lateral two distinctly larger, 

 the intermediate tooth slightly longer, longest of the three. 



Pronotum narrow, barely visible from dorsal aspect. Parapsidal furrows 

 distinct, complete, widely separated : axillae obscure : scutellum large, longer 

 than the mesoscutum. peltate, non-punctate, convex ; mesopostscutellum nar- 

 row, curved. Metanotum short at the meson, lengthening considerably laterad, 

 the minute round spiracle borne in the center of the dorso-lateral aspect at 

 the outer apex of a delicate V-shaped sulcus whose arms diverge caudo- 

 mesad ; this sulcus is included within a larger V-shaped sulcus whose arms 

 point in the same direction and whose apex is cephalo-laterad of the spiracle. 

 (Direct dorsal aspect of metanotum hidden.) Thorax slightly shorter than 

 the abdomen. 



Abdomen ovate or egg-shaped, sessile, the second segment longest, not 

 more than a fifth of the total length of the abdomen, segments 3 and 4 sub- 

 equal, each a fourth shorter than segment 2, the caudal end of segment 4 

 reaching to about the middle of the abdomen ; segment 5 still shorter ; caudal 

 margins of segments 2-5 straight. Ovipositor issuing from the caudal tip end 

 of the abdomen, but inserted far cephalad as in other Chalcidoidea. 



Legs normal; trochanters 2-jointed, tarsi 4-jointed : tibial spurs single, 

 moderate, the anterior tibial spur longer, stronger, forked near tip, the two 

 tines of the fork slender, acuminate. Tarsal joints subequal, longer than the 

 tibial spurs, the proximal and distal joints more nearly equal and slightly 

 longer than the second and third joints. The usual row of stiff bristles in 

 juxtaposition to the cephalic tibial spur present along the ventral surface of 

 the proximal joint of the cephalic tarsi forming with the tibial spur, the 

 antennal comb or cleaner. Cephalic coxas more globular than the conical in- 

 termediate COXK. 



Forewings normal, with discal cilia which are moderately long and coarse 

 and with moderately long marginal cilia ; the usual dilatation or excision along 

 the caudal margin near the base of the wing ; delicately fumated ; marginal 

 vein not lengthened, about three times longer than broad. Posterior wings 

 delicately petiolate, feather-shaped, with complete marginal cilia ; discal cilia 

 sparse ; delicately fumated. — From recently killed, unmounted specimens, 

 excepting in the cases of the wings, antennae, legs and mandibles which were 

 described from specimens mounted in xylol-balsam. (3^-inch objective, i- 

 inch optic, Bausch and Lomb.) 



Male. — The same as the female, excepting the more rounded abdomen 

 and the longer, slender filiform antennae which are 12-jointed, the joints not 

 varying much in length. Intromittent organ when exserted long, slender and 

 curved, simple. 



A genus agreeing closely with Anaphcs Halida}^ in general 

 habitus, wing venation and other characters, but differing from it in 



