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on the dorsum bluish, but bright green and cyaneous at the sides and beneath ; legs, 

 except the middle and hind coxk, light brownish-yellow, the tarsi, except the last 

 joint, yellowish-white, the last joint fuscous ; pedicel aeneous ; flagelluni dull, brown- 

 black, pubescent; wings clear hyaline, the veins pale yellowish. The head and 

 thorax are .shagreened, the large hind coxae reticulated on the basal two thirds, 

 smooth or nearly at the apical third ; the abdominal segments at the sides are deli- 

 cately shagreened. 



Type. — No. 7145, U. S. National Museum. 



Sapporo. Described from a single female received from Dr. Matsu- 

 mura. 

 Torymus gifuensis, new species. 



Fetnale. — Length, 2 mm. ; ovipositor about twice the length of the abdomen. 

 Metallic bronze-green, the axilla;, the scutellum, the metathorax, and the hind coxae 

 cupreous; head and thorax shagreened ; abdomen smooth, Kneous black, with a 

 bluish tinge in certain lights ; scape and pedicel teneous black, the flagellum dull, 

 brown-black, pubescent; legs metallic greenish, the tibia; and tarsi, except terminal 

 joints, pale yellowish, the hind coxa; bright cupreous. Wings hyaline, the veins 

 brown. 



A/a/e. — Length 1.8-2 mm. Head and thorax bright metallic-green, sha- 

 greened, the abdomen smooth, seneous-black ; antennje black, the joints of the flat 

 gellum hardly longer than wide ; legs with the apices of all femora, the tibiae and 

 tarsi, yellow, the hind tibia; more or less brownish from the middle to near apex ; 

 otherwise similar to female. 



Type. — No. 7146, U. S. National Museum. 



Gifu. Described from one male and two female specimens, 

 labelled No. 74, received from Mr. Y. Nawa. 



Subfamily III, Monodontomerin.'e. 

 Genus MONODONTOMERUS Westwood. 



Monodontomerus japonicus, new species. 



Female. — Length, 3 mm. ; ovipositor less than half the length of the abdomen. 

 Blue, the head ;uid thorax, sparsely, feebly punctate, the scrobes metallic green, 

 shining ; ocelli red ; scape, except at apex, reddish-brown, the pedicel aeneous black, 

 the flagellum dull black, the joints, after the first, a little wider than long ; front and 

 middle tibii^ and all tarsi, honey-yellow, the middle tibiae more or less fuscous above, 

 the hind tibia; wholly fuscous or black ; rest of legs blue. Wings hyaline, the veins 

 brown-black, the stigmal vein ending in a long uncus which is obliquely directed 

 towards the postmarginal vein and forms nearly a closed marginal cell ; the stigmal 

 vein is enclosed by a fuscous cloud. Abdomen polished, shining, with the segments 

 4 and beyond, clothed with a whitish pubescence. 



Male. — Length, 2.2 mm. Agrees well with the female in color except that the 

 s; ape is reneous ;iliove and the head on the vertex is metallic green. 

 Tvf^e. — No. 7147) U. S. National Museum. 



Nikko. Taken by Mr. A. Koebele. 



