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small. Frons moderately broad, not prominent, the face inflexed, 

 the scrobes forming a deep semicircle. Axillae distinctly separated 

 for some little distance. Thorax rather flat, the scutmn wider than 

 long, a little shorter at meson than the triangular scutellum which 

 extends to the base of the abdomen. Pronotum transverse. Ab- 

 domen no longer than the thorax, the ovipositor neither exserted nor 

 prominent. One ring-joint. Legs normal. Cheeks distinct. Man- 

 dibles with the first and third teeth equal, the middle distinctly longer, 

 over twice as long, acute. 



Somewhat like Euryrhopalus Howard (which has very large eyes 

 but the cheeks are quite long) but the frons is much broader, the 

 postmarginal and stigmal veins distinctly longer, the scape dilated 

 and so on. 



I. Anagyrella corvina new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.15 mm. 



Dark purplish black, the fore wings smoky to apex from a little distad of 

 the middle of the submarginal vein, the rather broad costal cell infuscated to 

 base and also the caudal margin. Tarsi yellow except the distal joint. Pedicel 

 somewhat longer than wide at apex ; funicles one to two subequal, four 

 no longer than wide. Oblique hairless line of the fore wing with a half dozen 

 complete lines of cilia proximad of it. Head and thorax shining but very 

 delicately scaly, the pubescence not conspicuous. 



Described from two females on tags labelled " State Insectary, 

 Calif. 675. Ex. Pseudococcus. B." Fresno, California. 



Types. — Catalogue No. 19401, U. S. N. M., the above specimens 

 on tags, the head, hind tibia and fore wings on a slide. One female 

 a paratype. 



METALLONOIDEA new subgenus of the Encyrtini. 



Female. — In my table to the earth's genera runs to Holcothorax 

 Mayr (partim) and Metallonclla Girault and close to Rhopiis. Dif- 

 fers from the latter in having the club three-jointed, not solid, the 

 color metallic, the frons somewhat narrower, the marginal cilia 

 normal, the venation different (in Rhopus, the venation does not attain 

 the costa, the submarginal vein not forking at all, very narrow — R. 

 testaceiis) , the mandibles in Rhopus truncate as in Eucomys. From 

 Holcothorax testaccipes Ratzeburg at least in color and in venation 

 according to Mayr (testaccipes may be Rhopus). From Metallo- 



