184 Journal New York Entomological Society, n'oi. xix. 



Genus ABLERUS Howard. 

 Ablerus clisiocampae (Ashmead). 



In Illinois this species has been reared as follows : A female speci- 

 men from Aspidiotus pcruiciosus Comstock. July 20, 1907, Urbana 

 (J. A. West) ; from Clilonaspis fur fur a Fitch on apple, one female, 

 April 12, 1908, Urbana, 111. (A. A. G.). 



Genus ASPIDIOTIPHAGUS Howard. 

 Aspidiotiphagus citrinus (Craw.). 



I have captured a single female specimen of this species at Urbana, 

 III., May II, 191 1, in a greenhouse. 



Genus APHELINUS Dalman. 

 Aphelinus mytilaspidis Le Baron. 



I desire to record this common Coccid parasite from the following 

 locality in Illinois: From Aspidiotus pcruiciosus Comstock on plum at 

 Carbondale. 111., June 20, 1908. 

 Aphelinus fuscipennis Howard. 



This parasite has been reared in Illinois from Aspidiotus pcr- 

 uiciosus Comstock on plum at Carbondale, June 20, 1908, and from 

 Aspidiotus uvce Comstock on grape, July 6, 1908, at Anna (L. M. 

 Smith). 

 Aphelinus mali Haldemann. 



The following rearing records : Two females, Urbana, 111., July 5, 

 1908, from Pemphigus fraxinifolii Riley on ash (J. J. Davis) ; nine 

 females reared from the same Pcuipltigus at College Station, Texas, 

 June 14, 1907 (C. E. Sanborn). 



Family TRICHOGRAMMATID.^. 



Subfamily Oligositin.^. 



BRACHISTELLA, new genus. 



A genus characterized by having the discal ciliation of the fore wing 

 normal, the venation straight, the antennae 8-jointed (scape, ring-joint, 2 

 funicle joints and a 3-jointed club), the abdomen conic-ovate, with the ovi- 

 positor non-exserted and with the exception of the discal ciliation of the 

 wings resembling Ittys Girault (species cerasarum Ashmead). It will follow 

 Brachista Haliday in my table of genera of the group. The type species is 



