1880 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Hemiteles lycaenae sp. nov. 



Female. — Shilling black. Mandibles and palpi brigtit lemon-yellow ; antennae duU- 

 piceons, lioney-yellow at base ; all legs, including coxae, honey-yellow; tegulae yellow 

 and venter of second abdominal segment honey-yellow. Wings hyaline, with no inf us- 

 cated band ; nervures brown except at base, cubital nervure whitish, beyond incomplete ; 

 areolet, and subdiscoidal nervnre also white beyond juncture with second recurrent 

 nervure. Head, thorax and abdomen very delicately shagreened ; surface of mesouotum 

 with reticulate carinae; anterior and posterior border of dorsum of each abdominal 

 segment perfectly smooth. Ovipositor sheaths one-fourth as long as abdomen. Length, 

 4.5 mm. ; expanse, 7 mm. 



Described from one female specimen received from Mr. W. H. Edwards 

 who reared it from the larva of Cyaniris pseudargiolus. In this case also 

 there is probably a primary parasite of which we have no knowledge. 



Genus CRYPTUS Fabricius. 



Female with joints of antennae thickened in a nodose manner at their tip ; antennae 

 elongate, filiform, third joint usually three or more times longer than thick (if shorter 

 then the metathorax is not .areolated), never thickened or expanded towards the mid- 

 dle. Areolet of fore wings completely enclosed, pentangular. Legs generally slender. 

 Apex of first abdominal segment not much broader than the petiole, and but slightly 

 bent; ovipositor distinctly exserted. 



I have not been able to determine the butterfly parasite of this genus 

 specifically as I know of it only through a note of Professor Riley's to the 

 effect that he has bred a species of Cryptus from Euphoeades troilus. The 

 specimen cannot be found. 



Genus OPHION Fabricius. 



Face pubescent; clypeus truncate at apex; ocelli large, prominent. Thorax and 

 legs glabrous ; metathorax rounded behind, not rugose; intermediate tibiae with two 

 apical spurs; wings hyaline, stigma distinct, well developed, areolet wanting, cubito- 

 discoidal cell receiving both recurrent nervures. Abdomen petiolate, compressed ; 

 ovipositor short. 



Ophiou bilineatUB Say. PI. 88, fig. 8. 



Ophion tityri Pack. 



Honey-yellow ; head yeUow ; antennae honey-yellow ; mandibles blackish at tip ; 

 thorax with two somewhat reddish brown, longitudinal lines, almost obsolete; wings 

 with fuscous nervures ; costal nervnre and stigma honey-yellow ; tegulae paler than 

 thorax; second segment of abdomen hardly as long as first, and longer than second. 

 Length, 8.75 mm. (After Say.) 



Packard's type of O. tityri was a male specimen reared from Epargyreus 

 tityrus June 26, 1848, and is from the old Harris collection. As soon as 

 it came into my possession I forwarded it to Mr. Cresson who informed 

 me that he saw no reason for considering it as more than a variety of O. 

 bilineatus of Say. The brownish stripes on the thorax seem, however, to 

 be entirely lacking and the mandibles are lighter in color. 



