2904 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENOLAXD. 



and evenly and minuteh' punctate ; the scapulae perfectly smooth and polished behind; 

 metascutelUira ivith the median carina divided around acetabulum; the lateral cariuae 

 starting each side of spiracle : wings normal, with stigma and costa very dark brown, 

 the radial vein strongly angulated below its middle : legs with all coxae black ; all 

 femora and tibiae honey-yellow; trochanters dusky at base; hind femora dusky just 

 at tip ; hind tibiae with a dusky band at tip ; hind tarsi dusky except at bases of joints ; 

 basal joint darker than the rest. ^i(Zo)>iCK without a trace of yellow; dorsal plate of 

 joint 1 broader posteriorly than long ; of joint 2 with a well marked median carina ex- 

 tending slightly upon joint 3; joints 1, 2 and l)ase of 3 well sculptured; ovipositor but 

 vei'y slightly protruding and not reaching beyond tip of abdomen. 



Described from 3 specimens in my collection received from William H. 

 Edwards, reared from Cyaniris pseiidargiolus. 



The cocoon is white with a tinge of lemon-yellow and surrounded with 

 considerable loose silk. 



7. Apanteles argynnidis n. sp. 



Parasitic on Argynnis cybele. 



Length of body, 2 — 2.2 mm. Color black. Pubescence white and quite dense. Head: 

 prof usely punctate : face without median carina or tubercle; mandibles yellowish- 

 brown, palpi whitish; eyes black; antennae black, often brown or ferruginous beneath. 

 Thorax more coarsely and densely punctate than tlie head, and with no median carina on 

 mesoscutum ; scutellum somewhat polished and sparsely punctate ; fovea of postscutel- 

 lum small, transverse, divided by a distinct median carina; metascutellum strongly 

 rugose, with distinct median carina, the lateral ridges almost parallel, diverging some- 

 what anteriorly ; tegulae brownish-black : wings hyaline ; venation normal ; costa dark 

 brown, stigma and veins paler brown : legs reddish-yellow; all coxae black, anterior and 

 median tarsi paler, almost whitish, brownish toward the end, their claws blackish; 

 posterior femora and tibiae blackish toward tips ; posterior tarsi dusky. Abdomen, 

 black; the two basal joints densely and confluently punctate, the third less so, and 

 only at its basal half ; joint llonger than broad, the concavity at its base deep and 

 similarly sculptured ; a faint indication of a median ridge on joint 2 ; flexible margins 

 of the two basal joints scarcely apparent, somewhat yellowish or often almost black; 

 remaining joints highly polished and sparsely hairy; venter black; ovipositor and its 

 sheaths scarcely projecting. 



The cocoon is dense, narrow, smaller than in koebelei ; single or in 

 small, exposed masses, dingy white, with a little loose silk surrounding. 



This species also closely resembles A. flaviconchae, which differs, how- 

 ever, in being somewhat larger, in having a more densely punctate thorax 

 and scutelhun, in the entirely punctate tliird abdominal joint and in having 

 the basal half of the anterior and median and the whole of posterior femora, 

 black. 



Described from 7 specimens, all females, bred from Argynnis cybele by 

 William H. Edwards. 



8. Apanteles koebelei n. sp. 



Parasitic on Lemonias anicia. 

 Length of body 2. C — 2.8 mm. $ : color black. Pubescence short, denseand faintly 



