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From tlie Pahala Odijiicrus larva Swezey reared 101 para- 

 sites in all, and Girtard reared aproxiuiately 275 from three 

 larvae. 



Nesencyrtus n. g. 



Closely allied to CoeJopmryrtiis and similar except as fol- 

 lows : 



Female: Head considerably shorter and thicker, in frontal view 

 noticeably wider than long, subquadrate with the dorsal margin rounded, 

 the oral margin truncate; in side view with the cheeks very thick at the 

 oral margin fronto-occipitally, or nearly one-half as thick .as the head 

 at the anterior corners of the eyes ; frontovertex rather wide and one-half 

 as wide as long ; ocelH in a nearly equilateral triangle, the anterior one 

 not far behind a line connecting the anterior corners of the eyes, the 

 posterior pair close to the eye-margins and rather remote from the 

 occipital margin ; eyes relatively smaller with the anterior and dorsal 

 orbits much less rounded ; face broader, the scrobal impression not reach- 

 ing quite so far upwards towards the eyes, the elevation between the 

 antennae a little more prominent, the clypeus broadly produced medially 

 as in CoclopciicyrtHs and nearly discretcd as a separate, narrowly trans- 

 verse sclerite projecting over the mouth-opening; cheeks as long as their 

 own width above or as long as the width of the eyes, .\ntennae much 

 shorter and very strongly clavate ; the scape moderately long, reaching 

 to the upper limit of the face and including the radicle as long as the 

 Hagellum. c(^mpressed anil sliglitly expanded l)clow. with an excavation 

 on the apical half of the under side to receive the pedicel ; the latter 

 strongly thickened at apex, wider than the first and somewhat longer 

 than the first three funicle joints comliined ; funicle joints all much 

 shorter tlian wide, increasing strongly in widtli distad and slightly in 

 length, the sixtli nearly twice as wide as the first; club large, broadly 

 oval, rounded at apex, much wider than the funicle and about as long. 

 Mouth-opening very large to accommodate the unusually large man- 

 dibles ; these are Battened, somewhat curved inward apically, the apex 

 hardly narrower than the base witli three strong, acute teeth, tlie inner 

 tooth somewhat shorter and l)lunter. Maxillary palpi somewhat shorter, 

 the apical joint considerably shorter than tlie three preceding joints 

 combined. 



Thorax soniewliat more depressed, the scutelhnn less strongly elevated 

 and declivous at the sides especially towards the ajiex ; the axillae 

 meeting medially, abdomen similar, the ovipositor internally longer, and 

 slightly protruded. Wings and legs practically the same; sculpture and 

 pubescence similar to Coelopcncyrtus. 



Male: i lead much thinner than in the female, the frons not protuber- 

 antly ])roduced beyond the eyes as in Coelopcncyrtus : frontovertex a lit- 

 tle wider than long; ocelli in a right-angled triangle, the posterior pair 



