70 HYMENOPTERA. 



I am unable to separate these specimens generically from 

 the type of Lathromeris cicada Howard. As far as can be 

 determined the antennae are similar, bearing the characteristic 

 4-jointed club and the minute ring-joint and the wings are 

 very similar having the same venation and ciliation, the dis- 

 cal cilia in regular longitudinal lines but not very conspicu- 

 ously so. 



Originally the species was described exactly as quoted 

 herewith. 



" Brachysticha fidicg, sp. n. 9 . — Length 0.65 mm. Head, except eyes 

 and thorax, pale brown or brownish-yellow ; the conical-shaped but 

 depressed abdomen dark fuscous or black ; wings hyaline, broad, 

 pubescent, with a short marginal fringe, the pubescent not arranged 

 in regular rows ; legs brown or fuscous, the tips of femora, tips of 

 tibiae and tarsi yellowish. 



The head antero-posteriorly very thin, with a facial impression ; the 

 antennae inserted far down on the face, 6-jointed (scape, pedicel, ring- 

 joint and a 3-jointed, fusiform, pubescent club); thorax with a longi- 

 tudinal median impressed line ; while the abdomen is long, conically- 

 pointed, but depressed above. 



//a<^.— Euclid, Ohio.* 



Described from specimens bred by Prof. F. M. Webster, August, 

 1894, from the eggs of Fidia viticida, on grape-vine. 



This species comes nearest to Trichogramnia actiminatuni, Ashm., 

 Can. Ent., 1888, p. 107, which should probably be referred to this 

 genus, but differs decidedly in the color of the legs and abdomen." 

 Pp. 171-172. 



From the five male specimens mentioned in foregoing I 

 add the following important descriptive details : 



Normal position. 



The club of the antennte is 4-jointed, the joints obliquely truncate, 

 the first joint subhemispherical, obliquely truncate distad, longest and 

 broadest, the second joint wedge-shaped or triangular, wedged in be- 

 tween the first and third joints, obliquely truncate at both ends, the 

 base and apex converging, about equal in shape and size to the third 

 joint, which, however, has its apex and base converging in the oppo- 

 site direction the two joints being complementary, the pointed end of 

 the third joint on the side opposite to that end of the second joint ; 

 fourth or distal joint slightly shorter, obtusely conical, its base however 

 obliquely truncate. The ring-joint is abruptly minute but yet distinct. 

 The scape is about equal to the club in length and is cylindrical but 



* End of p. 171. 



