286 HYMENOPTERA. 



8. Aiiaphes cinctiveiitris species nova. 



Normal position. 



Female. — Length, 0.80 mm. Moderate in size for the genus. 



Allied with and resembling Aiiaphes gracilis Howard but differing 

 as follows : Larger, the antennal joints all of the same shape but 

 longer, the wings are decidedly longer and broader, their discal cilia- 

 tion sparse and absent proximad as in gracilis but there are about 

 from thirteen to fifteen longitudinal lines, instead of about from ten to 

 eleven ; it differs more especially in having the funicle joints of the 

 antennae less quadrate, for instance the distal funicle joint is over twice 

 longer than its greatest width (at apex); m gracilis it is hardly more 

 than one and a half times longer ; the penultimate funicle joint in this 

 species is distinctly longer than wide, but in gracilis it is about as wide 

 as long or subquadrate at least. Colorationally this species differs 

 from the other in having the legs and antennae decidedly darker, only 

 the trochanters, knees, second and third tarsal joints pallid ; the tarsal 

 joints are all decidedly longer, especially the proximal joint. The an- 

 tennal scape is very long, nearly a half longer than with gracilis and 

 nearly as long as the funicle. 



General color black, the base of the abdomen yellow. Second and 

 third tarsal joints, knees and trochanters pallid, suffused with more or 

 less dusky, the distal tarsal joints pallid dusky, the proximal tarsal 

 joints brown or concolorous with the legs, but those of the cephalic 

 and intermediate legs are paler. Antennae concolorous, uniform in 

 color. Fore wings fumated only proximad, across the venation. Vena- 

 tion pallid. 



Thorax long and slender, longer than the abdomen ; the latter ses- 

 sile, the ovipositor not exserted. Otherwise as in gracilis. 



From 1 specimen, |-inch objective, 1-inch optic, Bausch 

 and Lomb. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Described from a single female specimen in the U. S. 

 National Museum collection on a tag labelled " E. H. Ehr- 

 horn. Mtn. View, Calif. 663''. Iss. 27 June, '95 ". Re- 

 mounted in xylol-balsam. 



Habitat. — United States: California (Mountain View). 



Type.—Ty^e No. 13,809, United States National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C, one female in xylol-balsam. 



This species is closely allied with [Erythineliis) Anagrus 

 goochi Enock, recently (Enock, 1909, pp. 454-455, pi. XIII, 

 figs. 6-10) described from England (Wales) but through the 

 great kindness of Mr. C. O. Waterhouse I have been able to 



