MO lUillcliii (le ht Sociclé liiiloiuulonujiic d'IiijijpU'. 



Communications. 



Rhogas Kitchencri, n. sp. 

 A new Braconid destructive to the Egyptian Cotton Boll Worm 



by (i. C. Dl'dckox, F I':.S. .^ Lkwis II. Cougii, Ph. I). 



Lii^lil yellowish l)ro\vn. Mead l)ioa(lcr than long; 

 eves and oeelli proniineni, bolli, and soinelinies also 

 Ihe baek of the head, l)lael\ ; whole thorax above light 

 yellowish brown wilh a large dark patch on the 

 mesosternnni below and sometimes with the tegnhe 

 and nuMJian segment dark brown; abdomen light 

 yellowish brown, smooth and ronnded towards the 

 extremity; the three or fonr terminal segments dark 

 brown ; ox i|)ositor sheath dark brown. Legs yellowisli 

 brown wilh Ihe terminal tarsi daik brown. Antennae 

 dark brown with 21 joints covered wilh light pn- 

 bescenee. lioth wings infuscated from the base to 

 beyond the middle. Second cubital cell short and 

 trapezoid, slightly smaller than the tirsi. 



Lena I h 2.2") mm. 



K.vpdii.se f) mm. 



Forcuti n(j 2.2') mm. ■ 1 mm. 



Oniposilor .shcalh . . •,") mm. 



This species dill'eis from Ulioijas Lcfroiji in 

 having the wings infuscated for a portion of their 

 length, the thiid cubital ct'll shorter instead of longer 

 Hum the st'cond, the abdomen without the black spot 

 on llie dorsal [)arl of Ihe third, fourth and liflii 



