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eyes large, oval, almost naked ; antennte eleven-jointed, black, j)edicel shorter and 

 stouter than tirst flagellar joint, second and third together as long as first, fourth 

 transverse, nearly as wide as club, club-joints wider than long, the last conical ; 

 mouth parts entirely black. Thorax convex, closely punctate with linear j-ugosities 

 posteriorly, scutellum convex, finely punctate. Marginal vein one-third shorter 

 than stigmal, nervures brownish. Legs black, the knees and tarsi and anterior 

 tibiœ in part rufous. Abdomen highly polished, first segment striate, and second 

 segment Avith j)unctures or short strife at base. 



Described from one specimen collected near Hull on 27th August, 

 1898. This insect is easily distinguished from our other species by the 

 sculpture of mesothorax, 



? Telenomus rufoniger. 



Telenomus rufoniger, Provancher, Add. et Corr., p. 403, $ . 

 Telenomus rufoniger (Prov.), Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. IGl. 



The insect was taken at Cap Eouge, Que., but, as Mr. Ashmead says, 

 it does not belong to Telenomus, and is probably a Ceraphronid. 



Tkissolcts euchisti. 



Telenomus euchistus, Ashmead, Bull. No. 3, Kans. Ex. Stn., App., p. 11, 1888. 

 Trissolcus euchisti, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 162. 



One S from Ottawa. Thirteen 9 9 and one $ reared by Dr. Fletcher 

 from eggs of Euch'stus sp., obtained at Dog Lake, Okanagan Valley, 

 B. C, July, 1895. One Ç taken on Gabriola Island, Y. I., on 11th May, 

 1897, by Rev. CI. W. Taylor. 



The specimens from Dog Lake, though appai-ently belonging to this 

 species, are slightly larger than types received from Mr. Ashmead, and 

 the legs, except coxœ and middle and posterior femora in part, are 

 honey -yellow or rufous. 



Tribe II.— B^ini. 



ACOLOIDES SAITIDIS. 



Acoloides saitidis, Howard, Insect Life, ii., p. 270, fig. 58 ; loc. cit., p. 359. 

 Acoloides saiddis {How.), Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 171. 



Numerous Ç and $ specimens reared in 1896 from eggs of spiders, 

 Ottawa : Can. Ent., xxviii, p. 79. Two 9 9 collected by Rev. J. H. Keen, 

 at Massett, Q. C. L, and received through Dr. Fletcher, differ from 

 description in having the coxœ paler. 



Acoloides bicolor. 



Acoloides bicolor, Ashmead, ^Nlonog. N. A. Proc, p. 172. 



Two type 9 9 in Coll. Ashmead, from Ottawa. 

 Acoloides subapterus. 



Acoloides subapterus, Ashmead, Monog. N. A. Proc, p. 173. 



Type 9 in Coll. Ashmead, from Ottawa. Also in my collection one 

 9, obtained from moss, Ottawa ; this specimen has well-developed wings. 



