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Antennae stout, not shorter than the body. Mesothorax 

 with three longitudinal keels and with a slight transverse 

 ridge. Pectus with a deep longitudinal furrow. Abdomen 

 smooth, shining, nearly round exclusive of the petiole, white 

 on each side toward the base, almost wholly white towards 

 the base beneath. Petiole stout, rather long. Fore legs 

 red. Middle tarsi and tips of middle tibiae ferruginous ; 

 spines of hind tibiae whitish. Wings black, very broad ; 

 stigma deep black. Length of the body 2^ lines. 



BETHYLID^. 



22. Epyris crassicornis. 



Female. Black, elongated, shining. Head elliptical, 

 thinly and largely punctured. Antennae red, thick, com- 

 pact, less than twice as long as the thorax; first joint black. 

 Prothorax elongate, narrower in front, punctured like the 

 head. Mesothorax rather short, nearly flat. Metathorax 

 much developed, tapering hindward. Abdomen fusiform, a 

 little broader but hardly longer than the thorax, red at the 

 tip. Wings brown ; veins taMmy. Length of the body 2| 

 lines. 



CYNIPID^. 



23. Bhodites Japonica. 



Female. P)lack, shining. Antennae filiform, slender, 

 shorter than the body ; first joint red, stout ; second ellip- 

 tical ; third and following linear. Abdomen and legs red. 

 Wings brownish ; veins black, strongly marked ; an elon- 

 gated black spot at each end of the radial areolet. Length 

 of the body 2 lines. 



It has much resemblance to the American R. hicolor, 

 Harris, but the radial areolet is larger. 



24. Synergies Ja,p)onicns. 



Female. Black, stout. Head and thorax finely punc- 

 tured. Head with a luteous dot on eacli side of the 

 clypeus. Eyes livid. Antennae luteous. Scutum with 



