ASHMEAD : CLASSIFICATION OF THE CHALCID FLIES 497 



Genus APHIDENCYRTUS Ashmead. 

 Aphidencyrtus kpytus (Walker). 



Enq/rlns epytus Walker, Monogr. Chalcid., II., 1839, p. 69, 9. — Dalla Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 258. 

 Brazil : Bahia. 



Aphidencyrtits uka.siliensis, sp. nov. 



Male. — liength 0.8 mm. ^Eneous black, nearly smooth, the abdomen triangular 

 with a metallic luster ; antennse brownish-yellow, the joints of the funicle oval, with 

 long hairs ; legs, except the coxfe and the femora, honey yellow, the coxoa black, the 

 femora brown. Wings hyaline, the veins brown, tlie stignial vein about twice as 

 long as the marginal. 



Brazil : Chapada, in April. One specimen. 



Genus C'OCCIDENCYRTUS Ashmead. 

 (?) COCCIDENCYRTUS VITIS Gu6rill. 



EncijrtiC'i rifis Guerin, Iconogr. regne anim., VII., Ins., 1845, p. 416, cT ; T. 67, f. 

 14.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 265. 

 15razil. 



Subfamily III. Signii'horin.i-:. 



Genus SIGNIPHORA Ashmead. 

 SiGNiPHORA NOACKi Ashmead. 



Signiphora noackl Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, XXll., 1900, p. 410, 9. 

 Brazil : San Paulo. 

 T,ii>r.—r?ii. No. 4793, U. S. N. M. 



SKiNii'iloRA RHizococci Ashiuead. 



Signiphora rhizocucci A.^]\\\\eiii\, Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, XXII., 1900, p. 411, 9. 

 Brazil : Minas Geras. 

 Ti/pe.— Cat. No. 4858, U. S. N. M. 



Family LX I X. PTEROM A 1 .1 D/E. 



Subfamily I. Pteromalin^i;;. 



Tribe I. Metaponini. 



Genus METOPON Walker. 



MeTOPON BRA8ILIENSE, sp. nOV. 



Female. — Length 2 mm. Metallic bronze-green, the head and thorax closely 

 punctate, the abdomen with a brassy tinge, except the Hagellum, the antenna?, and 



