502 MKMOIKS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



T'hile. This species is now distributed into all parts of the world. It is parasitic 

 on various Aphids and is also occasionally bred from Coccids. 



Tribe III. Sjjhcfjigaderini. 



Genus ACROCLISIS Forster. 



ACROCLISIS BRASILIENSIS, sp. nov. 



3Iale. — Length 2.5 mm. Bluish-green, closely punctate ; scape, pedicel and legs, 

 except coxae, honey yellow, the femora more or less brownish toward base, the tips 

 of the femora, the tibite and tarsi more of a yellowish-white ; flagellum filiform, 

 brown, pubescent, the funicle joints more than twice longer than thick ; metanotum 

 rugulose, with a median carina ; abdomen oblong, the petiole rugulose, opaque, 

 with a delicate carina above, the body of abdomen feneous black, smooth and shiny. 

 Wings hyaline, the veins brownish-yellow. 



Brazil : Chapada, in January. One specimen. 



Subfamily V. Spalanuiin.e. 



Genus SPALANGIA Latreille. 

 Spalangia bbasiliensis, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 3.1 mm. /Eneous black, the tip of hind tibia? testaceous, the 

 tarsi, except last joint, yellowish-white ; eyes pale, hairy. The oblong head is shin- 

 ing but in front with sparse thimble-like punctures and a median grooved line, the 

 cheeks being long and closely opaquely punctured ; the pronotum is closely urabili- 

 cately punctate, the lobes of the mesonotum are smooth, but posteriorly in front of 

 the scutellum is a median carina formed by two longitudinal rows of coarse punc- 

 tures ; there are also punctures on each side of these rows and coarse punctures 

 in the parapsidal furrows posteriorly ; the axillar sutures are coarsely punctured ; 

 the scutellum proper is smooth, iinpunctate, except a transverse row of coarse elon- 

 gate punctures posteriorly; the metathoraxis rugose from coarse pits, while the meso- 

 pleura has a large deep median sulcus and a depression filled with elevated lines 

 along the anterior margin. Wings hyaline, faintly dusky, with the veins dark brown. 



Brazil : Santarem. One specimen. 



Family LXX. ELASMID/E. 



Genus ELASMUS Westwood. 

 Elasmus bbasiliensis, sp. nov. 

 Female. — Length 2 mm. Blue black, with a j'ellow line between the scutellum 

 and the postscutellum ; thorax above delicately reticulate, finely pubescent, the 



