248 . Annals Entomological Society of America [Vol. VII, 
Cheiloneurus amplicornis new species. 
Female—Length 1.5 mm.. Head finely closely punctate, from in 
front much lengthened, the transfacial line about half.the length of the 
facial line, malar space long, scrobes short and very shallow, frons 
narrow; ocelli in an acute angled triangle, the lateral ocelli scarcely 
separated from the eye-margins; scape slender, pedicel distinctly shorter 
than the first funicle joint; all funicle joints strongly compressed, the 
first a little longer than its apical width, following joints much wider 
than long; club compressed, not quite so long as the funicle and about 
equal to the two preceding funicle joints in length; mesoscutum faintly 
punctuate and closely covered with short pale pubescence; scutellum 
and axilla minutely sculptured and opaque, the latter with a tuft of stiff 
' bristles before the apex; propodeum polished; abdomen apparently 
smooth above. Head reddish testaceous, eyes and antennal flagellum 
black; scape testaceous; mesocutum black, more or less metallic; scutel- 
lum and axille pale orange-yellow; tegule, pleurzee and most of the 
abdomen reddish testaceous, propodeum and base of the abdomen 
above polished metallic green; anterior wings fuscous, a narrow apical 
border and the basal one-third hyaline; middle and anterior legs con- 
colorous with the pleure, posterior legs dark brown, fore tarsi and the 
apical joint of the median pair brownish as are the posterior tarsi. 
Type locality—Dalhart, Texas. 
Type—Cat. No. 18801, U. S. National Museum. 
Five specimens from the type locality reared by C. N. 
Ainslie from a coccid, Eriococcus sp., infesting Bouteloua and 
recorded in the Bureau of Entomology under Webster No. 5571. 
