﻿184 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Wells, June, 1914; Westwell, July 4th, 1914: Canterbury, 

 June 14th, 1912. 



Bhizobiiis pini, Burmeister. — A white aphid at the roots of 

 various Pinas was found in 1914 and 1915 in March, and April and 

 on into May, which comes very near Hartig's Pemphigus picets. I 

 feel sure that this is Rhizobias pini of Burmeister, the antennse 

 being shorter than in Pemphigus picece, Hartig. 



On spruce roots I have also found a bright green aphid 

 covered with white wool, which is evidently an undescribed 

 species of Rhizohius. It was doing considerable damage to some 

 nursery plants at Wye during the winter 1914-1915, the 

 ground, when the spruce were lifted, being quite white from the 

 quantity of woolly substance they had secreted. This will 

 shortly be described under the specific name viridis. 



FOUR NEW ENCYRTIDS FROM SICILY AND THE 

 PHILIPPINES. 



By a. a. Girault. 



1. Paraleptomastix ahnormis, n. sp. 



Female. — Length, 1.00 mm. 



Differs from the description of the genotype in being like species 

 of Leptomastix, except that the postmarginal vein is elongate, a third 

 longer than the slender stigmal, and over thrice the length of the 

 marginal, the latter barely twice longer than wide. 



Golden yellow — often dusky yellow — marked with dusky black as 

 follows : Distal half to two-thirds of the abdomen, bulb of scape, 

 cephalic aspect of the last two pairs of cox^e ; funicles 1 and 2, club, 

 proximal two-thirds of pedicel above, a conspicuous streak along the 

 dorsal scape for its entire length, dorso-lateral edge; and frequently 

 the entire disk of pronotum and scutum. Rest of antennae pallid 

 dusky, the scape, abdomen, pedicel, pro- and mesopleurum silvery. 

 Propodeum blackish except laterad of the spiracle. Venation dusky. 

 Apex of caudal wing and a longitudinal oblique streak opposite the 

 submai'ginal vein, dusky. Fore wing conspicuously trifasciate, the 

 first cross-stripe smallest, incomplete, obliqued caudo-proximad from 

 before the bend of the submarginal vein ; the second is complete, 

 broader caudad, from the postmarginal vein ; the third is largest, 

 across just before the apex, not very broad, divided at middle nar- 

 rowly and obscurely by a less dusky streak. Pedicel somewhat 

 longer than wide at apex, somewhat shorter than funicle 1, which is 

 two and a-half times longer than wide ; funicles 3 and following 

 each being somewhat longer than 1. Club joints suhequal to the 

 pedicel. Head densely scaly punctate. AxillaB with a short carina 

 between them. Scrobes distinct, not joined above. Dorsal thorax 

 with a short silvery pubescence. 



The male is about the same, but the third or distal stripe of the 



