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[April- June 
slightly longer than wide, equal, about half the length of the pedicel ; 4, wider. 
Club 5-jointed, the basal joint somewhat rounded, hut much wider and slightly 
longer than joint 4 of the funicle, wider than the scape, and narrower than 
joint 2 of the club ; club joints 2, 3 and 4 equal, 2 slightly smaller, all nearly 
twice as large as joint 1 of the club, quadrate; the distal joint, or 5, conic, its 
base slightly narrower than joint 4 of the clul), but wider than the pedicel, and 
about equal to the pedicel in length, though much stouter. Antennae shorter 
than the body. From six specimens. 
Male.— 
The same. Length, 0.68mm., legs and antennae lighter in color; body more 
slender. Abdomen oval. Mandibles dark brown, tridentate at tip. 
Antennae 12-jointed, filiform, the pubescence stiffer. Scape long, cylindrical, 
curved, more pale at the tip than in the female, nearly as long as the next five 
joints combined. Pedicel small, rounded, subcuneate. Joint i of the funicle 
longer than the pedicel by one-half, ovate: funicle joints 2 and 3 sub-equal, 
oval, twice as long as the pedicel and about one-third longer than the first 
funicle joint; funicle joints 4 and 1 subequal; joints 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of funicle 
equal, subequal to funicle joint 4, but slightly smaller. Club joint acutely 
conical, twice longer than the preceding joint, or joint 9 of the funicle. Joints 
of the funicle very slightly pedicellate. Antennae about equal in length to the 
body. From ten specimens. 
Sixteen specimens; ten males, six females. 
Female very near to Tclcnomus graptac Howard, female, but the males of 
the two species are quite distinct. In the female of qnaintancci, the legs 
are much darker than those of graptac, and the antennae are wholly black, and 
have a much better defined club. The male differs from the male of graptac, by 
having black antennae and legs, and in the relative lengths of the club and 
joint 2 of the funicle. 
Bred from the eggs of Sainiiiioidca cxitiosa Say, on peach, Odenton, Mary- 
land, September ist to 8th, 1905, in connection with Deciduous Fruit-insect 
Investigations, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Apparently common. 
The species is respectfully dedicated to Professor .A. L. Quaintance. 
Type: — No. 9098, United States National Museum. 
