1916] Miscellaneous Chalcidoid Hymenoptera 295 



f^h^^Ani f J?"^^' f ^^ •^°'"^ '^1''^ °^ moderate length, the longest about 

 a third of the greatest wmg width, the discal cilia of the fore wing limited 

 proximo-caudad by a regular line of cilia. Pedicel a half longer than its 

 greatest width (be ore apex) subequal in length and width to funicle 1 

 rest of flagellum slenderer, filiform-acuminate. Funicle 2 twice longer 

 than wide, longer than club 1, subequal to club 2, club 3 longest of the 



S fnot''7"'f'''''K^'T ^".^ ^ ^^^^ ^'"^^^ ^°^g^^ th^^ its greatest 

 width (not far from base) and terminating in a long, distinct soine 



m^odtrtetr^^^^^^^ ^" ^^"^^^- ^-^ ™^' ^^--^^ --^^^ - ^P" 



fhp ^fS"' f'"T ^^'!''y''!^^'^'f<^ americana (types compared) in having 



d^„L?..l'" f ' '""f ?^^- ^^g^l^r ' ^^^ ^^^^^^ s^^Pe, smaller man 

 dibular teeth, mfuscated wings and so forth. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping meadows 

 at (Hillmead) Glenndale, Prince George County, Maryland 

 September 11, 1915. ^ - 



Type: Catalogue No. 19934, U. S. N. M., the above speci- 

 men on a slide. 



Epitetrastichus marylandensis new species. 

 Female: Length, 1.65 mm. 



blnck'nnSr"'''^^^^^ abdomen and legs yellowish brown, the following 

 of Prni . ^fi?^ of pronotum centrally, flagellum and five pair! 



^ J.f " .'?? T .'^f abdomen, the second stripe of each pair abbrevi- 

 ated except the distal pair which is a little distance before apex Second 

 me.orth!f'f^S''r'''i abbreviated, merely a transverse dash across 

 meson, thatof the fourth pair longer than that of 2 and 3 and projected 



?he firsrsSr^f"' -^V" n""' '^"' "' ^^' ^ ^^^"^^ ^^^^^ the meson to 

 the hrst stripe of pair 3. Ovipositor valves black. First pair of cross- 



brTn T" ^''!i ^'^'^^^ ^^^ ^^P^^^i^ "^^^§i^ °f prop^odeum Tarl 

 brown, the propodeuni very short at the meson, with a carina there but 

 no others. A line of short, black set^ across caudal margin of pronotum 



duiloSerw^'^'h"'.'^" '""'""> ^P^^ (^^P^^^^d^ °f --11- - li"S 

 dusky, otherwise about as m cunetformis (in death, the dorsal abdomen 



of the latter appears black except at base and just before apex- its 



propodeum is longer at the meson but not long). Distal half of'scape 



Sible^sTrirntaT'^ °' ^^"' ™"^^^' '"^''''^ ^^^ ^^^^ -"->-"- 



Described from one female captured by sweeping meadows 



11 1915" '^'"'''''^ ^^°''^'' County, Maryland, September 



Type: Catalogue No. 19935, U. S. N. M., the above speci- 

 men on a tag, the head on a slide. 



