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margin; propodeum with the transverse carina weak, especially medially; 

 abdomen not longer than the thorax, parallel-sided or nearly, not de- 

 pressed above and much narrower than the thorax. Otherwise like 

 the female. 



Type locality, Tempe, Arizona. Type, Cat. No. 22303, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Host, Asphondylia websteri Felt. 



Type, allotype and six paratypes reared by Mr. V. L. 

 Wildermuth from galls of the alfalfa midge and recorded under 

 Webster No. 7268, Tempe No. 2251. Also ten specimens with 

 the same data under Tempe No. 2264. All specimens on card 

 points; antennae from a female and a male paratype mounted 

 on a slide. 



Whether the species is a primary or secondary parasite 

 of Asphondylia the writer is unable to state. 



