78 MISCELLANEOUS PAPEKS. 



formly slender; pedicel very slightly longer than broad; 1st funicle 

 joint abont as long as pedicel ; joint 2 very slightly longer than 1 

 and abont eqnal to joints 3 and 4 and each of the two clnb joints. 

 Submarginal and marginal veins abont equal in length, stigmal very 

 short and entering the wing at a small angle. Middle tarsi and 

 tibial spur as with the preceding species. General color lemon- 

 yellow" ; ocelli dark crimson, eyes very dark crimson ; antenna^ and 

 legs dusky; abdomen with a brownish dorsal central patch. The 

 S23ecimen from Porto Rico has the abdomen entirely brown above 

 and the pronotum and anterior portion of mesoscutum brownish. 



Male . — Un k n o w n . 



Type. — No. 10301, U. S. National Museum. Described from 3 

 female specimens reared January, 1899, by Mr. A. Busck from 

 Aleyrodes sp. on a climbing vine, Bayamon, Porto Rico (Bur. 

 Entom. No. 8-423°) and 1 female specimen received March, 1907, 

 from Mr. E. K. Carnes of the California Board of Horticultural 

 Commissioners, labeled *■' on Aleyrodes sp. Mexico." 

 Encarsia pergandiella, new species. 



Female.— \^(^\\^{\\ 0.58 mm.; expanse 1.46 mm.; greatest width of 

 fore Aving 0.14 mm. Antennjie long, slender, and faintly hairy: 

 pedicel and first funicle joint subequal in length; remaining funicle 

 joints increasing gradually in length ; basal joint of club slightly 

 longer than terminal joint and the preceding funicle joint. Ovi- 

 positor slightly extruded. First tarsal joint of middle legs long and 

 slender, nearly as long as the remaining 4 joints together; middle 

 tibial spur about one-half length of 1st tarsal joint. Front wings 

 rather narrow, Avith a considerably longer fringe than usual; discal 

 cilia rather sparse, and a round perfectly hairless spur below stigma. 

 General color uniform honey-yellow ; eyes and ocelli red. 



Male. — UnknoAvn. 



Type. — No. 10302, U. S. National Museum. Described from 7 

 female specimens reared by Mr. Theo. Pergande from an Aleyrodes 

 on Xanthinni strnmarivm, Washington, D. C, September 25, 1900 

 (Bur. Entom. No. 9321°). Also reared by Mr. Pergande at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, November 20, 1894, from an Aleyrodes on blackberry 

 (Bur. Ent., No. G452). 



Encarsia townsendi, neAv species. 



Female. — Length 0.00 mm. ; expanse 1.56 mm. ; greatest Avidth of 

 fore Aving 0.22 nun. Antenna^ with numerous hairs, but Avith verj^ 

 faint striation ; scape not especially long; ^^edicel longer than Avide; 

 first funicle joint about as long as Avide, shorter than pedicel and 

 only one-half as long as second funicle joint; second and remain- 

 ing funicle joints subequal in length and width, as is also basal 

 joint of club (terminal joint of club missing on all specimens). 



