AND OTHER INJURIOUS INSECTS OF I907 AND I908. I95 



This seems to be the only North American species remaining in 

 the genus as at present understood. 



Apluereta pegoinyid^ sp. nov. 



Female. Length 2.2 mm. Ovipositor 1 mm. Black, the first two an- 

 tennal joints, first abdominal seginent and the legs bright honey-yellow. 

 Head twice as wide as thick, the occiput distinctly emarginate; front and 

 vertex smooth, without grooves except for the trace of a longitudinal one 

 at the ocelli, which however does not extend toward the occiput. Eyes 

 rounded with a few sparse hairs. Mandibles yellow, tridentate, all the 

 teeth acute. Antennas 21-jointed, distinctly longer than the body; second 

 flagellar joint almost twice as long as the first; following joints elongate, 

 but growing shorter, covered with a pale pubescence. Palpi long, pale. 



Fig. 101. Aiihicreta pei/umuUt Brues- Female. 

 Thorax shining black except the prosternum which is bright honey-yellow. 

 Mesonotum convex, without any depressions or trace of parapsidal fur- 

 rows; scutelluni with a long, broad, smooth fovea which extends almost 

 across the base, divided by a median raised line; tip of scutellum behind 

 the fovea subtriangular, strongly convex. Metanotum smooth, with a 

 median carina and four quadrate, well-defined areas above, the lateral and 

 pleural areas much confused. Abdomen subpetiolate, the first segment 

 longitudinally aciculated, with two stronger median carinse; spiracles placed 

 near the middle, not giving rise to any distinct lateral caringe; remainder 



