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rinrly tnincatc-couical, liiml margin witli a fine ridyc. Antennae brown- 

 red, Joints '2-4 nearly black; second joint as long as thick; the third one- 

 third longer than the second; the fourth equalling the second and third 

 uniteit. Mesonotum and scutellum black; neck very short, prothorax with 

 a rather stout tooth on each side above; mesonotum densely and finely 

 transversely rugose and punctulate, reticulated behind the crenulated 

 cross-line, es|iccially in the mid<lle; the two divergent lines distinct; 

 scutellum coriaceous; propleurae rugose; mesopleurae coriaceous above, 

 reticulated hcliiiid as are also the metapleurae and metanotum. Wings 

 hyaline, hind wings without veins. Hind coxae transversely striated; 

 hind tibiae brown-red, basally yellowish-white. Abdomen shining; a small 

 dorsal spot on segements 2 and 3, and the following segments dorsally 

 brown-black; ovipositor as long as the body, sheath black, the extreme 

 apex white. Length of the female, 10 mm. Stanford University, Banta 

 Clara county, California. 



471 Gasteruption rubrofasciatum n. sp. 



Black; head opaque, finely shagreeued; vertex ami occiput Vi^-ry 

 finely tranversely striated; cheeks shorter than the second joint cf 

 antennae; eyes glabrous, twice as long as their distance from the hind 

 margin of the head. Antennae brown-red apically; second joint scarcely 

 shorter than the third; the fourth one-third longer than the second and 

 third united. Tegulae ferrugineous; neck short; pronotum with a Srhort 

 tooth on each side; mesonotum finely transversely rugose and punctulate, 

 reticulated behind the crenulated cross-line, the divergent lines distinct; 

 propleurae and mesopleurae rugose basally; scutellum faintly transversely 

 rugose; metanotum and metapleurae reticulated. Wings hyaline. Front 

 coxae, front and middle legs, and bases of the hind femora, red; hind 

 tibiae and hind tarsi dusky brown, the hind tibiae basally white; hind 

 coxae transversely striate. Segments 2-6 of the abdomen apically each 

 with a' transverse red band. Length of the male, 12 mm. Stanford Univer- 

 sity, Santa Clara county, ('alifornia. 



n. CYNIPIDAE. 



3141 Callirhytis maculipennis n. sp. 



Black, oparpie and pubescent. Head rugose, enlarged behind the eyes; 

 front coriaceous, temples longitudinally striated and finely punctured, 

 nearly smooth and shining close behind the eyes. Antennae brownish-red, 

 the last joints more or less fuscous, 14- jointed, nearly glabrous; second 

 joint hardly longer than thick; the third at least thrice as long as thick, 

 the following joints gradually decreasing in size; joints 9-13 nearly equal, 

 one third longer than thick; the last a little longer than the penultimate. 

 Thorax coarsely rugose; mesonotum irregularly rugose posteriorly be- 

 tween the parapsidal furrows, anteriorly and laterally more or less 

 transversely rugulose; parapsidal furrows complete; the four glabrous 

 lines of the mesonotum are ridged; mesopleura shagreened and smooth; 

 scutellum hardly longer than wide, rugose, with two triangular foveae at 



