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the ventral surface, the second and following three segments of the 

 abdomen broadly on the sides, rufo-testaeeous; the legs testaeeous, the 

 tibiae and tarsi Idack. Wings hyaline, suffused with fuscous, clearer at 

 the apex, the stigma testaceous, the nervures darker. Female. Length 2 

 mm., terebra 1 mm. Chinandega, Nicaragua. 



Face aciculated; the front hollowed below, with a smooth keel in the 

 center. Mesonotum opaque, thickly covered with white pubescence. 

 Metanotum aciculated, as are also the second and third abdominal seg- 

 ments. The testaceous lateral stripe on the second segment is widest at 

 the base, the black central mark being thus triangular. The first and se- 

 cond abscissae of the radius are equal in length, the third is almost twice 

 their length; the first cubital cellule is widened at the apex through the 

 cubitus being bent oliliquely downwards to where the recurrent nervure 

 is received. 



1458 Bracon Nicaraguaensis s]). nov. 



Black, the head except the front and vertex, broadly in the center, a 

 triangular large mark on the apex of pronotum. the sides and base of 

 mesonotum broadly, scutellum, greater part of metanotum, the mesopleurae 

 except at the base, the metapleurae and the breast, black; the abdominal 

 segments infuscated on the back, closely and minutely but distinctly 

 punctured; the second segment with a fine keel down the center, not 

 dilated at the base, the suturiform articulation curved in the middle, the 

 lateral part straight, directed obliquely blackwards. Wings hyaline, highly 

 iridescent, the stigma and nervures dark fuscous, the apical abscissa of 

 the radius slightly longer than the basal two united; the recurrent nervure 

 received almost the length of the second transverse cubital in front of 

 the first. Female. Length 2 mm., terebra abount 1 mm. Chinandega, Ni- 

 caragua. 



Antenna! scape rufous. Head and thorax smooth and shining, the face 

 aciculated. Mesopleurae wnth an obscure row of punctures in the center. 

 Middle lobe of mesonotum raised, gradually narrowed to a point at the 

 apex, where the base of the scutellum is clearly raised above it. Metano- 

 tum strongly aciculated. First abdominal segment deeply depressed on the 

 basal half, the raised apical part aciculated, the other segments closely 

 finely longitudinaly striated. Apex of metanotum rounded, more strongly 

 aciculated — almost punctured — than tlie base, and with a short smooth 

 keel in the center of the apex. 



1463 Bracon Bakeri sp. nov. 



Eufo-testaceous, antennae, ocellar region, a longish large nmrk on 

 the lateral lobes of the mesonotum. an irregular, much smaller niark on 

 the base of the central, the lateral lines continueil on to the seutellar 

 region, two large marks converging towards the apex, the greater part 

 of the mesosternum, the mark incised in the middle at the apex, and the 

 backs of the third and following abdominal sgments, black. Legs rufo- 

 testaceous, the apical half of the hinder tibiae and the hind tarsi black. 

 Wings hyaline, somewhat infuscated at the base, the nervures and stigma 



