1915] Bnies — Some Neiu Parasitic Hymenoptera 5 



yellowish white, with the extreme tip dark. Wings hyaline. Occiput behind the 

 ocelli finely, irregularly transversely striate and finely shagreened forward to the 

 level of the anterior ocellus. Facial basin smooth and poHshed, margined laterally 

 by a raised line that separates it from the narrow orbits and curves inward above 

 to include the anterior ocellus. Lower corners of facial basin striated, their striae 

 extending upwards for a short distance along the orbits. Clypeus with a few large 

 shallow punctures; face at sides of clypeus minutely rugulose; genae vertically 

 striated, these striae extending upwards to meet those on the occiput. Thorax 

 and scutellum umbilicately punctate except for the axillae and a space external to 

 each parapsidal furrow. Scutellum with a carinate margin that is emarginate at 

 tip to form two blunt teeth. Tegulae rufo-fuscous. Metathorax with a strong 

 median carina. Mesopleura with a large, irregular depression above and a num- 

 ber of smaller, circular foveae below. Wings with the marginal vein distinctly 

 longer than the post marginal and twice as long as the stigmal. 



One specimen, Ceara-Mirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 

 Wm. M. Mann. 



This species has the orbital space on the sides of the front usu- 

 ally narrow, and only slightly widened above ; the eyes are large, 

 separated by only the width of the antenna from the base of the 

 mandibles, and the malar furrow is distinct. There is no ridge or 

 carina on the face near the side of the clypeus. It is most closely 

 related to P. bakeri Crawford recently described from North Amer- 

 ica, but the facial carinse extend below the insertion of the antennae, 

 and the scutellum is deeply emarginate at apex. 



Family CLEONYMID.E. 

 Pelecinella Westwood. 



There is a specimen of this remarkable genus which represents 

 an undescribed species. Three species have previously been de- 

 scribed, all from Brazil, which may be distinguished from the 

 present one as follows: 



Key to the Species of Pelecinella. 



1. Body and legs mainly black, with more or less bluish, greenish or purplish re- 



flections 2 



At least the abdomen in great part rufous; legs rufous or brown 3 



2. Prothorax rufous on the sides; joints 2-4 of hind tarsi white, hind metatarsus 



black phantasma Westw. 



Prothorax entirely black; hind metatarsus white, following joints dark brown 

 or piceous ashmeadi sp. nov. 



3. Head above, and thorax above (rarely entirely), abdomen, except segments 



2 and 3, black; ovipositor half as long as the body hou-ardi Ashm. 



Head, thorax, except above, and abdomen, rufous westicoodi Ashm. 



