1915] Brues — Some New Parasitic Hymcnoplera 7 



transversely striate. Antennae 12-jointed, scape reaching to the anterior ocellus; 

 pedicel globular, one-third as long and nearly as thick as the first flagellar joint; 

 second and third each somewhat shorter than the preceding; following subequal, 

 the apical ones somewhat longer and considerably more slender; third flagellar 

 joint scarcely over twice as long as thick and only feebly toothed beneath. Mesono- 

 tum shining, with sparse, rather weak punctures, longitudinally striate medially 

 on its posterior half, the striated area not extending more than halfway from the 

 median line to the tegulse. . Scutellum finely, irregularly rugose, a small space on 

 the middle of its disc more finely sculptured; with a punctate line just inside of the 

 posterior edge which is raised; postscutellum with a stout thorn which appears 

 triangular in dorsal view. Metathorax closely rugose, its posterior angles pro- 

 duced as prominent thorns of about the same size as the postscutellar one. Prono- 

 tum not visible from above, finely sculptured, but shining; propleurse rugoso-punc- 

 tate, more finely so below; mesopleura with an oblique femoral impression which 

 is transversely marked with coarse grooves; metapleura shining, with a small im- 

 pression near the middle and a few oblicjue striae at the base of the coxa. Abdo- 

 men obovate; petiole a trifle longer than wide at base, twice as wide at apex as at 

 base, with parallel longitudinal striae; second segment one-third longer than the 

 first, nearly twice as broad at apex as at base, with a depression across the base, 

 striated, the striae spreading out fan-shaped behind and becoming much finer lat- 

 erally where they are parallel with the lateral margin of the segment; third seg- 

 ment no wider at apex than at base, as long as wide and as long as the first and 

 second together; finely longitudinally striated except at extreme apex, its striae 

 parallel; following segments smooth, rapidly growing shorter. Marginal vein long, 

 a little more than half the length of the submarginal; stigmal vein one-fourth as 

 long as the marginal and scarcely knobbed at tip; postmarginal wanting. 



One specimen from Independencia, Parahyba, Brazil, Mann and 

 Heath. 



The very large and stout metathoracic spines, short antennal 

 joints and abdominal sculpture will serve to distinguish this species 

 from its congeners. 



Macroteleia herbigrada sp. nov. 



d^. Length 4.5 mm. Black, legs; except coxae brownish yellow; antennae 

 brownish yellow below, piceous above; wings subhyaline, with fuscous venation. 

 Head about half wider than thick antero-posteriorly, above with coarse separated 

 punctures which have a tendency to sissume longitudinal series behind the ocelli; 

 in front of the ocelli they are irregular and farther apart, except for a dense row of 

 smaller ones along the inner eye-margin; front medially with a shallow, smooth 

 depression to receive the antennal scapes; malar line deep, over half as long as the 

 scape, the front above it closely punctate; cheeks and temples coarsely and more 

 sparsely so. Eyes bare; ocelli large, especially the posterior ones which almost 

 touch the eye-margin. Antennae 12-jointed; scape as long as the narrowest width 

 of the front; pedicel sUghtly shorter than the first flagellar joint, which is twice as 



