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than the funicle, the, first funicle joint being- a little the longest joint, the following 

 joints scarcely perceptibly snbec^nal. Thorax ovoid, the collar rounded, nearly of an 

 equal length thronghout; parapsidal furrows indicated only anteriorly; metathorax 

 two-thirds the length of the scutellum, the spiracles <dose to the postscutellar fold, 

 elliptic-oval, the lateral folds complete, and there is a slight median carina at 

 base. Wings hyaline, the venation pale yellowish, the stigmal vein two-thirds the 

 length of the postmarginal ending in a small stigma, the marginal vein about as long 

 as the postmarginal. Al)domen conic-ovate, about as long as the head and thorax 

 too-ether, subsessile, its base slightly produced beueath the neck of the metathorax,- 

 se'i-ments 1, 5, 6, and 7 about ec^ual in length, about as long as the 2, 3. and 4 com- 

 bfhed, 2 and 3 very short, together only slightly longer than 4. 



2fale. — Length 2™'". Golden green, couduently punctate; scape and legs, except 

 hind coxie and femora, yellow ; the tip of the hind, femora also yellow ; flagellum 

 pale brown, pubescent; the pedicel small, smooth, dusky; terminal joints of funicle 

 very slightly longer than thick; the basal joints about 14^ times as loug as thick. 

 Abdomen oblong-oval, the first and fifth segments the longest; the other segments,, 

 except the last, short, about equal in length. 



Hab. : Washington, D. C. 



Described from 1 S aad 1 9 specimen, reared June 8 and 1>, 1892, 

 from. Anthonomus signaUts. 

 Catolaccus inx'ERTLS sp. n. Ashmead. 



Female. — Length, 2'"'". Head and thorax metallic green, conflueutly punctate,, 

 covered with rigid white hairs; abdomen conic, snbcompressed, bluish black; scape, 

 trochanters, apices of the femora and tibiie and tarsi, honey-yellow, the hind tibi;e^ 

 duskv at the middle; flagellum subclavate, bi'own, the first funicle joint the longest, 

 about \\ times as long as wide, the others very slightly snbequal, the last being very 

 slightly longer than wide, the club 3-jointed, slightly stouter than the funicle, the 

 second joint the longest and widest. The head is a little wider than the thorax, the 

 vertex therefore wide, the ocelli arranged in a slight curved line, the clypeus medi- 

 ally emarginate. Thorax ovoid, the collar distinct but short, the mesouotum wider 

 than long with the parapsidal furrows iudicated only anteriorly, scutellum convex, 

 metathorax half the length of the scutelluui, punctate, with a slight median carina 

 at base, the spiracles oval ch)se to the post-scutellar fold, the surface behind them 

 deeply depressed, with no lateral folds. Wings hyaline, the venation brownish-yel- 

 low, the stigmal vein clavate about half the length of the marginal, the club brown, 

 the marginal vein two-thirds the length of the submarginal, the post-marginal vein 

 one-half longer than the stigmal. Abdoiuen as long as the head and thorax united, 

 the first T>ody segment and the third about e(iual and slightly longer than any of the 

 others. 



Male. — Length, 1.1'>"". Dull bluish or blue-black, with sometimes a slight bronzy- 

 tinge on the head and thorax above, the rigid pubescence subobsolete ; second ab- 

 dominal segment, scai)e, knees, tips of tibiie and tarsi, except the last joint, honey- 

 yellow, or whitish yellow; flagellum, brown, covered with a fine, long pubescence, 

 the pedicel stouter and about twice the length of the first funicle joint, the follow- 

 ing joints about equal, a little longer than thick; the club pointed, usually con- 

 tracted in drying and not as thick as the funicle. 



Hab. : Washington, D. C. 



Described from '2 $ $ , \ 9 specimen; reared June 7, 1892, from 

 Anthonomiis ,signatus. 



