ART. 3 SOME NEW CHALCID-FLIES TIMBERLAKE 13 



half of their own diameter or slightly less from the margin of both 

 the eyes and the occiput; eyes moderately large, oval, vertical, con- 

 tiguous dorsally with the occipital margin, about as wide as one- 

 third of the whole head ; cheeks almost as long as one-half the width 

 of the eyes, the genal suture distinct; face short and broad, the 

 scrobes short, linear, acutely converging yet meeting above in a 

 curve, the interspace very slightly convex and about twice as long 

 as wide. 



Antennae inserted rather close together and very close to the 

 clypeal margin, the sockets being separated from each other hy a 

 space about equal to their own length, and divided from the clypeal 

 margin by a space somewhat less than their own width. Scape long 

 and cylindrical, including the radicle somewhat longer than the eye; 

 pedicel about twice as long as thick and nearly equal to the follow- 

 ing joint in both length and width; flagellum moderately long and 

 cylindrical, the funicie joints increasing just perceptibly in thickness 

 distad; funicie six-jointed, the first joint about twice as long as 

 thick, the following joints gradually shortening, the last one only 

 slightly longer than thick; club solid, cylindrical, about equal to the 

 last three funicie joints combined, its outer surface collapsing in the 

 form of a furrow. 



Mandibles moderately wide, expanding slightly at apex, the teeth 

 rather long and stout, spreading a trifle, a little rounded at their 

 tips, the middle one slightly larger than the other two. Maxillary 

 palpi moderately long, four-jointed, the first two joints about as 

 long as thick, the third as wide as long, the fourth somewhat thicker 

 and fusiform, about as long as the first two joints combined; labial 

 palpi, rather short, stouter than the basal joints of the maxillary 

 pair, three-jointed, the middle joint very short and rather wider 

 than long, the apical and basal joints subequal, rather longer than 

 the basal joint of the maxillary pair, the apical joint oval. 



Thorax robust, strongly convex above, with the thickness dorso- . 

 ventrally not quite equal to the width; pronotum strongly arcuate; 

 mesoscutum large, its median length a little more than one-half the 

 width, its posterior margin convexly arcuate, especially medially; 

 axillae short, over twice as wide as long, the inner tips narrowly 

 truncate and meeting, but normally concealed by the posterior mar- 

 gin of the mesoscutum so that the axillae appear to be slightly sepa- 

 rated; scutellum large, slightly longer than wide, the sides moder- 

 ately bulging, well elevated and abruptly declivous, the apex rather 

 acutely rounded, the disk strongly depressed; propodeum short 

 medially but lengthening toward the sides, and strongly arched from 

 side to side. 



Abdomen about as long as the thorax, ovate; the dorsum de- 

 pressed, the cereal plates situated a little basad of the middle; the 



