ABT. 3 SOME NEW CHALCID-PLIES TIMBERLAKE 27 



antennae differing as noted in the generic description, the club two- 

 jointed, the scape and pedicel dark brown, the flagellum pale brown. 



Length of body, (1.12 to) 1.32; length of head, 0.457; width of 

 head, 0.549; width of frontovertex, 0.271; length of antenna, 0.940; 

 width of mesoscutum, 0.527; length of fore wing, 1.121; width of 

 fore wing, 0.563 mm. 



Described from two females and two males (holotype female, 

 allotype, and paratypes) reared from a species of Lecanium (prob- 

 ably L. corni) on Quercus californica and from Lecanium corni 

 Bouche on Arctosfaphylos, July 29 to August 4, 1912, collecied at 

 Idyllwild, Strawberry Valley, San Jacinto Mountains, California, 

 on July 12 and 13 (Timberlake), U. S. Insectary No. 14654 F and G. 



Type.— Cat. No. 28145, U.S.N.M. 



GAHANIELLA SAISSETIAE, new species 



Plate 1, fig. 12 ; plate 2, fig. 17 



Female. — Very similar to californica., but the following differences 

 are apparent: Frontovertex a little wider in proportion to the 

 length; the ocelli in an obtuse angle of about 95° or a little more; 

 the face with an oval depression, apparently not due to shrinkage, 

 divided medially by the antennal prominence, the scrobes not so 

 distinctly sulcate, the prominence above the sockets tapering off to 

 an ill-defined carina which separates the upper half of the scrobes; 

 space between each antennal socket and nearest point of correspond- 

 ing eye distinctly less than distance from the socket to the oral 

 margin, the antennae being inserted slightly higher up on the face. 

 Antennae a little longer, the scape narrower, more fusiform, ex- 

 cluding radicle a little over four times as long as wide; pedicel 

 slightly longer than wide, and a little shorter than the following 

 joint, the fi-rst three funicle joints a trifle longer than wide, the last 

 three about as wide as long, club less perfectly oval and more trun- 

 cate at base. Sculpture similar, but the reticulations of the fronto- 

 vertex are more thimblelike and decidedly coarser, the fine pin 

 punctures much sparser and fainter; the scutellum is microscopi- 

 cally shagreened with extremely minute thimblelike punctures which 

 are longitudinally lengthened toward the base and gradually change 

 to longitudinal striolations. Pubescence on head more conspicuous, 

 as it is somewhat whitish and glistening, but considerably sparser 

 on the frontovertex, where it is mostly confined to the orbits. 



Coloration similar to californica^ but with considerably more 

 metallic luster in parts, the frontovertex much more distinctly 

 greenish, the face and cheeks strongly bluish and rather brilliant, 

 the facial impression greenish in some aspects; scutellum especially 

 toward apex more or less bronzy; the declivous sides of scutellum, 

 metapleura, and basal tergites of abdomen more or less shiny and 



