138 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxviii. 



Fiiniily LXX. ELA8MID.E. 



Genus ELASMUS Westwood. 

 ELASMUS PHILIPPINENSIS, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1 mm. ]^)lue-l)lack, th(' al)doinen mostly red, 

 with its pointed tip V)lack, the postscutelliun waxy-white, the scape 

 pale yellowish, the Hagellum brown-black, pu))escent; legs 3'ellowish 

 white, the middle and hind femora dark or blue-})lack; the black hairs 

 on the hind tibiae are arranged to form nine or ten oval areas. Wings 

 hvaline, the veins brown. 

 " Type.—Q^. No. 7915, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. Four female specimens (Father W. A. Stanton). 



Family LXXI. EULOPHID.E. 

 Siibfaiiaiiy I. I^:]s^TEDOl^rI]s^^^^::. 



Tribe II. OMPHALINI. 



Genus CLOSTEROCERUS Westwood. 



CLOSTEROCERUS BROWNII, new species. 



Female. — I-^ength, o.S nnn. Aeneous l)lack, smooth and shining, the 

 mesonotum metallic greenish and very delicateh^ microscopically re- 

 ticulated; the scape and pedicel are yellow, the rest of the antennae 

 l)eing l)lack; the legs, including the coxa?, are j^ello wish-white, while 

 the abdomen is pointed ovate, sessile. Wings hyaline, the nervure^ 

 light brownish. 



Male. — Length, 0.65 mm. Agrees well with the female, except that 

 it is smaller, the abdomen smaller and oval, the middle mesothorac-'ic 

 lol)e with a median furrow posteriorly, while the flagellum is slender, 

 the joints with some long, sparse black hairs. 



7}/7>..— Cat. No. 8011, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. Described from specimens, representing both sexes, re- 

 ceived from Father Robert Brown, and in honor of whom the species 

 is nanied. 



Tribe III. ENTEDONINI. 



Genus ASECODES Forster. 

 ASECODES ELASMI, new species. 



Male-. — Length, O.fJ mm. Uniformly dark blue, except the tarsi, 

 which are snowy white with the last joint dark brown or fuscous, the 

 head on the vertex and the mesothorax and the scutellum with a 

 metallic greenish tinge; joints of the liagellum loosely joined, nionili- 

 form; wings hyaline 



Type.-Q^^o. 791(5, U.S.N.M. 



M}inila. Four specimens bred by Father Stanton, from Fla><mus 

 phil !2>2>'-i>e}i!<i'<. 



