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half, with some punctures abo^'e. Wings hyaline, with a cloud across 

 from the stigma, the veins blackish, the parastigma separated from 

 the stigma b}' a white spot. 



T(/jje.—C'dt. No. 8002, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (Father W. A. Stanton.) 



Family LXXVI. ICHNEUMONID.E. 



Siiljlkiriily II. CRYI^'riN-^I^:. 



Tribe III. HEMITELINI. 



Genus OTACUSTES Forster. 



OTACUSTES ALBOANNULUS. new species. 



Fmnulc. — Length 4 nun. Black, the apex of the abdomen with a 

 white spot; e3"es very large, occupying the whole side of the head and 

 whitish in color; temples very Hat; the head and thorax are tinely 

 punctured, the metathorax linely rugulose, the areas distinct, the two 

 basal lateral areas almost smooth, shining, the apical transverse carina 

 acute at the angles; the basal three joints of the antennae and the legs 

 are ferruginous, the hind coxa% tips of hind femora and the hind 

 til)i{e (except a narrow white annulus at base), are dark fuscous; the 

 fiagellum, except joints 4 to 6, is black; joints 4 to 0, and the palpi, 

 are white. Wings fuscous, with the base and a band across from 

 before the stigma, white or hvaline. 



Tirpe.—O^X. No. 8008, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (Father Stanton.) 



Genus ASTOMASPIS Forster. 

 ASTOMASPIS METATHORACICA, new species. 



Female. — Length 4.2 nun.; ovipositor only al)out half the length of 

 petiole. Black; eyes large, dirt}" white; ocelli pale; the clypeus, man- 

 dibles, the hind angles of the prothorax, the scutellum, the metathorax, 

 the mesopleura, and the tirst and second segments of the al)domen, 

 are red; the other segments of the abdomen are black, but narrowly 

 margined with white at apex; the scape of the antennjii beneath, the 

 teguhe, and the costal veins, are yellowish- white; the flagellum is 

 blackish or dark brown above, ferruginous beneath, and very slender; 

 legs red, the apex of the hind femora black, the hind tibiae with a 

 white annulus at base, outwardly and at the apex, and the hind tarsi, 

 fuscous. Wings hyaline, with a fuscous cloud across from the stigma. 

 The head above and the mesothorax are transversely rugulose, the 

 metathorax completely areolated, rugulose. The abdomen has a 



