NO. 1387. HYMENOPTERA FROM THE PHILIPPINES— ASHMEAD. 147 



areolet is triangular, the luodiaii and sul)median cells l)eing()f an equal 

 length; otherwise, in the structure of the head, thorax, and in th(^ 

 sessile abdomen, it is similar to Microdus. The mouth parts, nund)er 

 of palpial joints, etc., can not be made out in the single specimen, 

 and will have to be described when more specimens ai'e received. 

 The a])domen is compressed toward apex, as in Zele Haliday, but the 

 ovipositor is nearly as long as the abdomen, the first and second 

 segments being long, subequal in length, while the following are 

 short, united not longer than the lirst. If the areolet w^ere removed 

 the front wings would l)e very similar in vcMiation to that found in 

 the subfamily Bluclnx. 



The genus is dedicated to Father W. A. Stanton, whose discoveries 

 have done so much toward advancing the knowledge of the Philippine 

 hymenopterous fauna. 



STANTONIA FLAVA, new species. 

 Plate I, lig. 2. 



Female. — Length 4.5 nun. : ovipositor al)OUt as long as the abdomen. 

 Wholly brownish-yellow, the eyes purplish in certain lights, the 

 tlagellum brownish; the apices of the hind tibiae, the hind tarsi 

 except the lirst joint l)asally. and the sheaths of the ovipositor are 

 ])lack. Wings lu'aline, smoky at apex; the stigma and veins are 

 blackish fuscous, and there is a small rounded black spot at the apex 

 of the tegula\ The thorax is normal, with the parapsidal furrows 

 distinct, but that converge and meet just l)efore the base of the 

 scutellum; the metathorax is smooth and without carina'. 



lyy^.— Cat. No. sn()8, U.S.N. M. 



^Manila. One specimen. 



Suljtaiiiily XII. ^^EIGROr^-^VS'^rTaRIlS'.T:. 



Genus GLYPTAPANTELES Ashmeacl. 



GLYPTAPANTELES MANIL.^, new species. 



Female. — Length i.l» nun. Black and shining, faintly sericeous, 

 the head and thorax smooth and impunctate, the metathorax short, 

 without a median carina; the lirst and second ventral segments and 

 the legs are brownish-yellow, the tips of hind tibia' and the hind tarsi 

 only faintly dusky; the abdomen above is polished, impunctate, the 

 second segment with two oblique grooved lines that com'erge anteriorly ; 

 the plate of the tirst segment is a little longer than wide, with the 

 sides parallel. AVings hyaline, the stigma brown, the internal veins 

 pallid or hyaline. 



Mile. — Length 1.5 mm. Scarcely distinguishable from the female, 

 except by the smaller abdomen, which hicks the prominent hypopygium, 

 and bv the antenna^ which are longer. 



Type.—Q^i. No. 79l>0, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. Two female and one male specimens. (W. A. Stanton.) 



