148 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxviii. 



SiTlofaiiiily XIA". OPTIIV^ZE. 

 Genus EURYTENES Forster. 

 EURYTENES NANUS, new species. 



Female. — Leng-tli, 1 mm. HonL\v yellow, .smooth, and shining, the 

 head above testaceous, the mesonotum and the apical half of the abdo- 

 men, black: the eyes, the anteume, except the scape and an annulus at 

 apex of the pedicel, the tips of the hind femora and their tarsi, are 

 fuscous; scape of antennte, the annulus on pedicel, and the leg's are 

 yellow. Wings h3\aline, the stigma and veins dark })rown. The 

 antennte are very long, nuicli longer than the whole insect, and 

 28-jointed. 



Type.—CKt. No. soil, L1.8.N.M. 



Manila. (W. A. Stanton.) 



Genus OPIUS ^A'■esmael. 

 OPIUS PHILIPPINENSIS, new species. 



2[al(:. — Length, i.O nnn. Uniformly l)rownish yellow, the eyes and 

 antennae l)rown, the stemmaticum and the apical two-thirds of the 

 abdomen black; the scape l)eneath and the pedicel are yellow. 

 Wings subf uliginous, the stigma and veins bi'own. the tegulte pale 

 yellowish. 



Tij/>e.—0^t. No. S012, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (W. A. Stanton.) 



!^ii1>laiiiily XA^. I^K^VCO^^IjS'.^E. 



Tribe II. BRACONINI. 



Genus BRACON Fabricius. 



BRACON RICINICOLA, new species. 



Fern air. — Length, 8 nnn.: ovipositor al)out the length of the abdo- 

 men. Brownish-yellow, the sutures of the metathorax, a line down 

 the metanotum, and ol)long spots at the base of dor>al abdominal seg- 

 ments three, four, and tive, black; the liagellum is fuscous: the meso- 

 pleura medially below are dusk}'. Wings sul)hyaline, the stigma and 

 veins brown. The abdomen above is linely shagreened. 



I]/7>r.— Cat. No. 7027, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (W. A. Stanton.) 



Siiljlaiiiily XA'II. Sr'^TIIIi:N"^:E. 

 Tribe II. SPATHIINI. 



Genus SPATHIUS Nees. 

 SPATHIUS PHILIPPINENSIS, new species. 



Femalr. — Length, 2.(> nmi.; ovipositor about two-thirds the length 

 of the ai)domen. Black; i\w middle mesothoracic lobe, the cheeks, 



