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endt< in a prominent ovipositt)r. The wing venation is similar to that 

 in Jff^soc/iori/s^ only the sti^iua is not so well developed but linear, 

 while the ar(M)let is absent, as in some IL'iriiteUnL 



19. NESOMESOCHORUS OCULATUS, new species. 



Fciiialr. — Length about <i nnu. ; the ovipositor about one-third the 

 length of the abdomen. Black and shining, inipunctate, except the 

 metathorax po,st<M-iorly, where the surfa e is wrinkled transversely; 

 the mesopleura ha\e a long obliijue, crenate furrow; the antennic are 

 ringed with white, the white ring occupying joints 18 to 10, the joints 

 l)eyond, and the 5 or l)efore, being black; the other joints, except 

 the pedicel, which is white, being l)rownish or ^yellowish; the ])alpi, 

 tlie teguhe, front coxiv and trochantei's, the first joint of the middle 

 and hind trochanters, and a narrow annulns at l)ase of hind tibi;e are 

 white; the rest of the legs, except the second joint of the hind ti'ochan- 

 ters. hind femora, and tibia', which are dark fuscous, and the basal 

 third or more of the abdominal petiole, are reddish-3'ellow; the second 

 and third dorsal segments of the alidomen narrowly at the extreme 

 base, and the venter, are whitish; the first and second abdominal seg- 

 ments are very long, about equal in length; the third and fourth 

 segments subequal, united not longer than the second, while the fol- 

 lowing segments are still shorter. Wings hyaline, iridescent, the 

 costal and internal venis brown. 



Type.— C-At. No. s:33T, U.8.N.M. 



Manila. (Father Rol)ert Brown.) One specimen. 



Family BKACONID.F]. 



Genus METEORUS Haliday. 

 20. METEORUS BROWNII, new species. 



Fi'inolr. — Length 8.5 to -1 nun. Brownish-yellow, with the dorsum 

 and apex of the metathorax, the apex of the al)dominal petiole, and 

 the ))ase of the second dorsal aV)dominal segment black; the palpi and 

 the base of the abdominal petiole are white; 63^68 brown or purplish 

 brown in certain lights. Tiie metathorax is regulose, while the 

 abdominal petiole is longitudinally striated; wings hyaline, iride.scent, 

 the costal vein ))lack, the stigma and internal veins light brownish. 



7}/7>e.-Cat. No. 8817, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (Father Robert Brown.) Three specimens, all females. 



Genus CHELONUS Jurine. 

 21. CHELONUS ALBICINCTUS, new species. 



Male. — Length 2.8 nun. Head, thorax, and abdomen, except the 

 basal tM^o-tifths, which is white, black, the mandibles red with black 

 teeth, the palpi, trochanters, front tibite and tarsi, basal two-thirds of 



