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Family BRACONIDyE. 



19. CARDIOCHILES PHILIPPENSIS, new species. 



Female. — Length 4 mm. ; ovipositor about one-third the longlh of 

 the abdomen. Bhick, .shining-, and impunctate, except the metathorax, 

 which i.s rugulo.se and areohited, the areola large and lozengoidal; a 

 spot toward base of mandibles and the apex of front femoi-a 3^ellow, 

 the front tibia^ pale fuscous; the three terminal joints of the maxillary 

 palpi, all tarsi, and the hind til)ial spurs white; antenn{>? long, about 

 34-jointed. Wings h^-aline, the front wings with their apical third 

 fu,scous, the hind wings with the base and apex fuscous, the stigma 

 and veins black or brown black. 



Type.— Cat. No. 8458, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (Father Robert Brown.) This species differs from the 

 European and American species in having- very man}^ more joints in 

 the antennae but otherwise it seems congeneric. 



20. UROGASTER OPACUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 3 mm.; ovipositor as long as the abdomen. Black, 

 the head and thorax very iinely, closely, opaquely punctate, clothed 

 with a whitish pubescence; the palpi, the costal veins to the stigma, 

 and the other veins, except the stigmal vein, front knees, spot at base 

 of middle and hind tibiae, the front and middle tarsi more or less, and 

 all tibial spurs, white or yellowish white; the rest of the legs, except 

 the front femora and tibiae, middle tibia?, and basal half of hind tibiae, 

 which are yellowish, black; the stigma and the post .stigmal vein are 

 brown-black; the metathorax is areolated, the areola rather large, 

 pentagonal; the plate of the tirst abdominal segment is about four 

 times as long as wide, the sides parallel, and tinely wrinkled; the 

 other segments are smooth. 



Male. — Length 2.5 mm. Agrees well with the female, except that 

 the front and middle legs from the cox;«, the hind trochanters, and 

 the basal two-thirds of the hind tibije are brownish yellow, the first 

 joint of the hind tarsi whitish at base, the ventral membrane of 

 abdominal segments 1 to 4 or 5, yellowish white, while the plate of 

 the first abdominal segment is rugulosel}' sculptured, the sides slightl}'^ 

 convergent posteriorly. 



Type.—OAt. No. 8454, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. (Father Robert Brown.) 



21. UROGASTER ALBINERVIS, new species. 



Male. — Length 2 mm. Black, very minutely punctate, but shining, 

 the mandibles flavo-testaceous with black teeth; the front and middle 

 legs, except the cox;e and the hind femora more or less, are brownish- 

 yellow, the coxae, the middle femora more or less, and the middle 



