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subequal. Wings hyaline, the veins, except the short marginal vein, 

 pale yellowish. 



Type.—Q'Ai. No. 8954, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. One specimen. (Father Robert Brown.) 



Genus DIRHINUS Dalman. 

 9. DIRHINUS AURATUS, new species. 



Female.- — Length 3 to 4.i} mm. Head and thorax metallic gold 

 green, rather coarsely, reticulately punctate, sparsely pubescent, some 

 of the hairs on the vertex, the thorax, and scutellum being golden 

 3^ellow, the others white or silvery w^hite; the inetathorax areolated 

 and carinated, there being a large, somewhat oval area at base, sepa- 

 rated into two divisions by a median carina, with carina? on either side, 

 and back of the large l)asal area are two more or less triangular areas; 

 the metapleura are armed with two teeth on their lower hind margin; 

 the abdomen is smooth and shining, the short petiole with longitudi- 

 nal carina, the tirst segment of the abdomen proper, which is very 

 large and occupies the larger portion of the abdomen, being longitu- 

 dinally striate at base above; the antennas teguhe, front and middle 

 legs, except coxa% and the hind tarsi brownish yellow, the rest of the 

 hind legs black. Wrings hyaline, with a faint yellowish tinge, the 

 veins dark brownish, the stigmal and postmarginal veins not developed. 



Male. — Length 2.8 mm. Dull bronze green, the frontal horns 

 longer, with a slight tooth on each side of the face, opposite the apex 

 of the eyes, the antennti? brownish yellow, the pedicel and the two or 

 three apical joints brownish, the abdomen clavate, pear-shaped, the 

 petiole longer than in the female, fuU}^ twice as long as thick, longi- 

 tudinally furrowed, the base of abdomen with some short striai near 

 its junction w^ith the petiole, otherwise similar to the female. 



r^;;^.— Oat. No. 8955, U.S.N.M. 



Manila. Described from live specimens received from Father 

 Brown. 



This species is quite distinct from D. aiithrada. Walker, the onl}- 

 other species known from the Philippines, in color and sculpture. 



Family MISOOGASTERID.E. 



Genus ORMOCERUS Walker. 

 10. ORMOCERUS PALLIDIPES, new species. 



Female. — Length 3.8 mm. Head, coxa?, and abdomen dark blue, 

 the abdomen along the venter testaceous, the e3'es whitish, the thorax 

 bronze green, the scape of the antennic and the legs pale yellowish, 

 the femora brownish toward apex above, the flagellum brown, the tirst 



