NO. i-)2j. NEW PIIHAPPIXE IIYMEXOrrERA—ASHMEAD. 403 



joint more than twice longer tlian tliick. Wings hj'aline, the veins 

 brownish yellow. 



The head is transverse, wider than the thorax, at least four times 

 as wide as thick antero-posteriorly, smooth and shining, but under a 

 strong lens the surface in front appears finely, reticulateh" sculptured; 

 the thorax is smooth, but the middle mesothoracic lobe and the scutel- 

 lum exhibit a tine, delicate, reticulate sculpture similar to that on the 

 face, only more distinct, this sculpture being less distinct on the lateral 

 mesothoracic lol)es and entirely absent on the pronotum and the axilla?. 



The metathorax is impressed on each side, the middle lobe thus 

 formed being smooth and brassy, and produced into a neck that extends 

 over the base of the abdomen; it has also a delicate median carina that 

 is connected with a transverse carina at apex; the lateral depressions 

 are aeneous black; the abdomen is conically pointed, blue, longer than 

 the head and thorax united, flat or subconcave above, compressed 

 beneath; the ventral segment projecting and forming a prominent 

 keel. Wings hyaline, the veins brown, the marginal and postmarginal 

 veins very long, only a little shorter than the subcostal vein; the 

 stigmal vein is clavate at apex and about one- third the length of the 

 mai'ginal. 



rypr.—Q?^. No. 8050, U.S.N.M. 



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



Family ENCYRTID.E. 



Genus HOWARDIELLA Dalla Torre. 

 II. HOWARDIELLA TARSATA, new species. 



Female. — Length 2 mm. Black and shining, the head subopaque, 

 with two rows of microscopic punctures from the front ocellus, tlie 

 tWnx brown black, the tarsi, except the last joint, j^ellowish white. 



The head is sublenticular, about as wide as the thorax, with an exca- 

 vation anteriorly for the reception of the antenna?, which are inserted 

 far anterior^, with a ridge between; eyes very large, occupying most 

 of the sides of the head, long oval, strongly facetted, and slightly con- 

 verging above, the upper inner margin touching the lateral ocelli, the 

 latter being close to each other; the ilagellum is brown black, thick- 

 ened toward apex, the pedicel being long, as long as the three follow- 

 ing joints united, the funicle joints broadening toward the clul) and 

 wider than long; the pronotum is very short," hardl}^ visible from 

 above; the mesonotum is wider than long and hardly as long as the 

 large scutellum, the axillae widel}'^ separated; the metathorax is very 

 short, perpendicular with the apex of the scutellum; the abdomen is 

 sessile, seen from above subcordate, and hardly as long as the thorax; 

 the first joint of the hind tarsi is as long as joints 2 and 3 united and 

 thicker. Wings hj^aline, the veins brown, the marginal and submar- 



