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tudinal lines, basally these more or less reticulated; legs entirely 

 yellowish; longer spur on hind tibiae as long as first two joints of 

 tarsi; first joint of hind tarsi almost twice as long as second; abdo- 

 men dark brown, with a large basal light spot; venter largely pale. 



Male. — Length about 1.5 mm. Similar to the female, except in 

 secondaiy sexual characters; the first joint of funicle about twice as 

 long as the pedicel. 



Habitat. — Japan. 



One female and one male bred from Parnara guttatus by Prof. S. I. 

 Kuwana; also three paratype specimens from Atami, A. Koebele, 

 collector. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13462, U.S.N.M. 



Named in honor of Prof. S. I. Kuwana. 



ELACHERTUS HYPHANTRI^, new species. 



Female. — Length about 2 mm. Head and thorax purplish-black, 

 the face more bronzy, the abdomen dark brown with a honey-colored 

 spot at base; face almost smooth, occiput lineolate; head with many 

 rather long hairs; antennae brown; pro thorax and mesothorax finely 

 reticulated, inner edges of parapsidal areas smooth; scutellum, meta- 

 thorax, and propodeum between the lateral folds polished; median 

 carina of propodeum well developed; propodeum laterally finely 

 roughened; wings hyaline, the veins almost colorless; legs, including 

 the coxae, light honey color; abdomen polished. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Five specimens, reared from Hyphantria cunea Drury, at Cuero, 

 Texas. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13463, U.S.N.M. 



CRATOTECHUS HOPLITIS, new species. 



Female. — Length about 2.5 mm. Head and thorax bright green; 

 abdomen at base and apex green, a large reddish-testaceous band 

 near base, back of this black; antennae light brown, the pedicel 

 shorter than the first joint of the funicle, about as long as the second; 

 head lineolated, the lineolations somewhat reticulated; below the 

 antennae the face transversely rugulose; mesonotum with shallow 

 thimble-like punctures; those on the scutellum finer; metathorax 

 with similar, still finer punctures; propodeum with still finer punc- 

 tures, which are somewhat irregularly thimble-like; propodeum with 

 a median carina; spiracles large, round; prepectus and metapleurae 

 with thimble-like punctures; mesepisternum and lower part of 

 mesepimerum with reticulations of raised lines somewhat like 

 irregular, shallow thimble-like punctures; upper part of mesepi- 

 merum, in the shape of an inverted triangle, smooth; marginal vein 

 about twice as long as the postmarginal; stigmal vein shorter than 



