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cross furrow; the scutellar apex somewhat polished, more conspicu- 

 ously so than sackeni; propodeum deeply sculptured and shagreened 

 through the median one-third, the lateral one-third being sculptured 

 more nearly as the dorsum; fore coxae yellow testaceous but with a 

 distinct greenish tint on the basal one-third; mid coxae green with 

 a bronzy reflection, the hind coxae green at the base and the tip but 

 with a purple hue through the center, the tip testaceous; femora and 

 tibiae dark testaceous; the tarsi testaceous stigmal vein petioled. 

 First segment of abdomen bronzy green; posterior part of abdo- 

 men decidedly cupreous; ovipositor about one-fifth longer than the 

 iibdomen. 



Male. — Length 2.75 mm. Scape yellowish beneath and mostly dark 

 green above; joints of funicle about as long as wide and of nearly 

 equal width; fore coxae not so yellow as in female, legs pale testaceous, 

 the tips of joints yellowish. Abdomen shorter than the thorax. 



Type locality. — Alameda, Calif. 



Host. — Gall on "currant." 



2Vpe.— Cat. No. 25358, U.S.N.M. 



Distribution. — Described from 16 females and 9 males reared May, 

 1888, from the above-named host and recorded under Bureau of 

 Entomology No. 399°; and from 9 specimens Hopkins No. 11059a* 

 reared by B. T. Harvey from galls on Ruhus nuthanus Mocino, at 

 Necamicum,Oreg.,May 2, 1913. Two paratypes from the first named 

 series are in the author's collection. 



17. CALLIMOME SACKENI Ashmead 

 Figure 164 



Callimome brevicauda Osten Sacken, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 3, 1870, 

 p. 62, No. 6, not Callimome brevicauda Walker. 



Callimome sackeni Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 9, 1888, Proc, p. 

 xxxii (new name for brevicauda Osten Sacken). 



Callimome brevissimicauda Ashmead Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 9, 1888, 

 Proc, p. xxxiii. 



Callimome fagopyrum Provancher, Nat. Can., vol. 12, 1881, p. 291. 



Callimome virenlis Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 9, 1881, Proc, 

 p. xxxiv. 



Torymus virentia (Ashmead) Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 14, 1887, 

 p. 188. 



Torymus brevicauda (Osten Sacken) Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent., vol. 14, 1887, 

 p. 188. 



Torymus brevissimicauda (Ashmead) Dalla Torre, Cat. Hymen., vol. 5, 

 1898, p. 301. 



Torymus ostensackeni Dalla Torre, Cat. Hymen., vol. 5, 1898, p. 311 (new 

 name for brevicauda Osten Sacken). 



Female. — Length 3.5 mm.; ovipositor 1.2 mm. Thorax green and 

 robust; abdomen cupreous. Head transverse; viewed from front 

 reticulately rugose, green with a cupreous tinge; carina separating the 



