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antennae and extending three-fourths the distance to margin of 

 clypens; scape yellow, the flagellum brown; pedicel a little longer 

 than the first funicle joint and the ring-joint a little wider than long; 

 first four joints of funicle slightly longer than wide, the succeeding ones 

 wider than long, and all clothed with brownish hairs; ocellocular 

 line about one and one-fifth times the length of the long diameter 

 of posterior ocellus and also longer than the lateral ocellar line; ocelli 

 pink, the eyes red. Thorax green but with cupreous and purple 

 tints in some hghts; scutellar cross-furrow quite conspicuous at cer- 

 tain angles and the sculpture a little coarser behind it; metanotum 

 very coarsely rugose and with a distinct bluish tinge; fore coxae 

 yellow with a green spot at the base, the mid coxae greenish-yellow, 

 the hind coxae green but with a yellow tip ; rest of legs yellow - 

 ferruginous; stigmal veins of wings petioled. Abdomen. robust, 

 ovate as seen from above and two-thirds as long as thorax; bluish 

 with a purple tint antero-dorsally, the posterior half with a cupreous 

 reflection; ovipositor about as long as abdomen. 



The type of this species is Callimome hrevicauda Osten Sacken. It 

 is redescribed here from two female paratypes recently received in 

 exchange by the United States National Museum from the Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology. 



Male. — Length 2.75 mm. Scape and legs yellow ferruginous; eyes 

 maroon; joints of funicle proportionately wider than in female; mid 

 coxae green. 



Type locality. — Not certain. 



Host. — Diastrophus nehulosus Osten Sacken. 



Paratype of hrevicauda Osten Sacken. — Cat. No. 25389, U.S.N.M. 



Type of hrevicauda Osten Sacken. — Museum of Comparative Zool- 

 ogy, No. 813. 



The male allotype is described from one of several specimens 

 recorded under Hopkins No. 11332 and reared April 22, 1913, from 

 Diastrophus nehulosus Osten Sacken, on Ruhus, species, and collected 

 by William Middle ton at Falls Church, Va. 



Distribution. — The national collection contains the following: Three 

 specimens of Callimome hrevissimicauda Ashmead. Type, Cat. No. 

 1359, U.S.N.M. reared from Diastrophus nehulosus Osten Sacken, on 

 Ruhus, species, Jacksonville, Fla. Two females of Callimome virentis 

 Ashmead Type; Cat. No. 2838, U.S.N.M., reared from Andricus virens 

 on live oak, Jacksonville, Fla. Nine specimens, Hopkins No. 11349, 

 reared April 7 to June 13, 1913, from Diastrophus nehulosus Osten 

 Sacken, on Ruhus, species, Falls Church, Va., William Middleton, 

 collector. Eighteen specimens, Hopkins No. 11332, reared April 13 

 to June 13, 1913, with data as above. Fourteen specimens recorded 

 under Bureau of Entomology No. 3270, August 5, 1884. Three spec- 

 imens reared from Diastrophus turgidus Bassett, Toronto, Canada 



