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shining light brown, except a little lighter at the tips; the hind femora 

 and tibiae much darker; tarsi with basal half citrine; wings strongly 

 ciliate; marginal vein two-thirds as long as submarginal, the stigmal 

 vein petioled. Abdomen as long as thorax, slightly subcompressed 

 and dorsally depressed; segments medially emarginate; conspicuous 

 white hairs on sides; ovipositor a little shorter than abdomen. 



Male. — Length 2.5 mm. Scape greenish brown; thorax rather ro- 

 bust, and with a cupreous tinge; legs darker than in female. 



Type locality. — Martinez, Calif. 



Host. — Prosoma, species on Baccharis pilularis De Candolle. 



Type.—Csit. No. 25355, U.S.N.M. 



Described from two males and two females reared in January, 1883. 

 The female type, male allotype, and one paratype in the National 

 collection. One female paratype is in the author's collection. These 

 specimens are recorded under Bureau of Entomology No. 2964°. 



37. CALLIMOME BACCHARIDIS, new species 



Figure 57 



Female. — Length 2.5 mm. ovipositor 1.2 mm. Head and thorax 

 green with a cupreous tinge; thoracic dorsum minutely sculptured. 

 Head transverse and a little wider than the thorax; face bronzy in 

 some lights and clothed with weak appressed hairs; antennae sepa- 

 rated by a rather prominent carina which extends one-half the distance 

 to the margin of the mouth; scape rather cylindrical, mostly brown, 

 but yellowish underneath; flagellum fuscous; pedicel shining and 

 longer than the first joint of funicle, the ring-joint as long as wide; 

 joints of funicle very slightly longer than wide and with a single row 

 of regularly arranged and widely placed tawny hairs around each, 

 giving a distinctly keeled appearance; antennal depression shallow; 

 the distance between the margin of eye and posterior ocellus and be- 

 tween the posterior ocellus and median ocellus equal; eyes reddish. 

 Posterior part of mesoscutum with larger reticulations and punctures 

 than the scutellum which is very finely reticulated and with conspic- 

 uous but smaller, shallow impressions; entire dorsum covered with 

 rather long white hairs which are longest on the apical end of scutel- 

 lum; propodeum smooth and coppery; fore coxae green on the out- 

 side and brown inside; mid coxae more uniform greenish-brown, the 

 hind ones brownish underneath and green and coarsely sculptured 

 above; rest of legs testaceous, except the tarsi; tarsi citrine, except 

 the last joints which are brown; wings strongly ciliate, veins light 

 brown; the marginal vein about five-sevenths as long as submarginal; 

 stigmal vein petioled the uncus long and not definitely terminated. 

 Abdomen about as long as thorax, green with a brownish tint; first 

 four segments deeply incised medially; ovipositor about same length 

 as abdomen. 



