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71. CALLIMOME RUBENIDIS, new species 



Figure 15 



Female. — Length 2.75 mm.; ovipositor 2.25 mm. Head as wide as 

 the thorax; face below the antennae bronzy green, minutely reticu- 

 lated and with a few large shallow impressions; rather densely clothed 

 with short white hairs; facial carina extending one-half the distance 

 to the mouth; vertex inaurate in some lights; scape yellowish, flagel- 

 lum fuscous; pedicel and ring-joint longer than first joint of funicle, 

 the first and second funicle joints longer than wide, the rest gradu- 

 ally growing shorter until they appear almost square; eyes maroon; 

 foraminal margin brassy beneath. Thoracic dorsum green with a 

 slight brassy tinge, minutely reticulately punctate and with a few 

 large shallow impressions; scutellar cross furrow indicated by a shin- 

 ing line, the scutellar apex not so deeply sculptured as other parts 

 of the scutellum and hence polished; propodeum moderately reticu- 

 lated, the central area brassy, lateral folds at lower margin rather 

 prominent; coxae purplish and depressed outside, femora and tibiae 

 brown, except the tips of the latter which are yellowish; last joints 

 of tarsi brown; wings moderately ciliate; marginal vein five-sevenths 

 as long as submarginal; stigmal vein fuscous and sessile. Abdomen 

 slightly longer than the thorax, dark green with aeneous tint; not 

 strongly subcompressed. 



Male. — Length 2 mm. Scape greenish brown, the flagellum very 

 dark; legs entirely fuscous, except the coxae which are greenish. 

 Abdomen depressed and shorter than the thorax. 



Type locality. — Manitou, Colo. 



Host. — Disholcaspis rubens Gillette on Scrub White Oak. 



Type.— Cat. No. 25335, U.S.N.M. 



Described from six females and one male. The type and three 

 paratypes are recorded under Hopkins No. 13604c and were reared 

 May 3 (type) to June 4, 1915, by W. Middleton. The male allotype 

 and one paratype from the same locality and host are recorded 

 under Hopkins No 12089m and were reared April 1, 1915 from galls 

 collected by A. B. Champlain. One female paratype, Hopkins No. 

 13604c, is in the author's collection. 



72. CALLIMOME MINUTISSIMUM, new species 



Figure 16 



Female.— Length 2.25 mm.; ovipositor 2 mm. Green, the thorax 

 brighter than the abdomen. Head as wide as thorax, the face finely 

 sculptured; facial carina extending half the distance to mouth; 

 scape yellow testaceous, flagellum brown, the first and second joints 

 of funicle longer than wide, the others gradually growing wider to- 

 ward the tip; antennal depression shallow, scarcely defined. Tho- 

 rax bright green with a brassy reflection in some lights; minutely 



