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This species was described by Ashmead from 8 males and 12 

 females; of that series one female type and one male allotype are in 

 the National collection. I have redescribed the species from these 

 specimens. In addition to the above data they are labeled H. H. 

 Smith, 207. 



88. CALLIMOME TRICOLOR, new species 



Figure 27 



Resembles Callimome advena Osten Sacken in general size and 

 structure but may be separated from it by the characters indicated 

 in the key. 



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

 greenish-blue, the abdomen purplish to crimson. Head distinctly 

 broader than thorax; face strongly punctured with large shallow 

 impressions and sparsely clothed with short white hairs; scrobes deep 

 and blue within; facial carina prominent; post ocellar line equal to 

 twice the ocell-ocular line, the posterior ocelli a little more than their 

 diameter from the eye margin; eyes red. Prothorax rugulose, the 

 rest of thoracic dorsum deeply punctured with large thimble-like 

 punctures, except behind the well-marked scutellar cross furrow; the 

 scutellar apex finely reticulately rugose and with a shining golden 

 green reflection; metanotum with a median carina, the propodeum 

 polished and also with a mediail carina and several large pits on the 

 anterior margin; coaxe blue-green, purplish in some lights, the hind 

 ones somewhat crimson, the upper margin sharply carinate, the lower 

 side longitudinally rugose and bright green; femora all dark, the first 

 pair rather brown, the second and third dark brown with a bluish- 

 green tinge, except the extreme tips which are castaneous; all tibiae 

 reddish testaceous, the last joint of tarsi brown; wings moderately 

 ciiiate; the submarginal vein one and one-seventh times as long as 

 the marginal, the stigmal vein sessile. Abdomen bluish crimson with 

 green tint in some lights; distinctly longer than the thorax, some- 

 what subcompressed, the first four segments incised slightly medially. 



Male. — Length 2 mm. Scape flavo-testaceous; hind femora dark 

 blue-green, the other femora and hind tibiae deeply infuscated, the 

 mid and fore tibiae brownish-yellow. Abdomen with a violaceous 

 tinge. 



Type locality. — Brownsville, Tex. 



Host. — Asphondylia, species. 



Type.—Csit. No. 25326, U.S.N.M. 



Described from 10 females and 7 males reared July 3 to 11, 1912, 

 and recorded under Webster No. 6467, Experiment 1. The female 

 type, male allotype, and 13 paratypes are in the National collection. 

 Two paratypes are in the author's collection. 



