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two-thirds the length of the lateral posterior legs; petiolate area 

 hexagonal in outhne, the anterior lateral legs slightly longer than 

 the posterior lateral legs; propodeal spiracles round, small; nervulus 

 interstitial; nervellus broken sHghtly below the middle; areolet trun- 

 cate in outline, shortly petiolate; jSrst tergite coarsely granular with 

 two faint median carinae which extend slightly beyond the spiracles ; 

 the second tergite granular but not as coarsely so as the first, pos- 

 teriorly somewhat striato-granular; the third and followmg tergites 

 shining, practically impunctuate. Ferrugmous; apices of the man- 

 dibles piceous; ocellar area, first tergite, anterior margin of the second 

 tergite, fourth and following tergites, apices of the posterior tibiae 

 and their tarsi, hlack; dorsal aspect of the propodeum piceous; 

 antennae dark brown; face and mouth paler than the rest of the 

 insect; wmgs hyahne, iridescent; venation black. 



Falls Church, Virginia. Described from one female recorded under 

 Bureau of Entomology No. Hopk. U. S. 11367, which refers to a note 

 stating that this is a primary parasite on a species of Eriocampoides 

 which feeds on Nyssa syhatica, material collected and reared August 

 19, 1913, by William Middleton. 



Type.~Ca,t. No. 18519, U. S. N. M. 



HOMALOMMA ERIOCAMPOIDES, new species. 



Female. — Length 4.5 mm. Agrees well with the description of 

 Homalomma caliroae, but the following differences are to be noted: 

 PostoceUar line slightly shorter than the oceUocular line; posto- 

 ceUar area not parted by a faint furrow; first tergite without a median 

 carina and more finely sculptured ; the second tergite shining with fine, 

 close punctures on the basal two-thirds; the apical portion shining, 

 impunctate, as the third and following tergites. Ferruginous; color 

 differs from caliroae as follows: The posterior median portion of the 

 head, the sides of the mesoscutum, dorsal aspect of the propodeum, 

 most of the second tergite, the apical margin of the third tergite, black. 



Falls Church, Virginia. Described from one female recorded under 

 Bureau of Entomology No. Hopk. U. S. 11383 wliich refers to a note 

 stating that this species is a primary parasite on a species of Eriocam- 

 poides which feeds on Quercus prinus. Material collected and reared 

 August 18, 1913, by William Middleton. 



Type.— C&t. No. 18524, U.S.N.M. 



HOMALOMMA PTERONIDEAE, new species. 



Male. — Length 4 mm. Clypeus sculptured as the rest of the face, 

 defined laterally by rather deep furrows; entire head rather coarsely 

 granular, median tubercle reduced ; postoceUar line distinctly longer 

 than the oceUocular line which is but Httle longer than the intraoceUar 

 line; third and fourth antennal joints subequal; mesoscutum finely 

 granular with a few well defined, separate pmictures interspread; 



