﻿SERPHOID 
  HYMENOPTERA 
  OF 
  FAMILY 
  ROPRONIIDAE 
  — 
  TOWNES 
  89 
  

  

  of 
  female 
  about 
  1.8 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  deep; 
  mesoscutum 
  with 
  medium 
  sized 
  

   punctures 
  separated 
  by 
  about 
  0.8 
  their 
  diameter; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  

   median 
  semicircular 
  raised 
  area; 
  venation 
  as 
  in 
  figure 
  12, 
  d; 
  first 
  

   tergite 
  about 
  3.1 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  deep; 
  second 
  tergite 
  polished. 
  

  

  Black. 
  Tarsi, 
  front 
  tibia, 
  and 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  front 
  femur 
  stramineous, 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  basitarsus 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  followmg 
  segments 
  

   of 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsus 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscate 
  ; 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  often 
  

   with 
  an 
  incomplete 
  subbasal 
  whitish 
  band; 
  forewing 
  with 
  a 
  fuscous 
  

   spot 
  as 
  indicated 
  in 
  figure 
  12, 
  d; 
  second 
  and 
  following 
  tergites 
  piceous. 
  

  

  Type: 
  cT, 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  received 
  by 
  C. 
  P. 
  Clausen, 
  October 
  1937, 
  

   from 
  C. 
  R. 
  Kellogg, 
  Foochow, 
  China 
  (Washington, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  

   18324). 
  With 
  the 
  Ropronia 
  was 
  an 
  adult 
  and 
  several 
  cocoons 
  of 
  a 
  

   Peridista 
  (Tentlu-edinidae) 
  indicating 
  that 
  the 
  Ropronia 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  reared 
  from 
  this 
  as 
  the 
  host. 
  

  

  Paratypes 
  : 
  9 
  cf 
  , 
  6 
  9 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  (Washington 
  

   and 
  Townes). 
  

  

  4. 
  ROPRONIA 
  PEDICULATA 
  Provancher 
  

  

  Figure 
  12, 
  c 
  

  

  Ropronia 
  pediculata 
  Provancher, 
  Additions 
  et 
  corrections 
  k 
  la 
  faune 
  hym^nop- 
  

   t^rologique 
  de 
  la 
  Province 
  de 
  Quebec, 
  p. 
  154, 
  1886. 
  Type: 
  9, 
  Ottawa, 
  

   Ontario 
  (Quebec). 
  

  

  Ropronia 
  ashmeadii 
  Bradley, 
  Ent. 
  News, 
  vol. 
  16, 
  p. 
  117, 
  1905. 
  Type: 
  9, 
  Larch 
  

   Meadow, 
  near 
  Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  (Ithaca). 
  New 
  synonymy. 
  

  

  Nervulus 
  meeting 
  the 
  medial 
  vein 
  basad 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  vein 
  (Jig. 
  12, 
  c) 
  . 
  

  

  Forewing 
  about 
  5.0 
  mm. 
  long; 
  face 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  dorsal 
  longitu- 
  

   dinal 
  tubercle; 
  frons 
  and 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  rugose, 
  not 
  distinctly 
  punctate; 
  

   second 
  flagellar 
  segment 
  of 
  female 
  about 
  2.8 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  deep; 
  mesoscu- 
  

   tum 
  irregularly 
  punctate 
  with 
  large 
  punctures, 
  anteromedially 
  with 
  

   an 
  area 
  of 
  close 
  fine 
  punctures; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  semichcular 
  

   raised 
  area 
  (somewhat 
  deformed 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  R. 
  ashmeadii) 
  ; 
  venation 
  

   as 
  in 
  figure 
  12, 
  c; 
  first 
  tergite 
  about 
  2.9 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  deep; 
  second 
  tergite 
  

   weakly 
  mat. 
  

  

  Black. 
  Mandible 
  except 
  basally, 
  front 
  tibia, 
  and 
  front 
  femur 
  

   except 
  basally 
  dark 
  ferruginous; 
  fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  faintly 
  infuscate 
  

   spot 
  as 
  indicated 
  in 
  figure 
  12, 
  c; 
  second 
  and 
  following 
  tergites 
  

   ferruginous 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Specimens: 
  9, 
  near 
  Ithaca, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  July 
  9, 
  1904 
  (Ithaca, 
  type 
  of 
  

   R. 
  ashmeadii). 
  9, 
  Point 
  Pelee, 
  Ontario, 
  July 
  20 
  to 
  30, 
  R. 
  C. 
  Osburn 
  

   (Columbus). 
  These 
  specmiens 
  agree 
  with 
  notes 
  made 
  in 
  1941 
  on 
  the 
  

   venation 
  and 
  the 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  

   R. 
  pediculata. 
  

  

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