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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol. 
  44. 
  

  

  in 
  tlie 
  facial 
  line 
  being 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  transfacial 
  line, 
  in 
  the 
  

   sharply 
  defined 
  notaiili, 
  in 
  the 
  prominently 
  elevated 
  and 
  margined 
  

   scutel, 
  in 
  the 
  venation, 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  in 
  Blacus 
  Nees, 
  except 
  that 
  

   the 
  third 
  abscissa 
  is 
  distinctly 
  developed 
  and 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   recurrent 
  vein, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  propodeiim 
  having 
  a 
  great 
  conical 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  eacli 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  face, 
  the 
  cones 
  extending 
  backward 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  outward. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Hyster 
  obolus 
  mallocTii, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  HYSTEROBOLUS 
  MALLOCHI, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Type-locality. 
  — 
  Eosslyn, 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  15285, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length, 
  2.5 
  mm.; 
  black, 
  shining 
  excepting 
  the 
  propo- 
  

   deum 
  and 
  metapleurse, 
  which 
  are 
  dull; 
  head 
  polished 
  excepting 
  the 
  

   face, 
  which 
  is 
  mostly 
  wrinlded, 
  vertex 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  furrow 
  extending 
  

   from 
  between 
  the 
  lateral 
  ocelli 
  to 
  the 
  occipital 
  carina, 
  malar 
  line 
  

   apparently 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  eyes 
  are 
  wide 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  clypeus 
  truncate, 
  

   blackish 
  at 
  base, 
  dark 
  castaneous 
  at 
  apex, 
  labrum 
  and 
  mandibles 
  cas- 
  

   taneous, 
  palpi 
  stramineous, 
  antennte 
  brownish, 
  the 
  first 
  flagellar 
  joint 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  next 
  two 
  joints 
  combined, 
  flagel 
  16-jointed, 
  tlic 
  

   end 
  joint 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  joints 
  combined 
  and 
  

   blackish, 
  anterior 
  ocellus 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  lateral 
  ocelli 
  than 
  the 
  latter 
  

   are 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  the 
  shortest 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  and 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  ocelli 
  much 
  greater 
  than 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   ocelli; 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  prothorax 
  and 
  mesopleurse 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   mesonotum 
  and 
  scutel 
  castaneous, 
  the 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  

   the 
  scutel 
  partly 
  covered 
  with 
  blackish 
  stains, 
  tegulae 
  and 
  base 
  of 
  

   stigma 
  stramineous, 
  wings 
  wdth 
  a 
  deep 
  brownish 
  stain, 
  rest 
  of 
  stigma 
  

   and 
  veins 
  mostly 
  blackish, 
  legs 
  brownish 
  stramineous 
  except 
  the 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  which 
  are 
  rather 
  reddish 
  with 
  blackish 
  tips, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibae, 
  which 
  are 
  rather 
  castaneous, 
  mesopleurae 
  with 
  a 
  fossa 
  at 
  the 
  

   hind 
  edge; 
  propodeum 
  rugulose, 
  not 
  areolated; 
  petiole 
  carinate 
  above 
  

   and 
  laterally, 
  second, 
  dorsal 
  segment 
  rather 
  castaneous 
  with 
  blackish 
  

   stains, 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  sculptured, 
  the 
  remaining 
  segments 
  smooth 
  

   and 
  polished 
  and 
  compressed; 
  exserted 
  portion 
  of 
  ovipositor 
  nearly 
  

   twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  apical 
  truncature 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Labeled, 
  "Sept. 
  22, 
  1912, 
  J. 
  R. 
  Malloch, 
  collector." 
  

  

  Named 
  for 
  my 
  colleague, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  R. 
  Malloch. 
  

  

  METEORUS 
  LAPHYGM^, 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  Type-locality. 
  — 
  Brownsville, 
  Texas. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  15286, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  4 
  mm. 
  Closely 
  related 
  to 
  M. 
  hypTiantrise 
  Riley, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  apparently 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  uniformly 
  pale 
  stra- 
  

   mineous 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  its 
  appendages 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  relatively 
  

   smaller 
  stigma. 
  

  

  