NO. 1112. 



NEW ENC: YUriNK IXSFJ'TS- IK) W . \ /.'/>. 233 



as lonti- aa broml; clnb iiH Ion- as Iavo inv.cediiij;- Joints together, only 

 Hli<.lil,ly enlarged; hoad with Irons strongly convex, scrobes extending 

 only to base of eyes, stron}>ly indicated seniiciiruhir; ocelli forming 

 a ri-h tangled triangle, occipital margin acute; scutellnm shghtly 

 rounded at tip, almost pointed, axillae .pist meeting at tip; wings with 

 faint marginal cilia, marginal vein almost lacking, stigmal short hut 

 lon«'-er than i.ost-marginal, abdomen somewhat compressed from sides, 

 ovipositor extruded to iibout the length of the abdomen; head and 

 niesonotum finely and closely punctate. 



il/a/c— Abdomen short, suhtriangnhir, nnich shorter than thorax; 

 antennae lo]ig and slender like those of the fen.ale, e.xcept that tiiey are 

 not (|uite so long, proportion of Joints relatively about the same; in 

 other respe<;ts resembles femiile. 



PARAPSILOPHRYS GELECHIAE, new species. 



j?T^„j„/,.._Longth, ;{ mm.; expansi-, 1.'.! mm.; greatest width of fore- 

 wing, 0.77 nun. (Jeneral color, nu'tallic blm^ green, sonuiwhat bronzy on 

 mesoscutellum; antennae with metallic bulla, brown scai)e and under- 

 side of pedicel, and black llagellum; all legs honey yellow, except hmd 

 tibiae and tarsi, which are nearly black externally, and hind coxae 

 which are metallic; tegula- light honey yell(»w; hea<l and mes<KScutum 

 with close line punctation, mesoscutellum with de«'per punctation, 

 mc^sopleura deli<-ately but plainly shagveene<l; wings hyaline, veins 

 dark brown, especially at stigma. 



]l/a/,,;._Length, 2.4 mm.; expanse, ;5.S mm. (iencral color, metallic 

 green witli bluish retleclions from abdonum only; antenmie honey yel- 

 low throughout; in other respects resembles female, except that hind 

 tibiae are yellow at tips. 



Described from two lemales, one male, reared .lune 17, 1S0;5, Irom 

 cocoons of a (iclevlna on cottonwo<»d, received from Mr. K. (1. LainlMM- 

 son, .letsam, Wyoming. 



Typc—^o. mi;i, n.s.N.M. 



BLEPYRUS, new genus. 

 7?'^„,^/,;._nomes closest to renldu'iix Howard. liody stout, head 

 lenticular when seiM. from above, occii)ital margin very acute; face not 

 prolonged, scrobes not deep, rounded at top, ocelli forming a slightly 

 obtuse-angled triangle, lateral ocelli almost touching eye margin. Irons 

 not broad, rather deeply conlluently punctured, abnost rugos.»- punctate 

 or with close thimble like punctures; eyes large, broadly oval, hairy; 

 antennae inserted at mouth-border, scape slender, cylindrical, short, not 

 reaching beyond middle of face; llagellum short, scarcely longer than 

 scape, pedicel nearly twice as long as broad, funicle very short, joints 

 almost annular, club very large, obli<iuely llattened and longer than 

 pedicel and funicle together; niesonotum lustrous, only slightly sculp- 

 tured; axillae m.t meeting at inner basal Jingle; wings with very short 



