NO. 1142. 



NEW ENCYllTiyE IXSECTS—WtUAnD. 235 



specimens of a Rhhococeus on Citrus trees and a DacUilopius on Groton, 

 received from Uon. J. IT. Marsden, commissioner of agriculture and 

 forestry, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. 

 Type.—^o. 5025, U.S.N.M. 



BLEPYRUS TEXANUS, new species. 



Female.— LeT\gth, 1.4 mm.; expanse, 3.5 mm.; greatest width of fore- 

 wiuo- 0.57 mm. Head with close deep punctures, winch are l.avdly 

 continent, and with a faiut acicnlation; mesoscutum liuely squanu.so- 

 punctate, scutellum more stroui;ly longitudinally striato-punctate, 

 axillae closely united with scutellum so as to he very dillicult to dis- 

 tiuo-uish, mesopleura smooth, shining. General coh)r hlack, head and 

 mesoscutum with purplish retlections, antennae uniformly yellow, all 

 femora black, yellowish at tips; hind femora with apical third honey- 

 yellow, all tibiae and tarsi honey-yellow. 



Described from two females reared from nacfuhirins virgatus, received 

 from Prof. (-. H. Tyler Towuseiid, Brownsville, Texas. 

 Tjjpe.—^o. 51)20, U.S.N.M. 



RHOPOIDEUS, new genus. 

 Female.— l^ody rather stout, compact. Head subqnadrate when seen 

 from above; eyes widely separated, naked; ocelli ab angles of slightly 

 obtuse-angled triangle; cheeks rather full, face deeply impressed; 

 autenuae iuserted near mouth, scape slender, long, reaching nearly to 

 middle ocellus; llagellum short, pedic^cl twice as long as broad; tunicle 

 5-iointed, joints 1, 2, and 3 small and narrow, each rather broader than 

 long, 4 and 5 broader and longer and as broad as long; club much 

 broader, ovate, somewhat flattened, longer than entire funicle; man- 

 dibles rather long, sickle-shaped, acute, edentate. Thorax slightly 

 arched; scapulae meeting at inner basal angle; mesoscutellum broad. 

 Abdomen conical, depressed above, ovipositor distinctly extruded. 

 Wings ample; marginal vein puiictiform ; post-marginal lacking, stigmal 

 stout, shghtly curved, entering the disk of the wing at angle less 



than 450. 



This genus resembles Rhopm Foerster, a probable synonym ot 

 Metallon Walker, as pointed out by Ashmead, but differs in antennae 

 and ovipositor. Especial attention is called to the edentate mandibles. 



RHOPOIDEUS CITRINUS, new species. 



Female— heugth, O.G mm.; expanse, 1.4 mm.; greatest width of fcn^e- 

 wing, 0.18 mm. Head rather coarsely shagreeuod; mesonotum more 

 tinely transversely shagreened; mesopleura finely longitudinally acicu- 

 late: head and mesonotum with fine short, rather sparse white pile. 

 General color light orange; eyes nearly black ; ocelli carmine; antennae 

 faintly dusky; ovipositor sheaths nearly black at tips; wings hyaline, 



veins distinct. 



l^^ight females labeled 3821x, which refers to a lortncid found on 



