/♦o, 1142. 



NEfV ESCYllTINE ISSECTfi-IIOWARI). 237 



~]Wale— Length, 1.1 mm.; expanse, 2.8 mm.; greatest width of fore- 

 wing, 0.5 mm. \Ut2A and mesonotum ch>sely and finely shagreened. 

 (joloi'blafikwitli bronze reflection s; antennae brown; middle and liind 

 femora and tibiae brown, wings perfectly hyaline. 



Eleven females and six males reared at Washington from females of 

 J'vlrinaria inmmerahilix Jlatlivon received in 18^9 and 181)1 from Mr. 

 Lewis Collins, Brooklyn, New York, If. Hentz & Co., Brooklyn, and Mr. 

 L. H. VV(!st, Itoslyn, New York. All of the parasites issued late in July. 

 Tlie species is named after Mr. Collins in recognition of his able work 

 as secretary of the Tree Planting Society of iirooklyii, in the course of 

 which he has made many valuable entomological observations. 



Type.—So. 5028, U.H.N.M. 



EURYRHOPALUS, new genus. 



Female.— K stout-bodied form allied to the Bothriothor acini. Head 

 leiiticnlar seen from above; eyes very large, vertex very narrow; ocelli 

 at angles of an extremely a<;uteangled triangle; face strongly declivous ; 

 mandibles stont, .'{dentate. Antennae inserted below middle of face; 

 scape short, cylindrical; funicle joints very short, widening rapidly Ui 

 the broad, compressed, obli(|uely truncate club which is nearly as long 

 as entire funicle. Punctation of head and mesonotum differing in 

 character; mesonotum flat, scutellum not arched, mesoscutum with a 

 slight posterior jirojection overlapping on the scut«;lliim for two-thirds 

 of its l>readth, scapulae scarcely U) be distinguishetl, their sutures in 

 the scutellum obsolete fin certain lij^dits they can be faintly traced). 

 Stigmal vein of fore wing given off' at ,jun<;ture of submarginal with 

 (;osta, long and slender; postmarginal as long as stigmal; hind wings 

 with the costal «ell extending to the booklets. Abdomen short, flattened 

 above, subtriangular. 



EURYRHOPALUS SCHWARZI, new species. 



i^'ema/r.— Length, 1.7 mm.; expanse, 3.6 mm.; greatest width of fore- 

 wing, 0.58 mm. The narrow vertex and face bear four parallel longi- 

 tudinal rows of rather large punctures, the lateral rows at eye border, 

 the two rows of each side diverging from the others b(;low; cheeks 

 finely longitudinally aciculate; mesonotum lustrous, very linely slia- 

 grceiied and with flue |>iliferou8 i)unctures; mesopleuia opa<|ue, very 

 linely longitudinally aci(Milatc. Color black, not metallic; tarsi yellow- 

 ish; front tibiae brown. Fore wings with a small discoidal cloud, 

 veins very distinct, dark brown. 



One female, Biscayne Bay, Florida, May 16, Dr. E. A. Schwarz. 



Type.—^o. 5020, U.8.N.M. 



BERECYNTUS, new genus. 

 Female.— Gomav, nearest to PriouomituH Mayr, from which, however, 

 it differs in its lengthened face. Head seen from above semicircular, 



