366 INSECTS OF SUBFAMILY ENCYRTIN:—HOWARD. 
of the subcostal vein, the second and broader one just beneath the mar- 
ginal. 
“ Female-—Length, 2". Head much wider than in the male, and 
except a streak on the face below the base of the antenne, entirely 
black. Antenne subclavate, brown, the scape and pedicel rufous. 
Thorax above black, highly polished; the basal half of the scutellum 
is bright red; collar, mesopleura, anterior legs, middle cox, tips of 
middle and posterior tibie, and their tarsi, rufous; the rest of the legs 
dark fuscous. Abdomen short, rather strongly compressed, black, shin- 
ing. The apical half of the anterior wings, except the margins, is 
wholly brown, the basal half hyaline, with the narrow subcostal band 
as in the male. 
“Described from one 2 and two é specimens, taken by Mr. Herbert 
H. Smith, at Chapada, South America, during the month of April, and 
in honor of whom this beautiful chaleid is named.” 
PENTACNEMUS gen. nov. 
Male.—Antenne inserted at margin of clypeus; seape subeylindri- 
cal, not quite reaching to anterior ocellus; pedicel short, stout, as broad 
as long; joint 1 of funicle as long as pedicel; joints 2 to 6 increasing in 
length; joints 1 to 5 each emitting along hairy branch from apical end, 
the second and third branches longest, the first and fifth subequal, the 
third joint nearly equal in length to joints 4, 5, and 6 of the funicle 
combined; club elongate ovate, nearly equal in length to joints 5 and 6 
of the funicle. Ocelli at the angles of an obtuse-angle triangle. Occip- 
ital margin very sharp. Mesoscutum without grooves. Scapule meet- 
ing at tips. Mesoscutellum as long as mesoscutum, well arched later- 
ally. Submarginal vein gives off stigma at a little less than half the 
length of fore wing. Marginal vein wanting. Stigmal vein short, 
oblique; postmarginal shorter than stigmal. Middle tibial spur long, 
slender, as long as first tarsal joint. 
Female.—Resembles'in some respects Copidosoma, particularly in an- 
tennal structure. The scape is long and cylindrical; pedicel short, ob- 
conical, stout; joint 1 of funicle narrower than pedicel; joints 1 to 6 
of funicle subequal in length and width; club large, laterally some- 
what flattened, and very obliquely truncate, nearly equaling in length 
the five preceding funicle joints. Face differs from Copidosoma in be- 
ing closely and shallowly punctuate instead of with sparse deep punc- 
tures. In other respects resembles the male. 
Pentacnemus bucculatricis sp. nov. 
Male.—Length, 1"™; expanse, 2.5"™; greatest width of fore wing 0.5™™, 
Head and mesonotum very closely punctuate; abdomen smooth, shin- 
ing. Color: Head and mesoscutum brilliant metallic green, mesoscu- 
tellum dark metallic bronze; other parts of trunk shining black, except 
that the abdomen has a variable brown spot below at base; antennee 
