400 DESCRIPTIONS OF ICHNEUMONID^E ASHMEAD. 



without parapsidal grooves; metathorax areolated, the spiracles small 

 and round. Wings hyaline, with two transverse smoky bands, the first 

 across the basal nervure, the other taking in the upper two-thirds of the 

 stigma and all of the marginal cell, the marginal cell though has a clear 

 space next the stigma and there are two or three small clear dots in the 

 areolet; stigma and veins black, except a spot at base of stigma, the 

 median and submedian nervures, the first recurrent nervure and the 

 portion of the cubitus in the clear space between the bands, which are 

 yellow ; the cubitus is without a stump of a vein at the middle : hind 

 wings hyaline. 



Habitat. — Alameda, California. 



Described from three specimens received from Mr. Albert Kcebele, 

 reared in July, 1887, from Melitcea chalcedon. This species is allied to 

 H. utilis Norton, but its darker color, more robust form, and the number 

 of joints in the antennae readily separate it. 



Hemiteles coleophorae sp. uov. 



Female. — Length, 3 mm ; ovipositor, 0.6 ,um . Yellow-ferruginous, opaque, 

 shagreened, the sutures behind the scntellum alone being black. The 

 antennae are 22-jointed; wings as in H. melitcece. 



Habitat. — Los Angeles, California. 



Described from one specimen received from Mr. Albert Koebele, 

 reared during July, 1880, from a case-bearing Tiueid, Coleophora sp. 

 found on willow. 



This might easily be confounded with H. utilis Norton, but the pau- 

 city of joints in the autemue and the uniformly colored abdomen will 

 at ouce distinguish it. 



Hemiteles variegatus sp. uov. 



Female. — Length, 2.4 mm .; ovipositor, 0.4 nim . Brownish-yellow, varied 

 with black, minutely shagreened and opaque; the head is large trans- 

 verse, wider than the thorax, stemmaticum blackish ; antennae 18- 

 jointed ; thorax without parapsidal grooves, and with three black 

 blotches posteriorly ; metathorax areolated, the disk black ; petiole 

 more or less black, a blotch on disk of second and third segments, and 

 the following segments black. Wings hyaline, with two transverse 

 dusky bands. 



Habitat. — Alameda, California. 



Described from two specimens received from Mr. Albert Kcebele, 

 reared October 14th, 1885, from a Bucculatrix found feeding on Qtiercus 

 agrifolia. The paucity of joints in the antennae and its minute size will 

 readily distinguish this pretty little species. It looks very much like a 

 winged Pezomachus. 



Hemiteles nigriceps sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, 4 mm . ; ovipositor, l mm . Yellowish-red ; the head, a 

 spot on the metapleura and the apex of abdomen, black. Wings fusco- 



