402 DESCRIPTIONS OF ICHNEUMONID^E ASHMEAD. 



Habitat. — Nova Scotia. 



Described from one specimen, labeled "Dipped from the surface of 

 the ocean, 04 miles from Nova Scotia, July 3, 1837." This occurred 

 amongst numerous species so collected by the U. S. Fish Commission 

 schooner Grampus, lat. 42° 50' K, long. 67° 29' W. ; current from the 

 north. 



Hemiteles annulatus sp. nov. 



Male.— Length. 4 mm . Black, shagreened ; the apical edges of abdomi- 

 nal segments reddish-yellow, the petiole and second and third segments 

 aci dilated. 



Antenna 23-jointed, black, scape beneath, suture between second 

 and third joints* and mandibles, reddish-yellow ; palpi white ; thorax 

 with complete parapsidal grooves; tegulae yellowish- white; metathorax 

 areolated, the surface of areas with raised lines; legs honey-yellow, the 

 posterior pair ferruginous, the posterior coxae, apex of tibiae and tarsi, 

 black. Wings hyaline, iridescent; stigma and veins brown, the median 

 and submedian cells of equal leugth. 



Habitat. — Los Angeles, Cal. 



Described from a single specimen received from Mr. A. Kcebele, 

 reared from an unknown Tortricid pupa, in April, 1887. 



Hemiteles columbianus sp. nov. 



Male.— Length 3.2 mm . Black; head and thorax smooth, polished, 

 the parapsides only faintly indicated anteriorly ; metathorax minutely 

 rugose, areolated ; abdomen shagreened, the extreme apical edges of 

 second and third segments, red. Antennas 24-jointed ; legs dark honey- 

 yellow, all coxae, first joint of trochanters and femora, except tips, black. 

 Wings hyaline; stigma and veins brown, the median and submedian 

 cells of an equal leugth. 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C. 



Described from one specimen, reared from an unknown case-bearing 

 Tineid, Coleophora sp.; no date of rearing is given. 



Hemiteles Rileyi sp. nov. 



Male. — Leugth 5 mm . Black; basal two-thirds of second, basal one- 

 third of third, and extreme apical edges of second, third, and fourth 

 abdominal segments, red ; the abdomen is punctate. Antennae 25- 

 jointed; the scape beneath, mandibles, palpi, tegulae, anterior, and 

 middle coxa3 and trochanters white ; anterior and middle legs, honey- 

 yellow, posterior legs ferruginous, coxae black, extreme apex of femora, 

 tibiae and tarsi fuscous. Metathorax rugose, strongly areolated. Wings 

 hyaline, iridescent; stigma and veins brown, the cubitus with a stump 

 of a vein at the middle. 



Habitat.— St. Louis, Missouri. 



