404 DESCRIPTIONS OF ICHNEUMONID.E — ASHMEAD. 



Hemiteles mellicomis sp. uov. 



Female. — Length, 3.4 mm ; ovipositor, 1""". Black, shagreened; abdo- 

 men polished, black, the petiole longitudinally aciculated, second and 

 third segments piceons, the third paler at base, the lateral margins houey- 

 yellow. Antennae, 22-jointed, dark honey-yellow; mandibles pale; 

 palpi and tegulae, white ; thorax with parapsidal grooves indicated only 

 anteriorly; pleurae almost smooth, polished; lnetathorax areolated ; 

 wings, hyaline, iridescent ; stigma and veins pale brown, the subme- 

 dian cell a little longer than the median. 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C. 



Described from one specimen, captured May 18, 1882. 



Hemiteles hemerobii sp. nov. 



Male. — Length, 3 mm . Black ; minutely continently punctate ; abdo- 

 men, black, sparsely punctate; the basal half of second and third 

 segments and the apical edge of third, reddish-yellow. Antennae, 

 22-jointed, black above, dull ferruginous beneath ; the scape white be- 

 neath ; thorax with parapsidal grooves only slightly indicated anteriorly ; 

 tegulae, white; pleura, smooth, polished in the center, with coarse punc- 

 tures along the sutures; metathorax, short, coarsely areolated, the 

 areas rugose; legs, reddish-yellow, trochanters white, apex of posterior 

 femora and their tibiae for more than the apical half and tarsi, dusky; 

 wings hyaline, iridescent; stigma and veins brown, the former with a 

 yellowish spot at base ; the cubitus is broken before the middle by a 

 rather long stump of a vein ; the median and submedian cells of an 

 equal length. 



Habitat. — Grand Ledge, Michigan. 



Described from a single specimen reared from an Hemerobius cocoon 

 in July, 1881. 



Hemiteles texarms sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, 5 mm ; ovipositor, l mm . Head and thorax black, pol- 

 ished ; legs and abdomen, except the black petiole, ferruginous. Head 

 subquadrate; antennae, 21-jointed; thorax without grooves; metathorax 

 distinctly areolated, the spiracles small, round. Wings hyaline, irides- 

 cent; veins brown, the cubitus without a stump of a vein at the mid- 

 dle; the submedian cell longer than the median. 



Habitat. — Texas. 



Described from one specimen. 



Hemiteles virginiensis sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, 4 mm ; ovipositor, 1.6 mm . Black, opaque, shagreened ; 

 legs and abdomen, except petiole and apex, ferruginous. Autennae 

 broken at tips, the basal portion honey-yellow, becoming dusky toward 

 tips. Thorax without grooves; pleurae and metathorax shagreened, 



