446 DESCRIPTIONS OF ICHNEUMONID.E ASHMEAD. 



with the apex, and a subbasal annulus, black ; rest of the legs reddish- 

 yellow ; the apex of posterior femora dusky. Antennae black, flagel- 

 luin beneath ferruginous. The parapsidal grooves are indicated ante- 

 riorly. Metathorax smooth, the sides slightly punctured, the disk 

 with a small, shallow fovea in the middle. Abdomen black, the disks 

 of the segments obscurely rufous, the first segment a little longer than 

 wide, keeled. Wings hyaline, iridescent ; stigma and veins brown, the 

 costa? and a spot between the parastigma and stigma, white ; areolet 

 oblique, narrowed at apex. 



Habitat.— Selma, Ala. 



Described from one specimen, reared March 7, 1879, from a Tortricid, 

 which feeds in cotton-bolls. 



Pimpla xanthothorax sp. nov. 



Female. — Length, 8.1" im ; ovipositor, 8 mm . Head and abdomen black ; 

 thorax, except metathorax which is black, orange-yellow. Palpi and 

 legs, yellowish-white. All femora and middle and posterior coxae and 

 trochanters with a black stripe beneath, the posterior knees and joints 

 of the tarsi tipped with black. Antennas long, black, the apex of the 

 scape and the pedicel, yellowish. Metathorax smooth, with some sparse 

 punctures. Abdomen coarsely punctured, the segments slightly con- 

 tracted behind the middle, the first segment a little longer than wide, 

 without keels. Wings hyaline ; stigma and veins brown ; spot at base 

 of stigma and postmarginal vein, yellow The male is but 6 mm . long, 

 and agrees with the female, except the scape aud pedicel are white, the 

 black stripe is wanting on anterior femora and on the middle coxa?, 

 trochanters and femora, and the apical tips of posterior tibia? and tbe 

 middle and posterior tarsal joints are tipped with black. 



Habitat. — Kirkwood, Mo. 



Described from one female and one male, received from Miss Mary 

 Murtfeldt, reared February 24, 1872, from Euura S.-nodus Walsh, found 

 on willow. 



Pimpla aplopappi sp. nov. 



Male. — Length, 7 mm . Bk <_,k. shining; head and thorax with some 

 sparse, fine punctures ; abdomen coarsely, closely punctured ; face cov- 

 ered with a white pubescence. Palpi and anterior legs, except femora, 

 white. Anterior femora and the other legs, reddish-yellow ; the posterior 

 tibiae with a long white stripe in the middle of the outer face, a sub 

 basal spot and the apex, black ; the posterior tarsal joints tipped with 

 black. Metathorax smooth, with two indistinct longitudinal carina? 

 on the disk basally. First abdominal segment one and a third times 

 as long as wide, carinated. Wings hyaline, stigma and veins brown, 

 a pale spot at base of stigma. 



Habitat. — Los Angeles, Cal. 



Described from a single specimen received from Mr. D. W. Coquil- 

 lett, reared from a lepidopterous gall on Aplopappus squamosa. 



