1S8 rn()('i:i:ni\(;s or riir: xatioxal Mrsroi. 



in sovoral piuiiculMrs. VUv nulius is :il\v:iys much longer, the parap- 

 sidal furrows tlistiiu'l, tlu> mt>(:itlu>r;i\ t'luaryiimto bohind, the .^^ocond 

 dorsal al>ili>iuiiml st>oiiuMit is \imv hiriir, whilt* tho sheaths of the 

 ovipi>sitor aro broad and romprossod. 



ACLITUS NAWAII, new species. 

 Plato XV. liiT. ;{. 



i^Wi(//r. -LiMioth. ."i. 1 mm. HliU'k. with (hi> f:u'o, tlio orbits, tlir 

 srutolhnn. tho l)ast> of abdoiiuMi, tho oxtromo apox of tho Iomlj' potioU\ 

 iiM obliipio spi>t on th»^ sidos of tho stH'ond soo-iuout and tho slioatlis of 

 tho ovipivsiior, tostai'Oiuis; K>iis tostaooous, the middkMind hind t'cmoni 

 tibi;o and tarsi darkor or brt)\vnish. The antenna* aro tiliforni, 24- 

 jointod. tho soapo oval, lar^o and stout, the podiool inuoh narrower, 

 wider than lono-. tlu' llauidlum oontly taiHn'ino- otf toward apex, the 

 joints not more than twioo as lony as thick. Tho head and thorax are 

 smooth and shininu". the parapsidal furrows aro i>unotate and meet 

 posteriorly bofort> attaininii' tho base of the soutellum, the lattM-al lobes 

 beino- shaoroonoil anteriorly; tho int^tathorax is ruoulose. ihn^ply 

 eniariiinat*> behind, and with a median earina. whieh is forked at apex. 

 The abdomen is laneeolate and tenninatos in a broad, eonipressed 

 ovipositor, tho length o{ tho basal joint of the hind tarsi; the petiole 

 is loni;'. gradually dilated posteriorly and longitudinally striated, 



^fai^.~ Lenuth 4..") nun. Aotoos fairly well with the female, except 

 that the abdomen is clavato. entirely black, except the suture l)otween 

 tho tii"st and soci>nd so^iinonts, while the antenna* aro ;>0-jointetl. 



/(//k'.-Vai. No. 7JtU>, U.8.N.M. 



fAH'iility. -ttifu (Y. Nawa). One male and "1 female specimens 

 were sent, bred from a laroe Aphis, which, judgin*;" from tho diy pupa 

 skins. 1 identitied as a spci'ios oi L(H'hn>if<. or certainly a menus in the 

 sul>family Ltichnini^ . 



Genus APHIDIUS Nees. , 



APHIDIUS GIFUENSIS. new species. 



Femah. — Lonoth 'l.h nun. Head and tlun-ax above, except the 

 soutellum laterally and tho motathorax. polished black, rest of thorax 

 testaceous; abdomen lonj;: lanceolate, piceous. the petiole yellowish, 

 tho incisions of the soii-monts yellow or testaceous, or sometimes yel- 

 low, with dusky transverse marks on sei*-ments '1 to t>; legs, including: 

 all cox;v. honey-yellow; antenna' lon^-. l7-jointed. the tirst two joint> 

 and base of the third, yellow, rest of the joints brown-black, joints 

 \\ to It! abiuu equal in lon^th. nearly three times as lono- as thick. 

 Winos hyaline, the sti^rma and the veins, except the basal norvure, 

 i>rown, the basal norvure black. 



Typt.—C\\\. "So. TiiiT. r.S.N.M. 



lAHHillty. (lifu (Y. Nawa). Two sj)ecimens bred from an unknown' 

 Aphis. 



