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Male. — Agrees in color with the female, but differs in having the "\ 

 antennae longer, 19-jointed, the joints of the flagellum being fully twice \\ 

 as long as thick, or even a little longer. 1 



Tyj)e.—C?it. No. 7270, U.S.N.M. \ 



Locality. — Japan. Described from 2 female and 5 male specimens, 

 labeled No. 12H8, and bred by Mr. Albert Koebele from an unknown i 

 Aphis. 



Genus LYSIPHLEBUS Forster. 



LYSIPHLEBUS JAPONICUS, new species. 



Female. -Length 2 mm. Head, dorsum of mesonotum, the scutel- 

 lums, and the dorsum of the abdomen, except the petiole and suture 2, 

 and sometimes one or two of the other sutures, black; basal 3 or 4 joints 

 of the antennte, the legs, and the abdomen, except as noted, yellow. 

 The antennae are 13-jointed, black or brown, black from the fifth joint; 

 joints 3 to 6 are about thrice as long as thick, those beyond a little 

 shorter. Wings hyaline, the stigma and veins light brownish. 



Male. — Agrees well with the female, except that the antennae .i,re 

 longer, 17-jointed, and brown-black, except the first two joints; the 

 base of the second dorsal abdominal segment, as well as the petiole, is 

 yellow. 



Tyjje.—C?it. No. 7271, U.8.N.M. 



Locality. — Gifu (Y. Nawa). Three specimens, 2 females and i male, 

 bred from an unknown Aphis. 



SuVjfainily lA'. jVrETICORI?J^.^E. 



Genus METEORUS Haliday. 

 METEORUS JAPONICUS, new species. 



Female. — Length 4. 4 mm. Head, except the stemmaticum, and the 

 thorax, except the parapsidal furrows, the depression in front of the 

 scutellum, the fovea? at base of the scutellum, the sutures surrounding 

 same, and the metathorax entirely, which are black, brownish-yellow; 

 abdomen black, the second segment l)rownish-yellow; legs yellowish. 

 The antenna^ are long, about 30-jointed, brown, the 4 or 5 basal joints 

 of the flagellum being about foui- times as long as thick. Wings hya- 

 line, the veins light brown, the costal vein and the .stigma within 

 blackish. The first segment of the abdomen is longitudinall}' striate, 

 the others smooth and shining, the ovipositer about two-thirds the 

 length of the al)domen. 



Tyjje.—Cat. No. 7272, U.S.N.M. 



Locality. — Gifu (Y. Nawa). Three female specimens. No. 53, evi- 

 dently bred from a Lepidopteron. 



