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smooth; prepectus, metapleurae and hind coxae exteriorly, with thim- 

 blelike punctures; abdomen distinctly shorter than head and thorax 

 combined. 



Male.— Length about 1 mm. Similar to the female. 



Habitat. — Antigua, West Indies. 



Host. — C. florid ensis. 



Type.— Cat. No. 13657, U.S.N.M. 



Sent by Mr. Ballou under No. 60 with the date 16/2/09. 



This species closely resembles T. punctifrons Ashmead, which in 

 addition to the difference in color also has the abdomen slightly 

 longer than the head and thorax together, the propodeum hardly 

 longer than the metanotum and the metanotum with punctures 

 similar to the propodeum. 



TETRASTICHUS OVIVORUS, new species. 



Female. — Length about 1.4 mm. Dark green, abdomen beyond 

 first segment aenous; legs, including coxae, light testaceous; antennae 

 brown, scape and pedicle testaceous; joints of funicle elongate, the 

 first much longer than the pedicel; median and lateral lobes of meso- 

 scutum finely reticulated with impressed lines; sculpture of axillae 

 more obscure; of scutellum consisting of fine longitudinal lines; me- 

 dian lobe of mesonotum slightly wider than long; scutellum as long 

 as the mesoscutum and as wide between outer pair of grooves as long; 

 median groove of mesoscutum and discal pair of grooves of scutel- 

 lum well marked; metanotum almost as long as propodeum, both 

 finely roughened; median carina on propodeum distinct; abdomen 

 slightly longer than head and thorax combined, finely reticulated 

 beyond the first segment, not strongly depressed, the sheaths of the 

 ovipositor showing. 



Male. — Length about 1 mm. Similar to the female, the first joint 

 of the funicle hardly longer than the pedicel and not as long as the 

 second. 



Habitat. — Entebbe, Uganda, Africa. 



Host. — Eggs of Gonchyloctenia parummaculata. 



Type in British Museum (Natural History). 



Paratype.— Cat. No. 13686, U.S.N.M. 



Described from two female and two male specimens reared by 

 Mr. C. C. Gowdy and transmitted by the Entomological Research 

 Committee (Tropical Africa) of the British Government. 



Subfamily EULOPHIN^]. 

 SYMPIESIS FELTI, new species. 



Female. — Length about 2 mm. Head deep purplish, the clypeal 

 area green; abdomen brown with green along the sides; face smooth 

 except medially above crypeus, where it is roughened; antennae sit- 



