380 E. T. CRESSON. 



11. Aleiodes atrioeps, n. sp. 



9- — Honey-yellow, subopaque; head pncl antennae black; palpi 

 fuscous; mandibles honey-yellow; tips of tarsi dusky; wings hyaline, 

 iridescent, nervures fuscous, stigma yellow; metathorax rugulose ; first, 

 second and base of third segment of abdomen longitudinally aciculate, 

 remainder smooth and shining. Length So lines. 



Hah. — Mexico. Prof. Sumichrast. 



12. Aleiodes intermedius, n. sp. 



% 9 . — Small, slender, luteous or dull honey -yellow ; spot on vertex 

 about ocelli, metathorax, patch beneath wings, and most of first abdo- 

 minal segment, black or fas30us; metathorax finely sculptured, with 

 sharply defined central carina; wings hyaline, iridescent, nervures fus- 

 cous, stigma whitish, varied with fuscous; first, second, and third (ex- 

 cept tip) abdominal segments finely longitudinally aciculate. Length 

 2 — 2\ lines. 



H(xh. — Eastern, Middle, Southern and Western States. Sometimes 

 the blackish markings of thorax and abdomen are entirely wanting. 



13. Aleiodes canadensis, n. sp. 



9 . — Blackish-fuscous, opaque ; face, mouth, palpi and orbits, dull 

 rufo-testaceous ; antennae fuscous; middle lob« of mesothorax, scutel- 

 lum, most of pleura, spot on each extreme side of metathorax (some- 

 times wanting), legs, except tibia; and tarsi, and the abdomen beneath, 

 rufo-testaceous ; tibite and tarsi, semicircular spot at tip of first abdo- 

 minal segment, and the second and third segments except sides, lute- 

 ous ; apical segment pale fuscous; wings ample, hyaline, iridescent, 

 nervures fuscous, stigma whitish varied with fuscous ; metathorax and 

 abdomen finely sculptured. Length 3 lines. 



Hab. — Canada. Pettit and Couper. 



14. Aleiodes discoideus, n. sp. 



9. — Pale luteous, head and thorax above tinged with honey-yellow; 

 spot within ocelli, scutellum, spot on pleura, another on side of meta- 

 thorax and a large discoidal patch on abdomen above, occupying apex 

 of first, and the whole of second and third segments, except lateral 

 margins, black; wings pale yellowish-hyaline, iridescent, finely pubes- 

 cent; stigma large, black, with a large fuliginous cloud beneath, occu- 

 pying the middle third of the wing; these basal segments of abdomen 

 finely, longitudinally rugose. Length 2 lines. 



Hah. — Illinois. Dr. Samuel Lewis. 



15. Aleiodes ornatus, n. ?p. 



9 . — (Head wanting); pale luteous; most of prothoras, three longi- 

 tudiniil marks on mesothorax, a large, irregular patch on pleura, the 



