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It is a parasite of Priononyx atrata Lep., Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 and was bred by Cliarles Dury, August i6 and September 21. 



Acroschismus hubbardi, n. sp. 



Xenos, sp. Hubbard, 1892. 



c?. — Wing expanse, 5.5. mm., length, 2-3 mm. 



Color brown. Antennae apparently brown, but on closer inspection 

 transparent yellow with blackish-brown pubescence, first joint yellow. 

 Face fulvous, pubescent ; mandibles transparent yellowish, glabrous. 

 Vertex dark, head brown, eyes black. Prothorax and mesothorax dark, 

 with elytra yellowish, pubescent, darker at club. Metathorax lighter, 

 brownish, with exception of postscutellum, which is dark brown. Wings 

 milky white, hyaline, iridescent, with dark brown costal margin ; veining 

 delicate yellowish brown, pubescence gray; last three veins very light. 

 Legs yellowish. Abdomen yellow, with black borders. 



Genitalia with the ninth ventral segment apparently uncovered, and 

 apically cleft, forming two claws, from between which the siphonated 

 oedeagus arises. CEdeagus reflexed and apically protected by the over- 

 hanging tenth segment. The genital pore through which the slender 

 penis finds exit is situated at the basal one-third of the upturned tip of 

 the cedeagus on the inner angle. 



Described from specimens bred from Polistes (americanus) 

 crinitns Felt by H. G. Hubbard at Crescent City, Fla., April 6. 

 Type. — No. 9825, U. S. National Museum. 



Anthericomma barberi, n. sp. 



(S. — Length, 1.25 mm. 



Species stout, compact, with very large wings. General color black, 

 wings milky white. 



Pronotum obovate, disc-like, not connected with the presternum, 

 projecting about equally into emarginations of the head and meso- 

 thorax, medianly depressed longitudinally and transversely. Meso- 

 notum transverse, anteriorly broadly emarginate for the admission of 

 the pronotum; transversely depressed near apical margin. Metanotum 

 very long. 



Described from a single specimen collected by H. S. Barber 

 at Santa Fe, N. Mex., May 6, 1904. 



Type. — No. 9829, U. S. National Museum. 



Halictoxenos jonesi, n. sp. 



The single male of this species known was extracted from 

 its puparium, but the antennae proved it to be a xenid. In the 

 forthcoming paper this species will be separated very clearly 

 from any others by descriptions and illustrations of the female. 



