OF WASHINGTON. 157 



Zalophothrix rnirum, n. sp. 



?. — Length 2-3 mm. Head reddish, above the antennae obscured with 

 fuscous and metallic around the' ocelli ; scape reddish, rest of antennae 

 dark; mesothorax and pleuras metallic, the scutellum reddish; median 

 row of hairs on the scutellum black; anterior wings with a short dusky 

 patch near base and a broad band extending from between the base 

 of the marginal vein and the stigmal vein to the rear of the wing; 

 legs dark, the femora with metallic luster, the anterior and middle 

 tibiae more or less reddish, hind tibiae black, the flattened rear edge 

 whitish; abdomen reddish with fuscous and the base metallic. 



Barbados, West Indies, said to have been bred from Saissetia 

 nigra Nietner. (Coccidse.) (H. A. Ballou.) 

 Type. — No. 10061, U. S. National Museum. 



SOME NEW CHALCIDOIDEA. 



By J. C. Crawford. 



With the exception of Zatropis cat al pee, the species de- 

 scribed in this paper were bred by the members of the Cotton 

 Boll Weevil Investigations force of the Bureau of Entomology 

 in Texas, 



Family ENCYRTID^. 



Subfamily Eupelmin^. 



Tribe Eupelmini. 



Genus CERAMBYCOBIUS Ashmead. 



TABLE FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE SPECIES — FEMALES. 



1. Postmarginal vein much longer than the stigmal 2 



Postmarginal vein not or very slightly longer than the stigmal 3 



2. Sheaths of ovipositor linear, about the length of last three abdominal 



segments combined; sculpture of segments 1-4 finer than on rest, 



clcri Ashmead. 



Sheaths of ovipositor broad, hardly as long as last segment ; sculpture 



of segments 1-2 finer than on rest bruchivorus, n. sp. 



3. Sheaths of ovipositor hardly as long as last abdominal segment, 



brcvicaudus, n. sp. 

 Sheaths of ovipositor about as long as last three segments combined. . .4 



4. Scape dark, metallic ; face mostly blue ; thorax dull, more bronzy, 



cyaniceps Ashmead. 

 Scape reddish; thorax shiny, more green; face mostly green, 



cushmani, n. sp. 



