No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 533 



on each side at base. Legs of male paler than those of female. 

 Length 0.6-0.8 mm. 



Parasitic on a Cecidomyid infesting squashes. 

 A. petiolatus Ashmead. 



Shining black, impunctate. Antennae except club, legs, and 

 petiole, bright yellow. Flagellum of male brown. Thorax con- 

 vex, without furrows. Scutellum triangular at apex, more or 

 less pubescent, with a fovea on each side at base. Length 0.8 

 mm. 



A. breviventris Ashmead. 



Shining black, impunctate. Antennae and legs brown; the 

 trochanters, bases of tibiae, and tarsi yellowish. Thorax without 

 furrows, scutellum foveated at base, pubescent at sides, and ter- 

 minating in a tubercle or very short spine which is only twice 

 as long as thick. Length 0.6-0.8 mm. 



A. flavicornis Ashmead. 



Polished black; antennae, except the club in the female, and 

 legs bright yellow. Thorax without furrows, scutellum foveated 

 at the base and ending in a minute tubercle. Abdomen oval, 

 shorter than the thorax. Length 0.8- 1.1 mm. 



A. antennariae Ashmead. 



Polished black, impunctate. Antennae dark brown in female, 

 pale brown in male. Legs reddish yellow, darker on femora and 

 coxae in female. Scutellum smooth, subconvex, not pubescent, 

 the spine of tubercle wanting. Length 0.8- 1.1 mm. 



Anopedius Fperster. 



A. error Fitch. 



Polished black, impunctate. Antennae black, the pedicel pale 

 at tip. Thorax long-ovate, polished, the furrows very faint. 

 Scutellum flattened or subconvex, separated from the mesonotum 

 by a fine line. Legs brown-black ; the trochanters, tip of anterior 

 tibiae, and all the tarsi paler. Abdomen oblong-ovate, slightly 

 longer than the thorax in the female and a little shorter in the 

 male. Length 1-1.2 mm. 



Parasitic on the Cecidomyid Contarinia tritici and on the 

 injurious clover-flower midge (Dasyneura leguminicola). 



West Haven, 27 June, 1905 (H. L. V.). 



