11 fi BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



but j^iiulually tliickriied, the last Joint twice as long as the pemiltiniate. 

 W injrs hyaline, tlie stigma brown, tlie stignial vein one and a half times 

 as long as the stigma. Abdomen very slightly longer than the thorax, 

 smooth and polished, pubescent towaid tip, the venter Hatter than 

 usually, the petioh' and second segment at base, striate. 



IlAiniAT. — Washington, 1). <.'. 



Type 9 in (\dl. Ashmead. 



Described from a single 8p«*<'imen re<'eived from Mr. K. A. Sehwarz. 



Megaspilus marylaiidicus h|i. nov. 



$ . Length, 2.4""", Black, subopaque, finely shagreened and s])arsely 

 nubeseent; the scape, pedicel, and h'gs reddish-yellow. Antenna* 11- 

 jv^inted, the tiagellnm brown, slightly i)aler basally not longer than 

 twice the length of the sca])e; the pedicel yellow, distinctly shorter 

 and thicker than the first flagellar Joint, the sec(»nd shoit«'r than the 

 first, third an«l fourth about eciual, shorter than the fifth, the fifth to the 

 last about equal, very slightly longer than thick, the last twice as long 

 as thick. Wings fuscous, the stigma brown, the stigmal vein slightly 

 more than twice the length of the stigma. Abdomen a little longer 

 than the head and thorax together, black, polished, boat-shaped below, 

 somewhat flat above. 



Habitat. — Oakland, Md. 



Type 9 in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from specimens received from ]VIr. E, A. Sehwarz. 



Megaspilus Harringtoni Anhm. 

 Can. Ent. vol. xx, p. 4S. 



S 9. Length, li to 2.5"'"'. Jilack; head aiul thorax with a fine reticu- 

 late punctuation; abdomen indished black. Antenna' 11 Jointed, the 

 scape and pedicel dull yellow, the flagellum brown l)lack; the pedicel 

 is not quite as hmg as the first flagellar Joint. Legs dull yellow, the 

 posterior voxwt black, the anterior and middle coxa' dusky basally, the 

 ])osterior femora fuscous or dusky. Wings subhyaline, pubescent, the 

 large stigma and stigmal vein brown. 



Abdomen the length of the thorax, the petiole yellowish. 



The B differs from ? only in its slightly snmller size and in the long 

 filiform antenna', the Joints of the flagellum being about four times as 

 long as thick, the scape yellowish toward the base. 



Habitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Types S 9 in ('oil. Ashmead. 



The types were taken by Mr. W. H. Harrington. 



Megaspilus hyalinipennis A^bm. 



Ent. Am., Ill, p. 98; Cress. Syn. Hyni., p. 313. 



9 . Length, 2"'"'. Robust, black, alutaceous, with a very sparse, 

 pale pubescence. Antennae 11-Jointed, filiform, dark brown ; the pedicel 



