126 BULLETIN 45, UNITKD STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



but sliglitly developed, ext«Mnliii}^ to the base of the iibdomen; abdo- 

 men highly polished black, more than twice tlu^ lengtli of the thorax; 

 tlagellum sub<'-lavate,. joints li to 4 transverse, the otli larger, trans- 

 verse, tlie 6th and 7th quadrate, the last fusiform, tlirice as long as 

 the 7th. 



Hawitat. — Ottawa, Canada. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen received from Mr. VV. Hagu*'! Har- 

 rington. 



Ceraphron melanocephalus Ashiii. 



Copidofiomd mehniocephahim Asliiii. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. xm, j*. 131. 



9. Lengtli, 1.2""". Head black; thorax abdomen and legs, brown- 

 ish-yellow; flagellum black, paler or brownish at base. Head and 

 thorax closely minutel}' punctate, the occiput with a delicate median 

 carina from the ocelli; Hagellum clavate, the 3 terminal joints being 

 very large and thick and as long as all the others (excepting the sca])e) 

 united the funicle joints 1' to .") transverse; first club joint quadrate, 

 the second, a little longer than wide, the last not cpiite thrice as long 

 as the second. Wings subhyaline. 



Habitat. — »Tacksonville, Fla. 



Type in C<dl. Ashmead. 



Described from one specimen reared May, 188.j, from the Cynipid gall 

 Belonocnema Treatw Mayr. 



Ceraphron pallidiventria si». iiov. 



9. Length, l.r»"'"'. Head and thorax black, shining, faintly sha- 

 greened; abdonum obscure rufous or pii-eous above, at base and 

 beneath yellow; S( ;ii>e, pedicel beneath and al tij), and legs, pallid- 

 yellow; tegulic yellowish ; wings hyaline, the stigmal vein yellowish, 

 long and curved, forming almost a closed nmrginal cell; marginal vein 

 brownish. 



Autennai lO-jointed, the flagellum subdavate, brown-black; scape 

 long, half the lengtli of the flagellum; pedicel a little longer 

 than the first flagellar joint; second flagellar joint scarcely two thirds 

 the length of the flrst; the third, fourth and fifth, transverse, but in- 

 creasing in length and width, the sixth, quadrate, the seventh, oblong- 

 quadrate, the last fusiform, as long as the two x)receding joints united. 

 Angles of metathorax tubercular, the metapleuia finely rugose, 

 bounded by a carina above. Abdomen a little longer than the head 

 and thorax together, pointed at tip and subcompressed at apex be- 

 neath. .^,^-^,,-..=,^—-=-^-;~^.- -.--,.=—-— ■.--:,--- - ^-^■■--.. .--,-. --^- - -- -- --— ,- 



HABITAT. — Fort Pendleton, Md. 



Type in ('oil. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. E. A. Schwarz. 



