MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID^. 149 



iug joints to the last mouiliform, briedy ])edicellate, the hist cone- 

 shaped, as hmg as the first; legs yellow. 



Habitat. — Washington, D. C. 



TjT)es in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from many specimens reared in June from the eggs of an 

 unknown Noctuid moth. 



Telenomus gnophselae, sp. nov. 



S $ . Length, O.S'""'. Black, shining, the thorax microscopically 

 punctate. Head transverse, wider than the thorax, the face ijolished, 

 impunctured, the vertex iaintly shagreened. Eyes slightly bristly. 

 Mandibles rufous. AntennsB "? 11-jointed, black, the pedicel much longer 

 than the first funiclar joint, the second funiclar joint very slightly shorter 

 than the first, the third not more than half the length of the second, the 

 club much more slender than usual. Legs black; trochanters, knees, 

 base and apex of tibijp, and the tarsi, honey-yellow. Abdomen shorter 

 than the thorax, broadly truncate behind, the first and second seg- 

 ments at base, striate, the second being broader than long. Wings 

 hyaline, fringed, tho venation brown, the marginal vein half the 1« ;th 

 of the stigmal. 



In the $ the antennae are 12-jointed, filiform, brown, the pedicel 

 smaller than the first funiclar joint, the first and third funiclar joints 

 about equal, the second very slightly longer than either of the others, 

 the joints beyond to the last, moniliform, the last conic, twice as long 

 as the penultimate; legs reddish-yellow, the coxa? dusky or black. 



Habitat. — Sisson, California. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from many specimens reared August 24, 1890, by Mr. A. 

 Koebele, from the eggs of Gnopha'la hopferi Grote. 



Teleuomus gracilicornis, sp. iinv. 



9 . Length, 0.8"'"'. Head, scutellum, and abdomen polished black, 

 shining; thorax microscopically punctate, suboj^aque, with a fine pubes- 

 cence; scape black, the fiagellum brown black, the pedicel yellowish 

 at tip; legs black; the trochanters, knees, anterior tibue, except a 

 blotch above, and the tarsi, honey-yellow. Antennje 11-jointed, the 

 club rather slender; the fiagellum twii-e as long as the scape; the first 

 funiclar joint is about two-thirds the length of the pedicel, the second a 

 little shorter than the first but still a little hmger than thick ; the third 

 and fourth moniliform, about etpial in size; the first joint of club is sub- 

 moniliform, transverse, a little larger than the last funiclar joint, the sec- 

 ond, transverse-quadrate, the third and fourth quadrate, slightly longer 

 than the second, the last pointed, conic. Wings subfuscous, the 

 venation brown, the marginal vein punctiform, hardly twice as long as 

 thick. Abdomen not longer than the thorax, truncate at apex, spatu- 



