MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PROCTOTRYPID^E. 151 

 Telenomus giaptse How. 

 Scudd. But. New Enj,'., p. 1896. 



S9. Length, 0.0"'"'. Black, shining. IlesKl transverse, wider than 

 the thorax, the face polished, the vertex snboparine. Eyes slightly- 

 bristly. Mandibles piceous-black. Antennie in 9 11-jointed, black, 

 very gradually clavate, the club less distinctly defined than usual; the 

 pedicel a little longer and stouter than the first funicular joint, the second 

 and third funiclar Joints nionilifonn, the second very slightly hmger than 

 the third, the latter a little transverse; first and second joints of club 

 transverse, the third and fourth quadrate, the last conic. Legs piceons- 

 brown, almost black, the trochanters, knees, tips of tibia*, and tarsi, 

 pale. Abdomen a little shorter than the thorax, truncate posteriorly, 

 the first segment transverse, finely striated, the second wider than long, 

 smooth and polished, the suture between it and the first with some 

 stria;. Wings hyaline, fringed, the venation yellowish, the marginal 

 vein one-third the length of the shaft of the stigma. 



In the S the antennje are 12-joiuted, filiform, the scape black, the 

 flagellum brown; the pedicel is shorter than the first funiclar joint, the 

 second and third funiclar joints about equal, and longer than the first, 

 the joints beyond to the last, round nioniliform, slightly pedicellate, the 

 last conic, twice as long as the penultimate. Legs brown, the anterior 

 tibia", trochanters, base and apex of the tibiie, and the tarsi, honey- 

 yellow. 



Habitat. — District of Columbia. 



Types in National Museum. 



Redescribed from many specimens reared by Dr. Riley, September 

 16, 1886, from the eggs of Grapta interrogationis Fabr. 



Telenomus spilosomatis, sp. iiov. 



i 9 . Length, 0.6"'"'. Polished black, impunctured, the thorax with 

 a fine microscopic i)ubescence. Eyes bare. Mandibles black. An- 

 tenniP 9 11-jointed, the scape black, the fiagellum dark brown; the pedi- 

 cel is longer than the first funiclar joint; the second and third funiclar 

 joints are equal, nioniliform; the first joint of the club is transverse, 

 the second, third, and fourth about equal, quadrate, the last cone-shaped. 

 Legs piceous-brown, the trochanters, knees, apices of tibia*, and the 

 tarsi, pale brownish yellow. Abdomen not longer than the thorax, 

 smooth and shining, the first segment transverse, the second wider 

 than long, the terminal segments retracted within the second. Wings 

 hyaline, fringed, the venation jiale y«'llowish, the marginal vein very 

 slightly longer than half the length of the stigmal. 



In the (5 the antennse are 12 jointed, filiform, pale brown, the pedicel 

 distinctly longer than the first funiclar joint, the second and third funi- 

 clar joints about equal, longer than the first, the joints beyond round, 



