156 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



iirst and second Ktriatc; the second Si'guient is halt' n^nhi an lung as 

 wide. 



In the S the antenna' and lejjs are yellow, the coxa* black, or dusky, 

 the i)edicel slijihtly shorter than the first funiclar joint, the first three 

 fiiniclar joints ©(jual, one and a half times as long as thick, the following 

 to the last, nioniliforni, subpedicellate. 



IIahitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from many specimens, reared from the eggs of Sphinx 

 Carolina Linn. 



TelenomuB Rileyi How. 

 Scmlder, IJutterflies New Eng., p. 1896. 



9 . Length, C.G"""'. Black, shining, the thorax with a fine micro- 

 scopic punctation and down. Head broadly transverse, slightly more 

 than thrice as wide as long. Eyes sliglitly pubescent. Mandibles 

 brown. Antennae 11-jointed, dark brown, the scape pale at extreme 

 base; the pedicel is a little longer than the first funiclar joint; the sec- 

 ond, third, and fourth funiclar joints numiliform; the first joint of the 

 club transverse, the second, third, and fourth joints about equal, trans- 

 verse-quadrate, the last cone-shaped. Legs dark brown or piceous, the 

 trochanters, knees, and tarsi, honey-yellow. Abdomen very slightly 

 longer than the thorax, smooth, p<dished, the first segment striated, 

 the second a little wider than long. Wings hyaline, fringed, the vena- 

 tion pale, the marginal vein punctiform. 



Habitat. — Fairbury, 111. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from 3 9 specimens, reared March 22, 1884, from the eggs 

 of Apatura elyUm by A. H. Mundt. 



Telenomus gossypiicola, sp. nov. 



9 . Length, 0.0""". Black, shining, impunctured. Head broadly 

 transverse, not quite thrice as wide as long antero-posteriorly. Eyes 

 bare. Mandibles pale rufous. Antennse 11-jointed, brown, the scape 

 blackish above; the pedicel is slightly longer than thefirst funiclar joint; 

 the second and third funiclar joints equal, moniliform ; the fourth smaller, 

 transverse; the first joint of the club is transverse, the second, third, 

 and fourth transverse quadrate, the fourth slightly the largest, the 

 last cone-shaped. Legs dark brown, the trochanters, knees, tips of 

 tibia? and the tarsi, yellow. Abdomen slightly shorter than the thorax, 

 smooth, polished, the first segment short, transverse, the second wider 

 than long. Wings hyaline, fringed, the venation pale, the marginal 

 vein about half the length of the stigmal. 



