MONOGRAPH OF THE NORTH AMEHICAN PKOCTOTKYPIDyE. 157 



Habitat. — Houjjjto P. O., Concordia Tjirisli, La. 

 Tyi»e8 iu National Mu.seuin. 



D«>8cribe<l from <> 9 specimens, reare<l Aujxust 1»>, 1.S.S0, from lepidop- 

 tenms eggs found on cotton. 



Telenomus geometree, hj). nov. 



(J 9. Length, 0.4.5 """. Iila<!k, sliining, impunctnred. Head trans- 

 verse, thrice as wide as h)ng, the face convex, highly polished. Eyes 

 bare. Mandibles picecms-brown. Antenna- 9 11 jointed, dark brown; 

 the pedicel is stout and at least twice as long as the first funiclar joint; 

 the first funiclar joint only a little longer than thick, the second sub- 

 equal with it, the third moniliform,the fourth very small, transverse; the 

 first joint of the dub is transverse, the second larger, transverse, the 

 third and fourth larger, quadrate, the last conic. Legs brown, the pos- 

 terior coxje blai'kish, the trochanters, knees, tips of tibiae and tarsi, 

 pale. Abdomen not longer than the thorax, smooth, polished, the 

 secoiul segment a little wider than long, apex truncate. Wings hya- 

 line, friugetl, the venation pale yellowish, the marginal vein one-third 

 the length of the stigmal. 



In the S the antenna' are 12-jointed, filiform, pale brown, the pedi- 

 cel about as long as the first funiclar joint, the first three funiclar joints 

 nearly equal, the first being slightly the shortest, the joints beyond 

 round, moniliform, slightly pedicellate, the terminal joint conic, 

 slightly more than twice as long as the preceding. Legs pale or 

 yellowish, the femora and tibiae dusky. 



Habitat. — ( ?) District of Columbia. 



Types in National Museum. 



Described from many specimens reared from the eggs of an unknown 

 geometrid moth found on wild cherry; no date of rearing is given. 



Telenomus arzamse, sp. nov., Riley. 



"9. Length, 0.8'""'. Klack, .shining, the head and thorax with a 

 faint microscoi)i(; punctuation and finely pubescent. Head transverse, 

 slightly more than thrice as wide as long, p<>lished; eyes slightly 

 pubescent; mandibles brown; antennje ll-jointi'd, brown, the flag- 

 ellum darker above than beneath ; the pedicel is scarcely longer than 

 the first funicular joint, the funicular joints subequal, the first joint 

 of club transverse, the second, third, and fourth about ecjual, trans- 

 verse-quadrate, the last cone-shaped: legs rufous, or reddish-yellow, 

 the trochanters and tarsi paler ; sometimes the femora and tibiie are 

 more or less obfuscated: wings hyaline, fringed, the venation pale 

 brownish, the marginal vein about half the length of the stigmal. 

 Abd<mien j:s long as the thorax, polished, the first segment striated, 

 the second about as long as its width at apex. 



