164 BULLKTIN 4.-), UMTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 



rufous; the coxu' bhu'k. Antoniiii' 11-jointed, bhick, the scap*' rufous, 

 slifilitly dusky at tip above, the pedicel uearly as louj> as the first and 

 second funiclar Joints toji'ether. the second and third funiclar joints 

 transverse: the club 5 jointed, not quite as long as the sca]»e. Thorax 

 minutely, closely punctulate, slightly jmbescent, with three abbreviated 

 furrows posteriorly: the scutellum rugoso punctate, slightly lustrous, 

 pubescent. Wings subhyaline, pubescent, the nervures pale brown- 

 ish, the nnirginal vein very short. Abdomen broa<lly oval, depressed, 

 IM)lished, the lirst segment striate, the second, twice as wide as long. 



IlAHiTAT. — Washington, I). C. 



Type in l!4^ational Museum. 



TrisBolcus brochymeiiae AhIuii. 



(I'l. VII, Fij;. t), 9.) 



Tfhnomiix hrorhfiwrmr Ah]iu\., Kla. A>;ric., i\. ISSl, ]>. I'Xi: Eiit. Am., ill, p. 118; 

 Cross. Syii. Hyiii.. ]>. iil4. 



9 , Length, ().<S to ().!)"". BUwjk, shining, the thorax feebly, micro- 

 scopically punctulate, with a line pubescence; head smooth, fully four 

 times as wide as thick antero posteriorly, a tine punctulate line sur- 

 rounding the orbits. Ocelli very widely sei>arated, the lateral close 

 to the eye margin on an oblique grooved line extending from the eye 

 to the occiput. The occiput concave, the upper edge sharp; cheek Hat. 

 Eyes ]uibesceiit. Anteninv 11-jointed, the scape, pedicel, and lirst 

 funiclar joint, brownish-yellow, the following joints brown-black; the 

 scai)e does not extend above the front ocellus; the i)edicel is longer and 

 thicker than the first funiclar joint, the latter about twice as long as 

 thick, joints 2 and .'J transverse, the club large, (J-jointed, all the joints, 

 except the last, transverse. Thorax iounde<l, the mesonotum convex, 

 wider tlian long, with 3 abbreviated grooved lines posteriorly. Legs 

 honey-yellow, the coxai black. AbdoFuen small, flattened, not longer 

 than the thorax, truncate behind, black, shining, the first segment 

 transverse, striated, separated from the second by a deep suture, the 

 second occupying most of the remaining surface. VVMngs hyaline, the 

 venation yellow, the marginal vein i)unctiform, not longer than thick. 



Habitat. — J acksou\ille, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from several s[)eciinens reared from the eggs of Brochii- 

 inena arhorea Say. Specimens are also in the National Museum, reared 

 from the eggs of an unknown Heniijjferon by Mr. 11. (I. Hubbard. 



DISSOLCUS A,sliinea<l, }{<'ii. nov. 

 (Ty]M' />. iiii/riiofiiin Ashiii.) 



Head transverse or subipnidrate, not wider than the tlicn-ax, the 

 occiput Hat but not concave or emarginate. Ocelli .?, in a triangh', 

 tln' lateral a little away from the margin of tlie eye. Kyes ovate, 

 jmbescent. 



