218 . BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



tiiifjed, pubescent; margiual vein abont twice as long as tli»> vtlgmal, 

 the postmaiginal very long. Lrgs brownish yellow; in 9 with the 

 coxae black. Abdomen, in 5 ,long t'lisiforni, in i long, linear, scarcely 

 widened at tlie middle, extending far beyond the Avings when folded, 

 and about thrice as long as the thorax; first and second segments 

 striated and punctate, the following segments punctate and faintly 

 rugose. 



Habitat. — Florida; Virginia. 



Tyi)es in Coll. Ashmead. 



Macroteleia virgiuiensis, m]). nov. 



9. Length, ^""". Black, shining, with thimble-like punctation; 

 head transverse-quadrate; eyes very large, rounded, pubescent. An- 

 tenufB 12-jointed, clavate, brown-black, the scape brownish-yellow; 

 first funiclar joint long, one-third longer than the pedicel, the second 

 two-thirds the length of the first, the third and fourth subequal, but 

 still longer than wide; club G jointed, gradually thickened from the 

 fourth funiclar joint, long, gradually tapering off at both ends. 



Mevsonotum with two distinct furrows. Scutellum smoother, sparsely 

 punctate. Metathorax with a median keel. Wings hyaline, the mar- 

 ginal vein twice the length of the stigmal, the latter rather short, end- 

 ing in a knob; basal nervure wanting. Legs, including coxa?, reddish- 

 yello'\\'. Abdomen pointed, fusiform, about twice as long as the head 

 and thorax united, with close, thimble-like punctures, some of which 

 are elongated and with raised lines, the first segment striolated, the 

 suture between the first and second crenate; the first and second seg- 

 ments are about equal in length, a little shorter than the third and 

 fourth, which are also equal. 



Habitat. — Arlington, Va. . . •' / ' ; 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. -^ - - .'^" 



Since this description was drawn up specimens of this species were 

 reared by Dr. Riley, in the Department of Agriculture, from the eggs 

 of Orchelimmn ylahernmnm. • .. , 



CALLISCELIO Ashra., gen. nov. 



(Type, C. laticinctus.) 



Head transverse, the frons convex, the face not impressed, occiput 

 and cheeks delicately margined ; ocelli 3, large, in a triangle, the lateral 

 touching the eye; eyes very large, oval, bare. 



Antennai inserted at the clypeus, 12-jointed in both sexes, in 9 with 

 a 6-jointed club, all the funiclar joints elongate; in S filiform, the first 

 flagellar joint long, joints 4 to 10 submoniliform. 



Mandibles bidentate. 



Maxillary palpi 4-jointed; labial palpi 3-jointed. ^ 



Thorax ovate, rounded before, the prothorax slightly visible fr6tii- 

 above, the mesonotum with two distinct furrows, scutellum semicircu-' 

 lar, convex; metathorax short, carinat€d laterally. " 



