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.. Scelio fuscipennis Asbin. 

 • Ent. Am., in, p. 119; Cress. Syn. Hyni., p. 314. 



$ 9 . Length, 3.5 to 5.3""". Black, coarsely rugose, the parapsidal 

 furrows not at all indicated; scape, i)edicel and legs, except the coxae, 

 brownish-yellow or reddish-yellow; wings fuscous, paler at base, 

 the stigmal vein distinct with a long branch forming a marginal cell. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville and Fort George Island, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



Common. I think this species will prove to be a parasite in the eggs 

 of Dictyopterus micropterus. 



Scelio hyalinipennis Ashm. 



(PI. X, Fig. 9, 9.) 



Eiit. Am., Ill, p 119; Cress. 8yn. Hyui., p. 314. 



$ 9 . Length, 4 to 4.5™". Black, conrsely rugoso-punctate, the 

 mesonotum without tiace of furrows; face striate above insertion of 

 antenna and below the eyes. Mandibles, scaiie, and pedicel beneath in 

 9, and legs, rufous, or brownish-yellow; c< ..ein $ black, frequently 

 pale in 9 , or only dusky or blackish basally. Antennse 12-jointed, 

 brown-black, except as mentioned above, the flagellum fusiform, de- 

 pressed, the pedicel about one-third longer than the first joint, the sec- 

 ond, third, and fourth joints very transverse, 3 times as v " le as hmg; 

 in $ 10-jointed, flagellar joints 2 to 7, about of an equal length, scarcely 

 twice as wide as hmg, the third but little wider ihmx the fourth. Wings 

 clear hyaline, Avith ouly a trace of the submarginal vein ; stigma present, 

 the submarginal nervure before reaching it obsolete or subobsolete, hya- 

 line ; no trace of a stigmal nervure. Abdomen imbricato-rugose, venter 

 in 9 often rufous. 



Habit A.T. — Jackscmville, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead and in ^National Museum. 



Scelio ovivorus Riley. 



Caloptcnohia ovirora Riley, First Rep. I'. S. Eut. Coimn., p. 306. 

 ticelio famelicuH Riley, nee. Say. Second Rep. l'^. S. Ent. Comm., p. 270. 

 iSce/jo 01 irora Aahm., Eut. Am., Ill, p. 119. 



9 . Length, 4.20""". Black, very coarsely rugoso-punctate, the meso- 

 notum without furrows; there is a large polished space (m face above 

 the antenna', and on either side coarse strite ccjuverge toward the man- 

 dibles; mandibles ])ale rufous. Antenuic 12-jointed, brown-black, the 

 scape and pedicel pale rufous or brownish-yellow; pedicel very slightly 

 longer than first funiclar joint. The thorax is very coarsely rugose, the 

 large punctures confluent; scutellum coarsely rugoso-punctate; meta- 

 thorax with a finer vsculpture, the angles dilated, prominent acute. 

 Teguhe yellowish. Wings subfuscous, the stigma of the submarginal 

 vein large with a stigmal vein and a ray from its tip. Legs, including 

 ^11 coxaij pale yellowish. Abdomen fusiformj the dorsum and veuter 



