244 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



coarsely longitudinally striated; the first segment is short, transverse, 

 very little longer than half the length of the second ; the third, the longest, 

 the fourth, a little shorter than the third; the fifth, about as long as the 

 second; the sixth, shorter. 



S . Length, 3.6""". Head and thorax coarsely rugose, the latter 

 without furrows; antenn.e pale brown, 10-jointed, the third flagellar 

 joint longer and wider than the others; legs brownish-yellow; wings 

 hyaline, the subniarginal vein terminating in a rounded stigma with a 

 short stignial vein; abdomen distinctly striated, the apical edges of the 

 segments smooth, impunctate. 



Habitat. — Massachusetts. 



Tj-pes in !Kational Museum. 



Described from 3 9 specimens, now in i>oor condition, reared by Samuel 

 H. Scudder from the eggs of Dissosteira can Una. 



Scelio pallidipes, sp. nov. 



$ . Length, 3.2""". Head and thorax coarsely rugose, the latter 

 without parapsid.al furrows. Anteuiiie brown-black, scape brownish, 

 the third flagellar joint much wider than the others, twice as wide as 

 long. Angles of raetathorax rounded, not prominent. Wings clear- 

 hyaline, the submarginal vein and the stigma ^lyaline, scarcely appar- 

 ent; no stigmal vein. Legs wholly brownish-yellow. Abdomen stri- 

 ated, the first segment quadrate, separated from the second by a strong 

 constriction ; venter distinctly, but not coarsely, striated. 



HABITAT. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Types in Coll. Ashmead. 



The wholly brown-black flagellum and the difference in the metjitho- 

 racic angles separate the species from S. pallidicornis, the only species 

 with which it would be apt to be confused. 



Scelio pallidicornis, 8p. nov. 



$. Length, 4.1°"". Black, coarsely rugose; antenna? i^ale or brown- 

 ish-yellow, the pedicel shorter than the first flagellar joint, the latter 

 obconical and the longest joint; the third joint the widest, about H 

 times as wide as long, or only slightly wider than the following joints. 

 Angles of metathorax somewhat prominent, covered with a whitish 

 pubescence. Wings subfuscous, hyaline at base, the stigma without 

 a stigmal vein. Legs wholly brownish-yellow. Abdomen above 

 coarsely striated, and with dilated punctures ; beneath smoother, 

 shining, but longitudinally striated, the striae faint or indistinct beneath 

 the lateral carina. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



TyjMi in Coll. Ashmead. 



The large size, pale antenna', and color of wings at once separate the 

 species from the others described here. 



