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thorax together, shagreeiied, not distinctly striated, the venter smooth, 

 wholly rufous ; dorsum with a rufous streak along the uuirgius. 



Habitat. — Fort George, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Described from a single specimen taken by Dr. 1'. S. Turner, in Au- 

 gust, 1882. 



The color and sculpture of abdomen sufliciently distinguish the spe- 

 cies. 



Scelio calopteni sp. iiov., Kiley. 



" 9 . Length, .') to HA""". Black, rugose; the mesonotum with faint 

 but distinct furrows. Head with a smooth, shining space on face above 

 the antennae, with striae on each side converging toward mouth ; man- 

 dibles pale rufous; antenna* 12-jointed, brown-black, the scape and 

 pedicel yellow; pedicel longer tlian the first funicular joint, the joints 

 after the first very transverse; club slightly compressed from above, 

 the joints closely conjoined. Thorax with the teguhe i)ale rufous; 

 wings hyaline, the submargiiuil vein ending in a rounded stigma, but 

 withcmt a stigmal vein ; legs, including the coxje, pale brownish-yellow. 

 Metanotum with 2 coniidete longitudinal subparallel median carina\ 

 Abdomen fusiform, longer than the head and thorax together, closely, 

 hingitudinally aciculate; the venter piceous, finely aciculate at sides. 



"Described from many 9 specimens, bred June 27 and July 3, 1883, 

 from the eggs of Caloptenus atlautis, collected by self and A. Koebele 

 in ilJew Hampshire." — [From Kiley's MS.] 



Habitat. — Boscawen, N. H. 



Types ill National Museum. 



This species is closelj' allied to 8. Luggeri, and may be but a variety; 

 but as the stigma is without a stigmal vein and the color of the anten- 

 nae is slightly different, I believe it to be a distinct species. 



Scelio Luggeri sp. nov., Riley. 



" 9 . Length, 3 to 3.2""". Black, rugose, the mesonotum with two 

 furrows; scape and legs, including coxa^, brownish-yellow. Head with 

 the antennie brown-black, the pedicel distinctly longer than the first 

 flagellar joint, joints 2 to 4 very short, transverse. Metanotum with 4 

 complete longitudinal median carinas; wings subfuscous, paler at base, 

 the stigma with a short stigmal vein. Abdomen fusiform, about one- 

 third longer than the head and thorax together; longitudinally acicu- 

 late, the apex of all the segments with a smooth, polished space; 

 venter black, aciculate over entire surface. 



"Described from three 9 specimens, reared in July, S9, from the 

 eggs of a Caloptenus sp. by Prof. O. Lugger." — [From Kiiey's MS.) 



Habitat.— Otter Tail County, Minn. 



Types in National Museum. 



