2G6 BULLETIN 45, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, 



Antennre inserted Just above tlie rlypens, 10 jointod in 9 , with all tho 

 joints U'lijjtluMUMl and thickrnod toward the iipi'x, without a ilistinct 

 club; in S the first tiajjelhir joint very snnill, the slm-ou*! very much 

 thickened, the third the length atul tliicknesa of the pedicel, the Ave 

 following joints cylindrical and slightly pedi<'ellate. 



Thorax ovate, the niesonotUTU with 2 distinct furrows, the scutellum 

 triangularly lengthened, acute. . 



Front wings veiidess. 



Abdomen long ovate, the second segment very large, the following 

 short, the first short, narrowed; in 9 segments A and ♦> unite<l are only 

 two-thirds the length of the se<!ond. 



Legs clavate. 



(?) Xestonotus andriciphilus Anhni. 



(PI. XI, Fis.9. 9.) 



Can. Ent., xix, p. 128,9 ; Cress. Syn. }Iym.,p. 249. 



9. Length, LS"^'". Black; face finely punctate; antennfP and legs 

 brownishyeHow. ^lesonotum with 2 shari)ly defined i)arallel fnrrow.s. 

 Scutellum not greatlj' prolonged, but subcompressed at sides. Wings 

 hyaline. 



Habitat. — Jacksonville, Fla. 



Type in Coll. Ashmead. 



Originally described from one specimen reared from the ('ynipid 

 oak gall, AntlricuH hiasfophaffus Ashm. 



AMBLYASPI8 F.lrater. 



Hyni. Stud., ii, p. 107 (1856). 



(Typo, A.dlienn Fttrst.). 



Head transverse, the vertex subacute; the occiput <lelicately mar- 

 gined; ocelli 3, in a triangle, the latertil very close to the margin of 

 the eye. 



Antenna? inserted just abo'.'e the clypeus, 10-jointed, the scape very 

 long, subclavate and curved, in ? with a 4-jointed club, the first two 

 joints loosely joined, the last two usually closely joined; in 3 with a 

 5-jointed club, the joints oval and loosely joined or pedicellate. 



Thorax ovate, slightly compressed at sides, the mesonotum convex, 

 entirely without furrows or these only faintly traceable posteriorly; scu- 

 tellum high, elongate, triangular, and usually produced into a long acute 

 spine, extending high over the meta thorax and scarcely separated from 

 the mesonotum; metathorax usually densely pubescent or woolly. 



Abdomen subovate or oblong-oval, not or scarcely longer than the 

 thorax, the first segment petioliform, fluted and pubescent, the second 

 segment large, occupying fully half of the remaining surface, without 

 foveolsB at base, the following segments short, equal in length. 



Legs long, the femora and tibije strongly clavate, the tibial spurs 1, 



