748 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD — REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, 



Thorax subovoid, the mesonotum only about 1^ times as long as 

 wide at base ; cup of scutellum oval, connected with a carina at 

 bottom of fovea, its disk posteriorly with a single fovea. Wings 

 hyaline, cordate ; the veins dark brown or piceous, the marginal 

 vein fully thrice as long as thick or a little longer, the second 

 abscissa of radius stouter and longer than the first, the marginal 

 cell open along the fore border and scarcely 1| times as long as 

 wide. Abdomen about as long as the thorax or a little longer, 

 with a distinct woolly girdle at base. 



Balthazar. Described from 7 female specimens. 



(5) Klbidotoma NAifA, sp. n, 



2 . Length 0-6 to 0*8 mm. Polished black ; antennae, except 

 club, and legs yellow, rarely with a reddish tinge ; mandibles 

 rufous. Antennae l3-jointed, reaching to base of abdomen, the 

 scape not or scarcely longer than the pedicel ; f unicle 8-jointed, 

 the first joint only twice as long as thick, joints 2-5 not longer than 

 thick, truncate at apex, not moniliform, joints 6-8 moniliform, the 

 last widest ; club 3-jointed, the first and second subequal, about 1^ 

 times as long as thick, the last ovate, a little longer. Thorax, wings, 

 and abdomen as in preceding species (K. marginalis). 



S . Length 0-65 mm. Agrees with female, except the antennae 

 are 15-jointed, filiform, brown or brownish yellow, more or less 

 dusky toward apex, the first joint of the flagellum being not quite 

 twice as long as the second, the second only slightly shorter than 

 the third, the fourth and following are equal, about three times as 

 long as thick, while the wings are entire at apex ; otherwise in 

 venation and colour of legs it agrees ^vith the female. 



Balthazar. Described from 9 female and 3 male specimens. 



(6) KxiEidotoma ptgidialis, sp. n. 



5 . Length 0*75 mm. Pohshed black ; antennae, except club, 

 rufo-piceous ; legs reddish yellow, the coxae paler or yellowish ; 

 mandibles red. Antennae 13-jointed, not longer than the head and 

 thorax united, the scape hardly twice as long as the pedicel, much 

 narrowed at base ; funicle 8-jointed, the first joint obconical, about 

 1^ times as long as thick, the second obconical, only a little longer 

 than wide ; the following joints moniliform, very slightly and 

 gradually increasing in size ; cup of scutellum very small, reduced 

 to a mere carina. Wings hyaline ; the veins yello\vish, the mar- 

 ginal vein quadrate, the first abscissa of radius a little longer than 

 the second, the marginal cell only a little longer than wide, open 

 along the front margin. Abdomen a little longer than the head 

 and thorax united, black, with a griseous woolly girdle at base 

 and with a prominent, ploughshare-shaped brown ventral valve. 



Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. 



(7) Kleibotoma bipiwctata, sp. n. 



5 , Length 1 to 1*1 mm. Polished black ; antennae piceous 



