766 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD— REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [NoV. 19, 



Antennse, except last 5 joints of club, and legs 



brownish yellow. 



Sides of thorax rufous or piceous; meta- 



pleura always red. 



Joints 2-5 of funicle three or more times 



longer than thick ; club-joints twice 



as long as thick H. pleuralis, sp. n. 



Sides of thorax black. 



Joints 2-5 of funicle subequal, twice as 

 long as thick or a little longer ; club- 

 joints, except the last which is ovate 

 and larger than the others, about IJ 



times as long as thick H. proxima, sp. n. 



Antennae black, the funicle sometimes piceous ; 



legs brownish yellow. 



Joints 2-5 of funicle subequal, scarcely 1^ 



times as long as thick ; club-joints, 



except the last, a little longer than 



thick H. dubiosa, sp. n. 



Antenna always black ; legs 3'ellowish. 



Joints 2-5 of funicle very little longer than 

 thick ; club-joints oblong, the last ovate, 

 much longer than the preceding ; second 

 branch of radius nearly twice as long as 

 the first, marginal cell 3 times as long 

 as wide H- iiicerta, sp. n. 



Males. 



Marginal cell entirely closed 2. 



Marginal cell more or less open along the fore border. 

 Cup of scutellum small, ovate, with a small fovea 

 posteriorly and from 2-4 punctures on the an- 

 terior part ; antennte black or piceous black. 

 Legs honey-yellow, with the femora toward base 

 more or less obfuscated ; first joint of flagel- 

 lum twice as long as the second, stout, curved, 

 the third a little longer than the second, the 

 fourth and following joints a little longer than 

 the third, subequal, a little more than twice as 



long as thick H. melanocera. 



Legs reddish yellow ; first joint of flagellum only 

 I3 times as long as the second, the second and 

 third joints equal, the fourth and following 

 joints a little longer than the third, equal, fully 



3 times as long as thick. .. ; H. consimilis. 



Legs brownish yellow ; first joint of flagellum not 



much longer than the second, stouter, the third 



a little longer than the second, the fourth and 



following joints about twice as long as thick ... H. modesta. 



2. Cup of scutellum ovate or subelliptic, with a small 



fovea posteriorly and 2-4 or more punctures on 



the anterior part 3. 



Cup of scutellum rounded or broadly oval 4. 



Cup of scutellum minute, exceedingly narrowed, 

 merely a ridge with a single small fovea or 

 puncture. 

 Antennae, except slightly toward tips, and legs 

 brownish yellow. 



First joint of flagellum one-half longer than the 

 second, the third and following joints 

 eoarcely longer than the second and 3 times 

 as long as thick H. tenuicornis. 



