144 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PAEASITIC HYMENOPXEEA 



All coxae pale. 



Legs wholly brownish yellow ; antennae in 

 male subclavate, the joints transverse; 



female unknown A. pallidipes, sp. n. 



2. Wholly brownish yellow. 



Club of stigmal vein very large, circular; 

 dorsum of metanotum black ; antennae 

 in female subclavate, brown; male un- 

 known A. megastigma, sp. n. 



Yellowish white, with brownish and black 



markings ; the club of the stigmal vein 



normal. 



Middle lobe of mesonotum, the scutellum 



and axillae, except margins, and the 



metanotum black ; occiput and vertex, 



except orbits and a streak before and 



behind the ocelli, pronotum anteriorly 



and three or four fasciae above, disks of 



abdominal segments, and venter brown ; 



the 3rd abdominal segment with a 



whitish fascia along the sides curving 



upwards and extending along the apical 



margin A. pulchra, sp. n. 



ASHMEADIA INSTJLAEIS, Sp. n. 



$ . Length 3 millim. Eobust, black, sliagreened ; scape and 

 legs, except coxae and the femora at base, brownish yellow ; 

 flagellum subclavate, brown-black, the joints transverse ; suture 

 and margins between abdominal segments 5 and 6 piceous j 

 scutellum with, some shallow umbilicate punctures ; metathorax 

 rugose. Wings hyaline, the venation yellowish, the margiaal 

 , vein very long, about two thirds the length of the submarginal, 

 or three or more times longer than the stigmal. Abdomen sub- 

 petiolate, conic-ovate, a little longer than the head and thorax 

 united, sbagreened. 



The male is only 2 milKm. long and, except in its smaller size, 

 a more flattened, petiolate abdomen (the petiole short and stout), 

 and pale brown antennae, it agrees in. all respects with the 

 female. 



Sah. St. Viacent. 



Described from one male and one female. 



AsHMEADIA PALI/IDIPES, sp. U. 



(S . Length 1*8 millim. Agrees well with the male of A. insu- 



