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28. LIOTHORAX Mayr. 

 1875. Liothorax Mayr, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XXV, p. 728. 

 (Type, Encyrtus gJaphyra Walker.) 



I. LIOTHORAX GLAPHYRA Walker. 



Encyrtus glaphyra Walker, Ent. Mag., IV, 1837, p. 454, male. 



Liothorax gla2)liyru Mayr, Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XXV, 1895, p. 729, female 

 and male. — Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 54. 



HaMtat, — Europe. 



2. LIOTHORAX MELANOCERA Ashmead, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.6 mm. Head, thorax, except above, and the 

 mesopleura and abdomon feneous black ; mesopleura bluish; mesonotum 

 and scutelluin metallic green or cuperous, recticulates ; head anteriorly 

 and on cheeks metallic; anteunte long black; the scape long and slender, 

 the pedicel fully thrice as long as thick, obconical, flagellum subcla- 

 vate, but slender, gently thickening toward club. Wings hyaline. Ovi- 

 positor slender, exserted fully one-half the length of abdomen. Legs 

 vary from an ?eneous black to a metallic brown-black, with the knees 

 and the anterior and middle tarsi pale yellowish. 



Type.—Q^t. No. 4738, U.S.:N".M. (Ashmead collection.) 



Eahitat. — District of Columbia. 



29. LITOMASTIX Thomson. 

 1875. Litomastix Thomson, Hym. SkancL, IV, p. 171. 



(Type, Encyrtus chalconotus Dalman.) 



I. LITOMASTIX ANNELLUS Thomson. 



Litomastix annellus Thomson, Hym. Skaiicl., IV, 1875, p. 181, female. — Dalla 

 Torre, Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 244. 



Habitat. — Europe: Sweden. 



2. LITOMASTIX AURICOLLIS Thomson. 



Litomastix auricollis Thomson, Hym. SkancL, IV, 1875, p. 175, female and male. — 

 Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 245. 



Habitat. — Europe: Sweden. 



3. LITOMASTIX CHALCONOTUS Dalman. 



Encyrtus clmlconotus Dalman, Svensk. Vet. -Akad. Handl., XLI, 1820, p. 169, pi. 



Yni, fig. 61.— Nees, Hym. Ichn. Affin. Monog., II, 1834, pp. 232, 434. 

 Encyrtus serriconis Dalman, Hym. Icbn. AiBn. Menog., II, 1820, j). 360, male. — 



Nees, Hym. Icbn. AfiSn. Menog., II, 1834, p. 244.— Walker, Ent. Mag., IV, 



1837, p. 26, male. 

 Encyrtus mitreus Walker, Ent. Mag., IV, 1839, p. 35, female. 

 Copidosoma clialconotus Mayr, Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XXV, 1875, pp. 734, 735, 



739. 

 Litomastix chalconotus Thomson, Hym. Skand., IV, 1875, p. 173, female and male. — 



Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 245. 



