406 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxii. 



I. ANICETUS CEYLONENSIS Howard. 



Anicetus ceylonensis Howard, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 639, female. 



Type.— Cat. No. 3258, U.S.N.M. 



Habitat. — OeyloD. 



Jlost. — Ehynch. : Vinsonia stelUfera Westwood. 



84. ZARHOPALUS Ashmead, new genus. 

 (Type, Zarlwpalus sheldoni Ashmead.) 



Head antero-posteriorly thick, with some sparse punctures above, 

 the scrobes deep semicircular, but not bounded by a carina superiorly. 

 Ocelli arranged in a triangle, the lateral ocelli touching the eye margin. 

 Eyes large oval, sparsely hairy. Antennae short, stout, the scape dilated 

 beneath toward apex, the flagellum strongly incrassated, subcom- 

 j)ressed, and hardly longer than the scape; the pedicel is long, longer 

 than the first 3 joints of funicle nnited, the latter being annular. Front 

 wings fuliginous, the marginal vein punctiform, the stigmal and post- 

 marginal veins very long, as in Encyrtus {Comys). 



I. ZARHOPALUS SHELDONI Ashmead, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.2 mm. Black, submetallic, and highly polished; 

 tarsi, except last joint, white or pale yellowish white. 



The mesonotum is a little shorter than the scutelkim, and with the 

 latter highly polished and impnnctate; the wings are fuliginous, but 

 paler at basal third, the veins black; while the abdomen is oval, not 

 longer than the thorax. 



Type.—Qat. Ko. 4766, U.S.N.M. (Ashmead collection.) 



Habitat. — Lake Placid, ISfew York (Charles Sheldon) ; Bladensburg, 

 Maryland (E. A. Schwarz). 



2. ZARHOPALUS INQUISITOR Howard. 



Encyrtus inquisitor Howard, Eep. U. S. Dept. Agric, 1880-81, p. 367, female. — 

 Cresson, Syu. Hym. N. A., p. 239.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 260. 



Type.— Gat. No. 2616, U.S.N.M. 



Habitat. — Florida. 



Host. — Ehynch. : Dactylopius destructor Comstock. 



3. ZARHOPALUS CRASSUS Howard. 



Encyrtus crassus Howard, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool., XXVI, 1894, p. 93, 

 female.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 257. 



Type in British Museum. 



Habitat. — West Indies : St. Yincent. 



4. (.?) ZARHOPALUS QUADRICOLOR Howard. 



Encyrtus quadricolor Howard, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool., XXV, 1894, p. 93, 

 male.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 262. 



Habitat. — West Indies: St. Vincent. 



