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Family CHALCIDIDy^. 



Smicra Spinola. * 



27. Smicra delira Cr. 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, iv, p. 41. 



One $ specimen from Tepic. The species was origin- 

 ally described from Texas, but is widely distributed over 

 the Southern and Western States. 



FIaltichella Spinola. 



28. Haltichella xanticles Walk. 



Hockeria xanticles Walk., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (2), i, p. 147. 



Haltichella xanticles Cr., Syn. Hym. N. A., p. 234. 



Haltichella americana How., Bull. No. 5 U. S. Dept. of Agric, p. 9. 



Two (5 specimens from Tepic. This species is also 

 widely distributed over the United States and is very varia- 

 ble in size. 



EuRYTOMA Illiger. 



29. EuRYTOMA SEMINATRIX Walsh. 



Am. Ent., ii, p. 299. 



Three ? and two S specimens from Tepic. The species 

 infest woolly cynipid galls and I fail to find any difference 

 between those from Tepic and those bred by myself from 

 galls in Florida. Walsh considered the species only a 

 variety of his £. auriceps, but from a close study of many 

 specimens I fail to find intermediate grades, and, as the 

 specific characters are constant, I believe it should be 

 elevated to a distinct species. 



30. EuRYTOMA TEPICENSIS sp. n. 



? . — Length 2.2 mm. Black; scape and legs, except 

 coxge and the hind femora medially brownish-yellow^; 

 tegul« black; wings hyaline, the veins brownish-yellow. 



Head and thorax, flagellum, legs and apex of abdomen 

 clothed with a sparse, glittering white pubescence. The 

 flagellum is not quite three times as long as the scape, the 



