AKT. 8 2T0TES OX PAEASITIC HYMEISTOPTEEA GAHAN d 



tennal flagellum, eyes, sides of pronotum for the most part, meso- 

 pleura except as noted, mesosternum, metatliorax, propodeum, and 

 ovipositor sheaths black ; f orewings from base to near apex of stigma 

 weakly infuscated, the rest hyaline. The vertex and occiput are 

 sometimes blackish and the abdomen frequently stained with piceus. 

 Antennae inserted a little above middle of eyes, 29-jointed in the 

 tyj^e (29-31 jointed in the series of paratypes), nearly as long as 

 the body, slightly tapering, the first flagellar joint about twice as 

 long as broad, following joints approximately one and one-half times 

 as long as broad; head smooth, polished, clothed with pale hairs; 

 viewed from above, strongly transverse, the temples about half as 

 broad as the eyes and receding from the eye margins ; a line between 

 the eyes below antennae distinctly longer than a line from base of 

 antennae to apex of clypeus; the setigerous punctures of face very 

 weak; malar space slightly shorter than the width of mandibles at 

 base; opening between clypeus and mandibles large; mesoscutum 

 polished, with an elongate median longitudinal groove or slit on the 

 posterior half, the parapsidal grooves deeply impressed at the an- 

 terior lateral angles, entirel}^ effaced for nearly two-thirds the length 

 of mesoscutum; groove separating scutellum and mesoscutum deep 

 and divided into four foveae by three distinct carinae; scutellum 

 smooth; mesopleura smooth, with a broad and strongly rugose im- 

 pression below the middle; propodeum coarsely rugose and with a 

 more or less distinct irregular transverse carina a little nearer base 

 than apex; forewing with the first abscissa of radius shorter than 

 the width of stigma ; second abscissa of radius distinctly longer than 

 first intercubitus ; recurrent vein entering second cubital cell; ab- 

 domen as long as thorax, broadly oval; first tergite a little longer 

 than broad, smooth laterally and basally but with the apical middle 

 longitudinally rugulose; following tergites smooth; ovipositor short, 

 its sheath about two-thirds as long as hind tarsus. 



Male. — Length, 2.25 mm. Antennae 36-jointed in the type, a little 

 longer than the body. Color generally somewhat darker than in the 

 female. In addition to the black marldngs of the female, the occiput, 

 prothorax, and abdomen, except the second tergite, are black in 

 the male. 



Type locality. — Corvallis, Oreg. 



^2^^^.— Cat. No. 41099, U.S.N.M. 



Described from 10 females (1 type) and 5 males reared from 

 Rhagoletis syrryphoricarpi Curran, the snowberry fruit fly, by F. H. 

 Lathrop. 



VIPIO MONEILEMAE, new species 



FemnMe. — Length, exclusive of ovipositor 7 mm.; length of ovi- 

 positor, about 4 mm. Head transverse, about one and one-half times 

 as broad as long, the temples full and very nearly as broad as the 



