No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 499 



of head nearly round; mesonotum between parapsidal grooves 

 bright golden green and with longitudinally lengthened punc- 

 tures; axillae subdued golden green, with transverse scratches 

 toward tip, broader near base ; scutel very dark brownish green, 

 longitudinally scratched, scutel especially narrow down the me- 

 dian portion; tegulse concolorous with the scutel; pronotum con- 

 colorous with the head; all coxae dark green, front and mi:d legs 

 entirely honey-yellow, hind femora dark green except tips, which 

 are yellow, hind tibiae mostly yellow, with a dark band around 

 proximal third, tarsi yellow; abdomen smooth and shining, and 

 with a greenish luster; ovipositor slightly exserted. 



Male : length i .6 mm. ; antennal club slightly longer than sixth 

 funicular joint, pedicel nearly as thick as long, first joint of 

 funicle nearly three times as long as pedicel ; head, pronotum, and 

 mesonotum between the parapsidal grooves bright golden green, 

 axillae and scutel a shade less brilliant; all legs nearly black 

 throughout, with a greenish luster and with yellowish knees, 

 middle tibial spur and first tarsal joint yellow, rest of mid tarsi 

 and all joints of anterior and posterior tarsi blackish; otherwise 

 nearly as in the opposite sex. 



Bred from larvae of Gelechia gallcesolidaginis, 

 °C, intermedium Howard. 



Female : length i .25 mm. ; differs from the preceding species 

 as follows: antennae black; mesonotum between the parapsidal 

 grooves with only slightly longitudinally elongated punctures 

 behind, punctures of scutel subaciculate longitudinally, but not so 

 sharp, punctures of axillae nearly round; front legs dark brown 

 throughout ; mid legs with their femora dark brown, with a light 

 brown shade near bases of tibiae, most of their tibiae, their tibial 

 spurs and their tarsi light yellow ; hind legs with greenish femora, 

 their tibiae dark brown, yellowish at tip, and their tarsi yellow. 



Male: nearly as in the opposite sex, with the following ex- 

 ceptions : punctures of vertex rather transversely elongate, those 

 of mesonotum between the parapsidal grooves broader, narrower 

 in the center; flagel of antennae strongly flattened, first joint of 

 funicle three times as long as the pedicel and much wider, antennae 

 brown, scape darker than flagel ; head, pronotum, scutel and axillae 

 with a strong bluish green luster; anterior and mid femora and 



