No. 22.] HYMENOPTERA OF CONNECTICUT. 52/ 



2. Markings of thorax small, but distinct; posterior femora 



with irregular whitish markings at apex, varied with pale 

 brown; abdomen mostly black, with two or four white 



spots at base torviiia 



Markings of thorax large and yellow 3 



3. Posterior femora yellow, irregularly black at base and along 



inferior edge; scutel with a longitudinally ovate, black, 



central spot nortoni 



Posterior femora yellow, with a central black spot, con- 

 fluent with lower edge, which is narrowly black to apex; 

 scutel with a central black stripe or basal spot, lower 

 edge armed with six mostly irregular teeth, protuber- 

 ance beneath posterior wings black and yellow bracata 



4. Thorax ferruginous; petiole of abdomen very long and slen- 



der; scutel ferruginous, with a central black stripe, lateral 



margin whitish debilis 



Thorax lemon-yellow; posterior femora with numerous small 

 teeth; wings hyaline or subhyaline; posterior coxae lemon- 

 yellow, with a broad black stripe above; petiole of abdo- 

 men not more than one-half length of posterior coxae; 

 ' abdominal segments narrowly banded with black mariae 



*S. torvina Cresson. 

 S. nortoni Cresson. 

 Bred from Limacodes larva. 

 °S. bracata Sanborn. 

 °S. debilis Say. 



This is a secondary parasite of the white-marked tussock 

 moth {Hemerocampa leucostigma) , with the following hosts: 

 Casinaria {Amor photo) orgyice, Meteorus communis j M. 

 hyphantricB, Apanteles hyphantrice and A, delicatus. 



S. mariae Riley. Howard, Insect Book, PI. ix, Fig. 6. 

 Has been bred from Samia cecropia, Philosamia cynthia, 

 Callosamia promethea, and Telea polyphemus. 

 New Haven, 1910 (A. B. C). 



Conura Spinola. 

 °C. n. sp. 

 Reared from the lesser peach borer (Synanthedon pictipes), 



Phasgonophora Westwood. 

 °P. sulcata Westwood. 



Female : length about 9 mm. ; mostly black ; antennae blackish 

 brown, as are the veins of the wings ; the latter tinted with brown ; 



