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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  (5 
  Differs 
  from 
  the 
  ? 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  antennae 
  longer, 
  26 
  jointed, 
  

   while 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  slightly 
  differently 
  colored, 
  the 
  extreme 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  

   middle 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  their 
  tarsi 
  being 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Cat. 
  no. 
  5367, 
  U. 
  S. 
  national 
  museum 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  Saranac 
  Inn 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Taken 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   James 
  G. 
  Needham. 
  

  

  Family 
  78 
  brj^conidj^^e: 
  

   APHiDius 
  Nees. 
  

  

  Aphidius 
  nigripes 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

   (^Length 
  1.5 
  mm. 
  Entirely 
  black 
  except 
  as 
  follows: 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   apex 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  the 
  second 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  trochanters 
  

   and 
  the 
  knees 
  are 
  honey-yellow, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  fus- 
  

   cous, 
  almost 
  black. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  19 
  jointed, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  

   the 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  flagellum 
  being 
  not 
  quite 
  thrice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  thick. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline; 
  tegulae 
  and 
  veins 
  brown, 
  the 
  stigma 
  within, 
  the 
  recurrent 
  ner- 
  

   vure, 
  the 
  transverse 
  cubitus 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  being 
  

   pallid 
  or 
  subhyaline. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Cat. 
  no. 
  5368, 
  U. 
  S. 
  national 
  museum 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  Saranac 
  Inn 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Taken 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July 
  by 
  Prof. 
  

   James 
  G. 
  Needham. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  in 
  a 
  table 
  of 
  our 
  species, 
  prepared 
  for 
  my 
  Monograph 
  of 
  

   the 
  North 
  American 
  Braconidae, 
  falls 
  next 
  to 
  A. 
  o 
  b 
  s 
  c 
  u 
  r 
  i 
  p 
  e 
  s 
  , 
  but 
  \^ 
  

   distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  legs 
  and 
  differences 
  in 
  antennal 
  char- 
  

   acters. 
  

  

  New 
  stilpnine 
  parasitic 
  on 
  dipterous 
  puparia 
  

  

  Atractodes 
  sepedontis 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  $ 
  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  

   the 
  mandibles, 
  and 
  the 
  legs, 
  except 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  rufous; 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  dark 
  

   fuscous 
  or 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  21 
  jointed, 
  black, 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  the 
  longest, 
  

   a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  second, 
  the 
  following 
  gradually 
  and 
  almost 
  imper- 
  

   ceptibly 
  shortening. 
  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  pohshed, 
  the 
  parapsedal 
  furrows 
  

   well 
  defined 
  anteriorly, 
  gradually 
  becoming 
  obsolete 
  posteriorly 
  before 
  

   attaining 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesosternum 
  and 
  metathorax 
  

   rugulose 
  opaque, 
  the 
  latter 
  sloping 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  apex, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  

   lateral 
  and 
  pleural'areas 
  alone 
  well 
  defined. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  stigma 
  

   and 
  veins 
  dark 
  brown, 
  the 
  tegulae, 
  the 
  median 
  and 
  submedian 
  veins 
  in 
  

   the 
  front 
  wings 
  toward 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  the 
  subcostal 
  vein 
  in 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  

  

  