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Note 30 (p. 104). — Apaxteles aletjle Eiley. — Length 2™*^, ^ 9. Black; palpi 

 wMte ; labium, mandibles, and basal joint of antennae piceo-testaceous, the flaj^ellum 

 sometimes piceous. Legs light red, the posterior tibiaB whitish on the basal half; 

 tips of posterior tibiae, the posterior coxse and tarsi, black or blackish ; the posterior 

 femora sometimes dusky. Abdomen testaceous beneath, except along the median line 

 and on the apical third; the edges of the first joint testaceous. Wings hyaline, the 

 tegulsB, veins, and siigvia ivMte. Mesoscutum closely punctured, opaque ; scutellum 

 sparsely punctured ; metathorax obliquely truncate, its posterior face with a median 

 subtrapezoidal or pentagonal area. Abdomen narrow, basal joint as long as one- 

 half of the remainder, rugose, its posterior border excavated in the middle, remain- 

 ing joints not sculptured and not highly polished. Ovipositor not exserted. Radial 

 vein arising slightly beyond middle of stigma and forming a curve with the basal 

 vein of the areolet. This species resembles A. hyalinus Cress., described from Cuba, 

 but differs in the coloration of the legs and in the ovipositor not being thickened at 

 the tip. 



Larva.— A^^ in length. A smooth, memberless grub, narrowing towards the head • 

 and thickest near the posterior end ; the head nearly as large as the first joint, the 

 sutures between the joints rather indistinct. The mouth-parts minute, similar to 

 those of other hymenopterous parasites. The sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth joints 

 behind the head provided with a pair of prominent lateral tubercles ; pairs of slighter 

 tubercles on the fifth and tenth joints. Color white, or tinged with green or yellow. 

 — ITrans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, iv, p. 306; Sep., author's ed.,pp. 3 and 11. 



Note 31 (p. 105). — The only specimen of the Chalcid bred from Apantelea aletice is 

 mounted in balsam, and by accidental pressure has separated into pieces. From the 

 fragments of the antennae and from the wings it is quite evident that it is the male 

 of some species of Eupelmus. 



Note 32 (p. 105). — The following revised description by Mr. Howard of Comstock's 

 Euplectrus is from Bulletin 5, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of 

 Agriculture : ' 



Euplectrus comstockii Howard. ilfaZe.— Length, 1.98^™; wing expanse, 4.3™™; 

 greatest width of fore wing 0.8™°^. Face triangular, narrowing sharply below eyes, 

 smooth and glistening, with a very few punctures ; antennal scape slender, not 

 widened. Pronotum very rugose, except at posterior border ; mesoscutum somewhat 

 transversely rugose, with a strongly-marked median longitudinal carina ; mesoscu- 

 tellum smooth ; metathoracic carina very pronounced and dividing posteriorly ; me- 

 tatibial spine nearly as long as first two tarsal joints. Abdomen broadening from 

 base and subtruncate at tip. General color shining black with long stiff whitish 

 hairs scattered over thorax; labrum honey-yellow; antennal scape light honey-yel- 

 low, flagellum gradually darker, club quite dark at tip ; all legs honey-yellow ; abdo- 

 men with a dorsal yellow spot entirely bounded with black and of an irregular pyra- 

 midal shape, the base of the pyramid towards tip of abdomen ; venter yellow-brown 

 along median line. ' - 



Female. — Slightly larger ; abdomen more nearly ovate. 



Note 33 (p. 106). — "We give here a description of this secondary parasite, drawn up 

 by Mr. Howard : 



Elachistus euplectri Howard (new species). Female. — Length of body 1.8"^™. 

 Expanse of wings, S.O""™. Greatest width of fore wing 0.53^^^. Parapsidal sutures 

 almost continuous with scapular sutures ; mesoscutellum with a slight notch at its 

 anterior border and a clean median furrow. Occiput and petiole finely but densely 

 punctured ; face and mesoscutum finely shagreened ; mesoscutellum smooth, with 

 two longitudinal furrows of deeply impressed dots. Abdomen oval acuminate, with 

 the large first joint smooth and shining, slightly shagreened at its posterior border; 

 the succeeding joints all slightly shagreened, and each with a transverse row of 

 white hairs. Stigmal vein very short and globular; post marginal twice the length 

 of stigmal. Color, dark metallic green ; scape of antennae and all legs white or faintly 

 yellowish ; wing veins dark brown. 



Male. — Slightly smaller than $; abdomen ovate ; parapsidal sutures not continuous 

 with scapular, but meeting so as to give the mesoscutum a pointed appearance. Color : 

 head and thorax with a strong coppery luster, bluish beneath ; abdomen bright me- 

 tallic blue, not shagreened ; antennal scape white, metallic blue at tip. fii other 



