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Genus APHIDENCYRTUS Ashmead. 

 Aphidencyrttjs epytus (Walker). 



Encyrtus epyhis Walker, Monogr. Chalcid., II., 1839, p. 69, 9. — Dalla Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 258. 



Brazil : Bahia. 



Aphidencyrttjs brasiliensis, sp. nov. 



3Iale. — Length 0.8 mm. ^neous black, nearly smooth, the abdomen triangular 

 with a metalHc luster ; antennae brownish-yellow, the joints of the funicle oval, with 

 long hairs ; legs, except the coxse and the femora, honey yellow, the coxse black, the 

 femora browm. Wings hyaline, the veins brown, the stigmal vein about twice as 

 long as the marginal. 



Brazil : Chapada, in April. One specimen. 



Genus COCCIDENCYRTUS Ashmead. 

 (?) COCCIDENCYRTUS VITIS Guerin. 



Encyrtus vitis Guerin, Iconogr. regne anim., VII., Ins., 1845, p. 416, d^ ; T. 67, f 

 14.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., V., 1898, p. 265. 

 Brazil. 



Subfamily III. Signiphorin^. 



Genus SIGNIPHORA Ashmead. 

 SiGNiPHORA NOACKi Ashmead. 



8igniphora noacki Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, XXIL, 1900, p. 410, 9. 

 Brazil : San Paulo. 



Type.— Cat No. 4793, U. S. N. M. 



SiGNiPHORA RHizococci Ashmead. 



Signiphora rhizococci As\iniea,d, Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, XXIL, 1900, p. 411, 9. 

 Brazil: Minas Geras. 

 Type.— Cat. No. 4858, U. S. N. M. 



Family LXIX. PTEROMALIDiE. 



Subfamily I. Pteromalinje. 

 Tribe I. Metaponini. 



Genus METOPON Walker. 

 Metopon brasiliense, sp. nov. 

 Female. — Length 2 mm. Metallic bronze-green, the head and thorax closely 

 punctate, the abdomen with a brassy tinge, except the flagellum, the antennae, and 



