1907.] Brues, North American Parasitic Hymenoptera. 
99 
Epyris fulgens sp. nov. 
Female. Leng-th 7 mm. Head, thorax, and scutellum brilliant 
metallic g-reen, metanotum purplish ; abdomen black, with the tip of 
the fourth and all the following segments rufo-ferrug'inous. Leg's 
except anterior coxae and base of posterior pair ferruginous. Legs and 
antennae, except second joint, rufous. Head as long as wide, polished, 
not shagreened, but covered with very sparse distinct punctures, with- 
out any median groove on the front. Eyes bare, separated by one-third 
their length from the posterior margin of the head. Malar space 
short. Antennal scape much swollen apically and bent, as long as the 
three following joints together ; pedicel and second flagellar joints 
of equal length, the first flagellar joint only one-half as long ; following 
gradually increasing, the fifth quadrate. Pronotum punctured like the 
head, rounded in front and on the sides, without any lateral or anterior 
carinae. JNIesonotum and scutellum smooth, with scarcelj^ any punc- 
tures ; the parapsidal furrows complete, but stronger behind; lateral 
furrows strongly converg-ent anteriorly, but not extending much more 
than halfway toward the anterior margin. Scutellum with a narrow 
straight basal groove connecting the two basal foveae. jSIetanotum 
quadrate, with five longitudinal carinae that extend to the posterior 
margin ; between them the surface is transversely rugulose and on 
the sides microscopically transversely aciculated. Sides and jDOsterior 
edges with a submarginal ridged groove like those between the discal 
carinae. Posterior face polished, divided by a median line. Abdomen 
considerably shorter than the thorax, polished except for delicate 
scattered punctures on the anterior half of the apical segments. 
Venter with the posterior parts of the apical segments finely punctured. 
Legs stout, incrassated, middle and posterior tibiae strongly spinulose. 
Tarsal claws with a single tooth within, the anterior metatarsus a little 
longer than the three following joints. :\Iesopleuroe polished, with a 
few punctures, below with a grooved line, and behind with an arcuate 
elongate fovea ; above with a shallow oval fovea. Metapleurae 
shagreened. Wings sub-hyaline, the anterior x>art distinctly inf uscated. 
Stigma quadrate, postmarginal vein wanting, radial one-half as long 
as the basal, which is a little shorter than the strongly arcuate 
transverse median. 
Described from one female collected by iNIr. Schaeffer at 
Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Texas, August 4. 
