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>Am black, abdomen dark with a greenish luster, transversely shagreened above ; 
all coxae and femora black ; front and hind tibia} dark brown, whitish at base ; mid- 
dle tibiae light brown, whitish at both base and tip; front and hind tarsi yellow 
brown ; middle tarsi whitish. 
Described from many 9 's, no £'s ; bred, May 16, from the larva of Ge- 
Icena renigera, collected at Saint Louis, Mo. The parasited larva did not 
present the usual honeycombed appearance, on account of its large 
size and tough brown skin. The parasites, too, are very small, and the 
minute punctures made in exit are almost imperceptible. On breaking 
the larva open, however, the honeycomb structure is at once apparent. 
[C. V. R. Coll.] 
16. (4) Copidosoma intermedium, n. sp. 
Female. — Length, 1.25 m,n ; expanse, 3. 2 mm ; greatest width of fore wing, 0.57 mm . 
Differs from C. gelechice in the following particulars : Punctures of mesoscutum only 
slightly elongated longitudinally behind; punctures of mesoscutel eubaciculate lon- 
gitudinally, but not so sharp as in gelechice. ; of axillae, nearly round. Antennae, black ; 
front legs dark brown throughout ; middle legs with dark brown femora, a light- 
brown shade near base of tibia ; most of ia, tibial spur, and tarsi light yellow ; 
hind legs with greenish femora, dark brown tibiae yellow at tip, and yellow tarsi. 
Male. — Dimensions same as in female, except that the fore wing measures 0.6 mm in 
width. Punctures of vertex with a transversely elongate tendency ; ot mesoscutel 
even broader than those of 9 , narrower in center near base than elsewhere. Flagel- 
lum of autennae strongly flattened; joint 1 of funicle, three times as loug as pedicel, 
and considerably wider. In color differs from 9 as follows: Antennae) brown, 
scape darker than flagellum; head, pronotuni, mesoscutellum, and axillae with a 
strong bluish-green luster; front and middle femora and tibiae dark brown, with yel- 
lowish tips ; hind femora and tibiae nearly black, with greenish luster, yellow only 
at joints; front and hind tarsi brown, middle tarsi yellow. 
Described from 2 2 's and 25 S 's bred, October 11, from the larvae of 
Gelechia gallce-asterella Kellicott, in galls collected at Yineland, K. J., 
by Mrs. Mary Treat ; also bred in August from galls of the same insect 
collected around Saint Louis. [C. V. E. Coll.] 
Genus Encyrttjs Dalmau. 
Female. — Antennae 11-jointed, inserted not far from the border of the mouth, 
moderately thick, and, with the exception of the scape, very seldom compressed; the 
scape is often strongly broadened ; the club is rounded, or with a slight oblique 
truncation at tip. The facial impression is rather large and often quite deep. The 
mesonotum is transversely arched, shagreened, and more or less lustrous ; the scu- 
tellum shows a different sculpture. The wings are always developed and ciliated ; 
the marginal vein is present, seldom very short ; the stigmal is moderately long. The 
ovipositor is not as long as half the abdomen. 
Male. — The flagellar joints are slightly or not at all compressed, and covered equally 
(not in half whorls) with hairs. 
17. (1) Encyrtus sublestus, n. sp. 
Male. — Length, 1.28 mm ; wing expanse, 2.66 mm ; greatest width of fore wing, 0.51 mm . 
Scape short, four times as long as thick ; pedicel, at distal end, as thick as long ; first 
flagellar joint, two and one-fourth times as long as pedicel; remaining flagellar 
