U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
bureau of entomology. 
Bulletin No. 5. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF NORTH AMERICAN 
CHALCIDID.3E 
FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE U, S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AND OF DR, C. V. RILEY, 
BIOLOGICAL NOTES, 
[FIRST PAPER]. 
TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE DESCRIBED NORTH AMERICAN 
SPECIES OF THE FAMILY. 
BY 
L. O. HOWARD, M. So., 
ASSISTANT, BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
WASHINGTON: 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1885. 
9255—5 ENT 
