144 Ins. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
Copidosomci truncatellum , Dalm. (?), noticed and figured ; Riley, Ann. 
Rep. Dep. Agric. 1883, p. 121, pi. xi. fig. 4. 
Eupelmus alley nil, French. Life-history, ravages, &c.; French, Rep. Ins. 
Illin. xi. pp. 73-81. 
Pleromalus sp. noticed as parasitic on Thyridopteryx ephemeriformis ; 
Lintner, l. c. p. 86. P. puparum , Linn. : transformations described ; 
Riley, l. c. pp. Ill & 112 [c/. also Thomas, Rep. Ins. Illin. xi. pp. 35 
& 36]. 
Arthrolytus puncticollis , Moll., parasitic on Anobium paniceum, Linn., 
discussed ; Moller, Ent. Tidskr. iv. pp. 104 & 223. 
Semiotellus destructor , Say, parasitic on Hessian Fly, redescribed and 
figured ; Packard, Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm. iii. pp. 216-218, pi. iv. fig. 1. 
Glyplia sp. parasitic on Lozotcenia rosaceana, Harr. Transformations 
described ; Thomas, Rep. Ins. Illin. xi. pp. 13 & 14. 
Elasmus sp. parasitic on Acrolepia citri , Mill.; Laugier, C.R. xcvii. 
p. 760. 
Trichogramma pretiosum, Riley, parasitic upon eggs of Nematus ventri- 
cosus and Aletia argillacea\ Lintner, P. Am. Ass. xxxi. pp. 471 & 472, 
and Psyche, iv. pp. 48-51. 
New genera and species : — 
Anacryptus, Kirby, J. L. S. xvii. p. 56, pi. iii. figs. 8 & 9. Allied 
to Chalcitella ; hind femora comparatively narrow, strongly punctured, 
serrated beneath, and with a large tooth near the base ; hind tibiae with 
a large obtuse tooth near the base on the outside. Type, Epitranus 
impulsator , "Walk. 
Arretocera , id. ibid. figs. 10 & 11. Allied to Epitranus ; head narrower, 
antennae 13-jointed, scape about two-fifths of total length, hind femora 
armed with many very minute teeth. TyP e » E. albipennis , Walk. 
Thaumapus , id. ibid. figs. 12-14. Allied to Smicra ; petiole half the 
length of the abdomen ; hind coxae stout, much longer than the petiole. 
To include S. masus and decora (type), Walk., and T. walkeri (p = S. 
luteipennis , $ , Walk.), sp. n., 1. c. p. 74, Upper Amazons (St. Paulo). 
Eniaca , id. 1. c. p. 57, pi. iii. fig. 18. Differs from Dirrhinus by its 
13-jointed antennae, with a long slender scape and thicker flagellum. 
Type, Chrysis (?) Tiesperidum , Rossi. 
Epinceus , id. 1. c. p. 58, pi. iii. figs. 24 & 25. Allied to Conura ; an- 
tennae 14-jointed, inserted about the middle of the face ; abdomen pro- 
duced into a long pointed cone ; hind femora beneath with rather large 
teeth, that at the base much longer than the others ; nervures of the 
wings indistinct. Type, Smicra dux, Walk. 
Stypiura. id. 1. c. p. 59, pi. iii. figs. 28-30. Allied to Conura ; antennae 
ll-jointed, placed high up on the face ; abdomen smooth and shining, 
produced into a rather stout stylus covered with shaggy hair; hind 
femora with one large and six smaller teeth. Type, Chalcis conig astra, 
Perty (= Halticella erythrotelus , Walk.). 
Aspirliina , id. 1. c. p. 60, pi. iv. figs. 3-5. Antennae ll-jointed, pilose ; 
scutellum with a long straight spine ; abdomen pen-shaped. Type, Ilal- 
ticella dubitator , Walk. 
