NOTES ON THE CHALCIDOID FAMILY CALLIMOMIDAE.

of tree cotton

and

plants of cultivated (similar to Sea _Island) cotton.

On _February

13, 1914, at a_scattering collection ofhouses

and a

"tienda" (country store) called Bejuquero, Central Chaparra, Oriente, ^I

found

in the

dooryard

^{of one of the} houses, three cotton plants (similar to

Sea

_Island)

which had matured

_quite a

number

of _bolls,

but would

_probably

mature

_very

few

_more, as

most

of the squares

had been punctured by

^{the boll weevil. I}

collected eight adults, ^all

but two

of

which were

_destroyed

by

"hormiga

brava," Solenopsis geminata,

a few days

^later.

One

cotton plant ^at

Vedado,

Central Chaparra, only

about

five miles

from

_Bejuquero,

examined February

20,

showed no

_injury

by

the weevil

and no

adults

were

found.

Some

cotton _plants in a

dooryard

^{in the} village of

Chaparra showed no

_injury

_by

weevil

and

I

found no

adults.

No

cotton is

grown

commercially ^at Chaparra,^{so far as I}

was

ableto _learn, although ^I enquired spe- cifically regarding^this point of

Mr. Pupo, who

_{has charge} of all

the sugar cane^fieldinspection work,

and

I

saw no

other volunteer cotton _plants during

my

stay ^of over three

w

^reeks at Central Chaparra.

Ialso visitedtheislandof

Jamaica

_during

March,

^{1914. I}

found no

boll weevils

on any

^{of the} varieties of cotton

grown

^at

Hope

Gardens, Kingston.

Haytian

^cotton

was most

abundant, although I

examined

plants ^of Sea _Island, or

what was

_possibly

Cuban

commercial _cotton,

and

of the ordinary

upland

variety ^of the South. I

was

informed thatthis

was

the only cotton

on

theisland ofJamaica.

NOTES ON THE CHALCIDOID FAMILY CALLIMOMIDAE.

BY

J. C. CRAWFORD, U. S.NationalMuseum.

Since a

new

_subfamily is described I

have

given, to locate ^this as well as

two

others characterized since the publication of Dr.

Ashmead's monograph,

^{a table based}

on

his but

much

abbre- viated.

For

additional characteristics his table should be con- sulted. Attention is again ^{called to} the fact that the Megastig- minae _possess

two

well developed apical spurs

on

the hind tibiae.

No

_specimens of either the Pulvilligerinse or the

Eutanycorminse

have been

seen

and

_they are placed ^{in this table} solely

from

the original descriptions.

TABLE OF

SUBFAMILIK>.

1. Mesothoracic furrows not well_defined, the scapula' scarcely ^{or indis-} tinctlyseparated; abdomen in female _conically pointed, ovipositor

notexserted Ormyrina-

Mesothoracic furrows well defined ₂

2. Hindtibia?with one _apicalspur Kriim'rina- ^ni-\\- siibf.

Hindtibiaewith twoapical spurs

.3

3. Stigmal knobgreatly dilated 4

Stigmal knobnot greatly dilated 5

4. Male antennaswith whorlsofhair Pulvilligerina-

Male antenna;without whorlsof hair Megastigmina-

5. Antenna? denselypilose;nopostmarginal^vein Kutanyconnina- Antenna? not _{denselypilose;} postmarginal ^veindeveloped 6

6. Posteriormargin^ofmesepisternum ^incised

.7

Posterior margin ^ofmesepisternum straight 8

7. Stigmalvein long Idarninae

Stigmal^vein short, the stigmal knobsubsessile Callimomina?

8. Hindfemora not

much

_swollen, theirtibia?not arcuate.

,\1(modontomerina?

Hind femora

much

swollen, ^theirtibia?arcuate Podagrionina?

ERIMERINAE NEW

SUBFAMILY.

ERIMERUS new

_genus.

Hindtibia?with only oneapicalspur, thisvery^welldeveloped;^antenna'13 jointed, the ring joint distinctly longerthan_broad, but narrowerthanthe first joint of the _funicle; parapsidal furrows well defined;mesepisternum not excisedon_posteriormargin; scutellum withouta cross furrow;propo-

deum

longitudinally rugulose; thepostmarginalvein almostaslong^asthe marginal which ^is short; stigmal knob subsessile, with two appendicula- tions;basal abdominal segment not^excisedmedially ^at apex.

Type

^ofthe genus:

Torymus wickhami Ashmead.

In addition tothe

two

type specimens^{there areinthe collection} three females

from

Central,Utah, bred,July ^13. 1911,

by Mr.

^{( '. X.}

Ainslie [under

Webster

no.

5010

(Bureau of

Entomology,

^{I. S.}

Department

^of Agriculture)]

from

galls

on

Hilarhi.

TABLE OF GENERA OF THE MONODONTOMERIN^E.

1. Antenna? with _{2 ring}joints

Antenna? with only ¹ ringjoint 4

2. Front femora

much

swollen, pronotuni very ^lon.n

l'l>sioiⁱ''!> "/'8 \>!im.

Xot as above..

3. Spiracles ^at extreme baseofpropodeum Dimeromicrus Cwfd.

Spiracles abouttheir

own

length eaudadofbase ofpropodeum Idiomacromerus

new

genus

4. Scutellum with^a cross-furrow before apex ⁵ Scutellum without across-furrow before apex ⁸

5. Apicalmargin^offirst abdominal segment deeplyincised medially.^{. 6} Apical margin^offirstabdominal segment not deeply^incisedmedially ⁷

6. Spurs onhindtibia? apical Monodontomerus \Vest\v.

Spurs on hind ^tibia?

much

before apex PerissocentrusCwfd.

7. Hindfemora with2 large teeth Physothurax

Mayr

Hindfemora with ¹ large tooth Plesiostigma

Mayr

8. Metathoraxwith _spiraclarsulci Hemitorymus ^Ashrn.

Metathoraxwithout _spiraclarsulci 9

9. Occipitalforamen surroundedby ^{a carina. 12}

Occipitalforamennotsurroundedby ^{a carina 10}

10. First abdominal segment deeply ^incisedmedially^atapex ¹¹ First abdominal segment not ^incisedmedially at apex; propodeum

not with2medial carina? Microdontomerus Cwfd.

11. Propodeummedially^bicarinate Ditropinotus Cwfd.

Propodeummedially not ^carinate Antistrophoplex

new

genus

12. Apicalmargin^offirstabdominal segment not ^incisedmedially ¹³ Apicalmargin^offirstsegment^incisedmedially ¹⁴

13. Eyes conspicuouslyhairy Oligosthenus Forst Eyesnot conspicuously hairy Cryptopristus Forst. ^cf

14. Wings ^without a stigmal cloud ¹⁵

\Yingswitha stigmal cloud Cryptopristus Forst. 9 15. Hind femora *vith a large tooth or prominent dentiform ^angle;

metathorax not with twomedial carinse 16

Hindfemora without _{a large}toothor dentiformangle;metathorax withtwo medialcarinse 9, in cf obsolete Eridontomerus Cwfd.

16. Propodeum^{withamedial carina} Zaglyptonotus

new

_genus

Propodeum^notcarinate medially ¹⁷

17. Hindfemora basadoflargetoothdistinctlyserrate.WebsterellusAshm.

Hindfemora basadoflarge tooth not withsmall teeth or serrations HolaspisMayr.

IDIOMACROMERUS new

_genus.

Occipital foramen margined, ^first abdominal segment ^incised medially at apex;hindfemora on lower marginexcisedatapex;marginal^vein

much

shorterthan submarginal; postmarginal^veinabouthalfaslong asmarginal;

stigmaknobnotsubsessile,the stigmal veinalmostaslong^aspostmarginal;

eyeshairy.

Type

^ofthegenus: Idiomacromerus bimaculipennis Crawford.

Idiomacromerus

bimaculipennis^n. sp.

Female: Length^about3.5

mm.

;ovipositor^1.75

mm.

Brilliant coppery with_{greenishin places,}headandthoraxrugoso-punctate, antennaebrown,

the scapeandpedicel testaceous;^firstringjointsubquadrate, second^trans- verse; funiclar joints subquadrate; propodeum hasally with short _ruga?

so thebase appears ^asifwitharow_{of pits;wings hyaline,}withan_irregu- larovoid fumatedspot ^atbase of marginal ^vein and a fumation at post- marginal vein, this extending almost ^half

way

^across wing and, turning centradextends with _decreasing intensity ^{as far} contrad as the base of the other_spot, therebeing^anarrow subhyaline spacebetween them; ^! soppery with^thetips offemora,the tibia?andtarsi,entirely testaceous.

One

_specimen labelled "23.6" (June 23).

Type

specimen ^Cat.

No.

18168 U. S.

N. M. _Type

_locality:

American Fork Canyon,

Utah.

ANTISTROPHOPLEX new

genus.

Eyes bare; marginal ^vein short, the stigmal knob almost subsessile.

postmarginal ^veinabout half as long^asmarginal; ^{hind tibial} spui-s rather short, the longernothalfaslong^asthefirstjoint of thetarsi.

Type: Antistrophopkx bicoloripes Crawford.

Antistrophoplex bicoloripes ^n. sp.

Female: Length ^{about 3} mm..; ovipositor about 2.5

mm.

Head and thorax bronzy-green, finely rugoso-punctate, antenme brown, the scape reddish-testaceous, the pedicel greenish withthe apextestaceous; pedicel longer than the firstjoint of the _funicle, the funiclar jointssubquadrate;

propodeum faintly reticulately aciculate; wings hyaline, marginal ^vein short, the postmarginal ^vein almost _as'long as the marginal, the stigmal shorter than postmarginal; ^coxse and about the basal half of all femora greenish, apical ^{half of} femora and all of tibia? reddish-testaceous; ^tarsi more_whitish;abdomengreenish, dorsallvand_basallybrownwith_{a greenish} reflection.

Type

locality:

Garden

City, Kansas.

Bred from

galls ^of

'

Anli- slrophus species. Type-specimen, ^Cat.

No.

18169 U. S.

N. M.

Described

from

six females received

from

the

Bureau

^of Knto- mology, U. ^S.

Department

^of Agriculture, under Chittenden

No.

84, with the additional record, "bred

from

galls

on

a composite, collected

September

^{14, 1913,}

by

^C.

^H.

Popenoe.'

ZAGLYPTONOTUS new

_genus.

Marginal ^vein about two-thirds as long ^as submarginal, stigmal knob

subsessile; postmarginal ^short, hardly ^{one-third as long as marginal:}

posterior^tarsiaboutone-third longerthanhind tibia-, the first tarsal joint not quite ^as long ^as 2-5 combined; hind ^tibial spurs ^{long, tin-} lomier as long ^as the first joint of the tarsus; hind femora with a minute tooth on lower margin near apex and ^excised beyond ^this.

Type: Zaglijptonotus ^schwarz-i Crawford.

Zaglyptonotus schwarzi

new

_species.

Female: Length ^about3

mm.;

ovipositorabout 3.5

mm.

Green with a brassy tinge; antennae brown, ^the scape and pedicel green; vertex and dorsum ofmesothorax rugoso-punctate onfrontofmesoscutum and _para-

sidal areas the sculpture aciculate in somewhat diamond shapes ^{as in}

many

species ^of Monodontomerus; wings hyaline; legs green, the ^tibise brown, with only^{a slight greenishtinge, the tarsi}testaceous.

Type

^locality:

San

Diego, Texas.

Type

specimen, ^Cat,

No.

18178 U. S.

N. M.

Described

from

threefemales labelled "24.4"

(April 24) E. A. Schwarz, ^collector.

DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF STREPSIPTERA PARASITIC ON SUGAR CANE ^INSECTS.

BY

W.

DWIGHT

PIERCE, Bureau ofEntomology.

Although

^{the order}Strepsiptera^is

composed

entirelyof parasitic insects, the majority ^ofthe _species of

which

the hosts are

known

attackinsects of

no

_great

economic

importance.

For

a

number

of years the entomologists ^of

Hawaii

_sought in various _parts of the world _parasites of the sugar cane leaf hoppers, including the Strepsiptera ⁱⁿ their searches.

They

^{brought to light several}

interesting species, parasitic

on

different leaf hoppers

(Homop-

tera)^.

I

am now

able to describe

two

additional species ^of Halictop- hagidseimportant ^as enemies

Bof sugar cane^leaf hoppers

from

the

two

hemispheres.

One was

'obtained in very large

numbers by Mr. Thomas H.

JonesofPorto Ricoat

Rio

Piedras, asaparasite of the destructiveStenucranussaccharivorus

Westwood,

^{the other}

was found by ^Mr.

^{C. S.}Misra, ^atPusa, India, asa_parasiteofthe sugar cane _fly of India, Pyrilla sp.

The

_{sugar cane} ^leaf

_hopper

^of Fiji,

Perkinsiela vitiensis

Kirkaldy

^has already

been

recorded as

com- monly

parasitized

by ^an

Elenchid, Elenchoides perkinsi Pierce.

The

genus Stenocramis belongs ^to the Fulgorid family

Delpha-

cidse,

and

the genus Pyrilla belongs ^to the Fulgorid family Lophopidae..

Family Halictophagidae.

SUBFAMILY

ANTHERICOMMINAE.

STENOCRANOPHILUS new

_genus.

Male:

Head

excavated behind, seenfrom above consisting^ofa narrow arcuate rim supportingthe eyesand_producedconsiderablyⁱⁿfrontofthese