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Fig. ^1. Azotuschionaspidis, right fore-wing, greatly enlarged.

Azotus

chionaspidis ^n. sp.

Female: Length, ^{exclusive of} ovipositor, ^0.61

mm.;

expanse ^1.19

mm.;

greatest width of fore-wing 0.136

mm.

General color _{dull light} brown;

mesoscutum and

scutellum lustrous metallic green, shagreened; head from above_lighter thanrest ofbody; eyes bright red; funicle joints

two and

four silvery white,^{rest of}antennaedark brown;^alllegsbrown, lighter at knees, middletibiaelighter towards _tip,tarsiwhitewithterminal joint dusky. Fore-wingsirregularly infuscated asⁱⁿ

accompanying

figurewhich alsoshowsthe distributionof bristles

and

discal_cilia;hind-wings slightly infuscated forbasalhalf.

Male:

Unknown.

Described from a

_single

female reared by

^{Prof. S. I.}

Kuwana, Tokio, Japan, August

17, 1909,

from _Chionaspis

difficilis.

Type: No.

_18323,

U.

S.

N. M.

NEW PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA FROM BRITISH GUIANA.

BY

J. C.

CRAWFORD,

^{U. S. National}

Museum.

(Telenomus) Prophanurus minutissimus Ashmead.

A

_largeseriesofthisspecies

was bred from

the

eggs

^of

Lycophotia

infecta, in British

Guiana, by ^{Mr. G.}

^E.

^Bodkin. When the

species

was

originally described the host

was _given

as

Dactylopin*

species; this

record

is

very probably erroneous

as the species of this

group,

^{so far as}

they have been

_{bred, are}

_egg

_parasites.

Prophanurus

^{alecto n.} sp.

Female:

Length

^about0.7

mm.

_Black, with flattened form, the vertex horizontal, posterior^orbitsbroad, not^(-urinate;antenna- reddish-testaceous, the pedicel about as long ^as the first

two

_jointsof the funicle combined,

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thefirstthreejoints of funiclesubquadrate, ^the fourth transverse, the club fivejointed;mesoscuturnrather coarsely

and

_closelypunctured; scutellum similarlypunctured butthe disk

smooth and

polished; legs

brown

withthe bases

and

_apicesoffemora

and

tibiae,

and

the tarsi entirely, lighter; ^first abdominal segment ^{striate at} base, second with a basal

row

of pits

and beyond

^{thisafewshortstrise}medially.

Male:

Length

^about0.7

mm.

Similar tothefemale;the antennae flavous, pedicel longerthan first joint of funicle; the first three _{joints of} funicle almost subequalⁱⁿlength,slightlylongerthan broad;the followingjoints transverse, thelastconical;legs, exceptcoxae, flavous,thefemora_slightly infuscated; ^striae on second abdominal

segment beyond

^{the basal} pits, longer

and more numerous

thaninfemale.

Type-locality:

Plantation La Bonne

Intention, British

Guiana.

Other

_locality:

Plantation

_Oitvlugt, British

Guiana.

Host:

Eggs

of Diatrcea saccharalis.

The

series

from _{the type}

_locality

contains

six

females and one male with the date February

2, 1913;

from the other

_locality

one female and

_eight

males, with the date January

31, 1913, ^{all col-} lected

by ^{Mr. G.}

^E.

^Bodkin.

Type: Cat. No.

_18170,

U.

S.

N. M.

This

_species is

near

to

(Telenomus) Prophanurus impressus Ashmead

to

which

it

runs

in his table¹

but

differsin

the

flattened

head and the dark

_legs of

the

_female, etc.

Prophanurus

^{thais n.} sp.

Female:

Length

^about0.9

mm.

Black, the _legs, except thedarkfront coxae, testaceous;

head

transverse, the posterior orbitsvery narrow, ^cari- nate; face reticulated; scape testaceous, funicle _light brown,

becoming

darker apically; club five-jointed, dark

brown;

pedicel

and

first joint ^of funiclesubequalⁱⁿ length, following joints of funicle subquadrate; meso-

scutum

with coarse punctures, the extreme rear smooth, ^thescutellum smooth; ^first abdominal segment rugose almost to apex, second

segment

withbasal

row

of pitsbut

beyond them

^smooth.

Male:

Length

^about0.9

mm.

Similar to the female, the antennae testa- ceous shading^into

brown

onapical half^offunicle

;pedicelaboutaslong as thirdjoint of funicle,distinctly shorterthanthefirst, thefirst

and

second subequal; ^fourth joint of funicle longer than broad, the following joints subquadrate;^{thelast twiceas} long^asbroad.

Type-locality:

Georgetown,

^British

^{Guiana. Described} from

15

specimens bred July

7, 1912,

from _{the eggs}

of

a

_large

pentatomid by ^{Mr. G. E. Bodkin.}

Type:

^Cat.

No.

18171,

U.

S.

N. M.

1Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., 2, vol. xxv,1894, pp. 201-203.

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87

Aphanurus ^bodkini

^n. sp.

Female:

Length

²

mm.

_Black, the face _finely reticulated

and

with sparse largepunctures; ^theantennalscrobes transversely rugose, the ver- tex carinate, the carinaon eachside extending

down

the posterior orbits;

scape,pedicel,

and

firstjoint offuniclereddish honey-color, the^{rest of}the antennaedark brown,^{the club}

composed

^{of six}segments;^firstjoint offuni- clelongerthanthe pedicel;second_jointsubquadrate,the third transverse;

rnesoscutum

and

scutellum irregularlyrugose; thescutellumwitha

row

of pitsat apex;

metanotum

withamiddleraised areaextending overthe pro-

podeum ^and

^carinateatapex;^thisareawiththree orfour longitudinal^cari- inae; the legs, except ^the black _{coxa?, entirely} reddish honey-color; ^first abdominal segment with strong^carina) extendingto apex, thesecond_seg-

ment

_slightlywider than_long, at base with a

row

of _pits,

beyond

finely longitudinally rugose^forabouttwo-thirdsitslength.

Male:

Length

^1.75

mm.

Similar to the female but the antennas

and

legs

more

yellowish, thirdjoint ofantennastwice as longas pedicel,strongly clavate, fourth and fifth joints also clavate, sixth

and

_{following joints} distinctly narrower thanthefifth

and

successively narrowing

making

^the antennae distinctly attenuate.

Described from eighteen females and two males from

British

Guiana, bred October

9, 1913,

from the eggs

^of

Empicoris

^variolo- sus

by ^{Mr. G. E. Bodkin.}

Type: Cat. No.

_18174,

U.

S.

N. M.

Chalcis

pandora

^n. sp.

Female:

Length

^{about 5}

mm.

Black, head

and dorsum

of thorax coarsely umbilicately punctured; carina at the front of the malar _space runningdirect to the eye;scutellum with the apical edgerather strongly produced

and

_flat, the plate covered

by

yellowish pubescence; tegulae white; legsblack; apical ^halffront femora

and

front _tibiae, except a spot

on

middle oflowerside, lightyellowish;mid-femoraatapex

and

the

mid-

tibise, except an elongated blackstripeon lowerside, lightyellowish; hind femora with _light yellowish spot ^at apex; hind tibiae above with a _light yellowish stripe narrowed medially; tarsi, except apices, light yellowish;

lower

margin

^ofhindfemora near base with alargetooth and betweenthis

and

theapex abouteight or nine small teeth; inner^{side of}hindfemora_finely punctured, ^the lower

margin

^{near the} middle with a distinct tubercle;

hind coxae on inner sidebelow with adistinct tubercle near middle; ^first abdominal segment smooth, the followingsegments finely punctured anl with _{sparse light} yellowish hairs

becoming more abundant

toward apex of

abdomen.

Male:

Length

^about4.5

mm.

Similar to thefemale_exceptforsecondary sexual characters.

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Described from

six

specimens from

British

Guiana, bred

April 19, 1913,

from larva

of

a hesperid by ^{Mr. G.}

^E.

^Bodkin.

Type:

^Cat.

No.

18175,

U.

S.

N. M.

Among the secondary

sexual characters in this genus, are

the

tubercles

on the

hind-coxae

and on the lower

inner

margin

^of

^hind femora,

^{so these characters}

mentioned

for

the female

will

not be found

in

the male.

Holcencyrtus

calypso n. sp.

Female:

Length

^{about 0.87}

mm.

Face bronzy aeneous, frons greenish;

mesoscutum

_green,scutellum bronzy^aeneouswiththeapexgreen;

abdomen

aeneous; face

and

fronsreticulate, vertexsharply^carinate behind; ^lateral ocelli about their

own

widthfrom eye margin; ^face produced below, the malar space being almostas long^asthe eye; antennaedark brown, clavate;

funicular _joints subquadrate, the pedicel as long as jointsone

and two

of funiclecombined;^clubabout_{as long}asthelastthreejoints offunicle

com-

bined;

mesoscutum and

scutellum reticulate, the former

more

_distinctly and _coarselyso; scutellumwith a distinctmedial longitudinal depression atbase;wingshyaline^;legsbrown, knees,^tibiaeat apices

and

tarsireddish- testaceous.

Described from many specimens from

British

Guiana, bred July

20, 1913,

from the

larvae" of

Calpodes

^ethlius

by ^{Mr. G. E.}

Bodkin.

Type:

^Cat.

No.

_18172,

U.

S.

N. M.

Elachertus

meridionalis _{n. sp.}

Female:

Length

^1.75

mm.

_Black, the head with green

and

_purplish

tints, the

abdomen

with a large whitish spot near _base; frons _finely lineolate

and

withafewscattered, largepunctures; scapetestaceous, pedi- cel light brown, ^{rest of}antennae dark brown; ^first joint ^offunicle longer than _pedicel;

mesoscutum

_finely irregularly rugose, almost obscuring^the parapsidal furrows; ^axillae finely lineolate; scutellum _finelylongitudinally aciculate;

metanotum

_long,smooth;

propodeum

^abouttwiceaslong^asthe

metanotum,

^with a strong

median

carina; legs whitish, the coxae almost entirelybrown, ^thehindfemora

and

hindtibiae with aboutthe apical half brown.

Male:

Length

^1.5

mm.

Similar to thefemalebut withlessintense

brown

onthehindfemoraandtibiae.

Described from _{eighteen specimens} from

British

Guiana, reared August

20, 1913,

from the

larvae of

Calpodes

^ethlius

by ^{G. A.}

Bodkin.

Type: Cat. No.

_18173,

U.

S.

N. M.