Two new parasitic Hymenoptera from Arizona

OF WASHINGTON, VOLUME

_XVI, 1914 29

Mr. Hood

statedthatthe_thripstaken

by ^Mr.

^Pierce

^on

^T/n/r-

beriashouldbe

known

as Frankliniella insularis (Franklin),

and

that the genus EuthripsTargioni-Tozzetti, ⁱⁿ

which

it

had

been _placed,

is used

by

^{the bestworkers inthe stead of}Anaphothrii>* ^\"/el. In addition to the localities mentioned, Fraiildiniflld insularis ha-

been

recorded in the literature

from

Brownsville,

Texas

_(Russell, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. xiv, p. 128; 1912);

Monterey, Mexico;

and

Miraflores,

Canal

_Zone,

Panama

(Hood, Psyche,vol. xx,p.119, 1913). ^Ithasalso

been

takenat

Georgetown,

^British Guiana,

by

Messrs. G. E.

Bodkin and

L.

D.

_Cleare,

and

has been

found by Mr.

Alex.

Wetmore

in the

stomach

of a

Green Mango Humming

^Bird

(Anthracothorax viridis), taken at

Utuado,

^{Porto Rico} (Biological Survey,

No.

105072).

TWO NEW PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA FROM ARIZONA.

BY

J. C. CRAWFORD, ^{U. S. National} Museum.

Rileya piercei ^n. sp.

Male. Length^about2

mm.

_Black,withthefemora_excepttipsblackand abroad annulus on hind tibiae,brown;sculpture aboutas inR. cecidomyicc but thesecond abdominal segment occupyingmost of abdomen. Inceci- domyicB the^firstandsecondare shortand the third andfourth are almost subequalⁱⁿ length.

Described

from one specimen

collectedonThwb<r/(ithespesioi(l<'.<,

August

^19, 1913, at Fish Creek, Arizona,

by ^Mr. W. D.

Pierce, after

whom

the _species ^is

named.

Type: Cat,

No.

16701, U. S.

N. M.

Chalcuraarizonensis n. sp.

Female. Length ^{about 3}

mm.

_Black, with the sculpture about as in C.gibbosa Prov. butthedentation onthesecond joint ofthefunicle aslong asonthefirst;pedicel concolorous with the^funicleinsteadoflijiht^;tlietrans- verse _ruga? at the inneredge ^{ofthe laterallobes of} mesoscutum extending ontothe shiny disksandthese_rugsenotso greatly elevated^{asini/ihbosa.}

Described

from

one

specimen

^collected

by ^Mr.

^\V.

^D.

^{Pierce in} Stone

Cabin Canyon, Santa

^{RitaMountains, Arizona, August 25,} 1913,

and

with the additional record "ovipositing ⁱⁿ

bud

^of 7'/////- beria thespesioides."

Type: Cat.

No.

16702 U. S.

N. M.