OF WASHINGTON. 155 strenuana in Ambrosia artemiscefolia, where it had replaced its host; emerged 15 Aug., 1885. (730.) (68) Pimpla inquisitor, Say. Emerged, 27 June, 1883, from a lepidopterous (probably geometrid) pupa found ten days earlier on Primus pennsylvanicus, in Cambridge, Mass. (412.) (69) Asphragis pulcherrimus, *Ashm. From a tortricid larva feeding on Comptonia a^plenifolia, in N. H. ; emergence of parasite, 3 Aug., 1892. (992 b.) (70) Bytkycetes scutellaris, Cr. From ^Egeria tipulifor-mis, L. ; Cambridge, Mass. (678 e.) PART 2. DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA. By WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD. The new species of parasitic Hymenoptera described below were all bred by Dr. Dimmock, and the numbers prefixed to the species conform to those of Dr. Dim mock's in part i of this article, where the records in regard to breeding, hosts, &c., may be found. FAMILY PROCTOTRYPID^E. (i) Telenomus dimmocki, n. sp. 9-Length i-i.imm. Black, shining; mesonotum microscopically punctate, sericeous; scutellum polished, impunctate; antennoa black, the scape pale at extreme base, pedicel yellow at tip; legs brownish-yellow, the coxae black, the femora, except at tips, fuscous or dark brown. Head transverse, about 2j times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly. Mandibles yellowish. Antennae n-jointed, the pedicel a little shorter than the first joint of funicle, the latter about 2^ times as long as thick at tip; second funiclar joint two-thirds the length of first, the third very little longer than thick, the fourth moniliform ; club 5-jointed, the first about twice as wide as the last joint of funicle, the second, third and fourth still wider, and all wider than long, the second being the longest joint, the fifth conical. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the nervures brownish-yellow; the marginal vein is about two-thirds the length of the stigmal. Abdomen as long as the thorax, truncate or subtruncate at tip, and, except the petiole and the suture at base of second segment, entirely smooth and highly polished; petiole and first suture striated ; the second segment is about i times as long as wide at apex. rJV Length about 8 mm. Black; scape and legs yellow; the coxae more or less dusky basally ; flagellum light brown. Antennae i2-jointed, scarcely
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