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Abdomen with seven visible dorsal segments, narrowly lanceo- 
late, widest behind middle, acute at apex; first segment slightly 
longer than second, widening rather abruptly at the round spira- 
cles, which are at the apical fourth, in lateral view perfectly 
straight with the postpetiole but little higher than petiole, suture 
between tergite and sternite entirely absent or else the sternite. 
is entirely concealed by the tergite; gastrocceli at extreme base 
of second tergite; lunule distinct on second and third tergites, 
circular; seventh tergite about as long as penultimate; hypopy- 
gidium far from apex of abdomen; ovipositor briefly exserted. 
Male.—Unknown. 
Type, Nesostenodontus bakeri sp. nov. 
Nesostenodontus bakeri sp. nov. 
Female.—Length, 10 millimeters; antenne, 7.5. Face punc- 
tate, coarsely and rugosely so medially, more finely and sparsely 
so laterally; clypeus polished, with small, scattered punctures; 
frons and vertex immediately around ocellar triangle coarsely, 
irregularly punctate; head otherwise polished, impunctate; 
pronotum polished, weakly punctate anteriorly and crenulate 
along posterior margin; propleura densely, finely punctate; mes- 
oscutum densely and finely punctate anteriorly, coarsely and 
sparsely so medially, polished impunctate laterally; scutellum 
polished, with a few large, very shallow punctures; lateral 
fovere of postscutellum foveolate; mesopleura, except rounded 
elevation under wings, and prepectus densely, coarsely punctate, 
the former crenulate along posterior margin; propodeum opaque, 
basal areas sparsely and coarsely punctate; areola coriaceous; 
median groove coarsely, transversely punctate, almost crenulate; 
propodeum otherwise coriaceous with more or less distinct 
punctuation; cox, especially hind pair, densely punctate; first 
tergite polished, postpetiole obscurely punctate; second tergite 
finely, densely, longitudinally punctate; third to sixth pro- 
gressively less distinctly punctate; seventh polished, impunctate ; 
ovipositor exserted nearly the length of the seventh tergite. 
Black; mandibles, clypeus, inner and posterior orbits, large 
spots at top of eye, on dorsolateral and anteroventral margins 
of pronotum, subalar region of mesopleurum, scutellum, meta- 
pleurum, and on each side of propodeum posteriorly yellow; apical 
margin of clypeus and scape testaceous; flagellum brown at base, 
black at apex, with joints 8 to 20 largely white, a narrow ventral 
line black; palpi and front and middle legs to near apex of femur 
white, legs beyond this point testaceous with last tarsal joint 
