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punctures, the occipital ridge very sharp ; clypeus polished ; scape 

 rather pear-shaped, short and chunky ; pedicellum wider than long ; first 

 joint of the flagellum nearly twice as long as the scape ; antennae twenty- 

 seven jointed ; greater portion of the thorax sculptured and shining 

 nearly like the head ; propleura rather transversely striated ; the seg- 

 ment of the mesopleura immediately beneath the wings smooth and pol- 

 ished on the lower half, punctured on the upper half ; scutellum polished, 

 sparsely punctured ; metanotum rugulose punctate, the posterior face 

 rather rugose, basal area quadrate or nearly, polished, bounded by indis- 

 tinct raised lines, two transverse, angulated, broken, raised lines extend- 

 ing across the metanotum from pleuron to pleuron and dividing the seg- 

 ment nearly into thirds, sinuate laterally, with a small curve extending 

 anteriorly and a large curve posteriorly, in the middle of the segment 

 straight and nearly parallel, forming the anterior and posterior boundary 

 of the incomplete areola ; wings clear, nervures and stigma very dark 

 brown, areolet pentagonal, the sides converging above, the second 

 abscissa of the radius nearly as long as the side of the areolet or the 

 transverse cubiti. 



Abdomen dullish, with small adjoining punctures, the apical segments 

 more shining, the basal segment polished, smooth and not sculptured, 

 with three lateral, longitudinal carinae, the middle carina most promi- 

 nent and almost bisected by the spiracle, the upper carina faint and obso- 

 lescent on the posterior half ; the lower carina is a distinct, almost straight 

 raised line. 



Superficially appearing bare, but covered with short white, almost 

 abundant pubescence that is erect, ferruginous, head black except an 

 orbital undulate border that is broken between a point near the middle of 

 the posterior edge of the eye and a point almost opposite the anterior 

 ocellus, and extends down to near the insertion of the mandibles ; a spot 

 on each mandible, basal joint of maxillary palpi and joints eight, nine, 

 ten and eleven above and laterally, all of which are yellowish, almost 

 cream color ; prothorax black except the anterior margin, which has a 

 yellowish border, and the borders of the pleura, which are yellowish and 

 brownish ; anterior coxae black internally, creamy white externally ; 

 proximate trochanter black with an apical yellowish border ; distal tro- 

 chanter blackish and brownish ; mesonotum and sutures around scutel- 

 lum and postscutellum black ; scutellum yellowish, almost white ; post- 

 scutellum ferruginous ; tegulae, tubercles and extreme upper edge of 

 mesopleura anteriorly cream color or nearly ; a border of blackish be- 

 neath the cream edge of the mesopleura; middle coxae rather testaceous, 

 brownish above, the trochanters brownish ; tarsi and claws of four ante- 

 rior legs and outer side of tibiae brown, the inner side of these tibiae yel- 

 lowish ; posterior legs ferruginous ; distal trochanters, tibiae, basal and 

 apical joints of tarsi and claws brown ; fourth abdominal segment black- 

 ish ; fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth joints black, the seventh with a large 



