HYMENOPTERA 1 1 1 



Female, face entirely black. Scutellum very dull, and very shallowly punctured ; 

 anterior area of the propodeum more rugose than that of satelles. Apical segments 

 of the abdomen with a very faint aeneous tint in some lights, and clothed with dark 

 pubescence. Wings dark, with blue iridescence. 



H.\B. Kilauea, Hawaii (4000 ft.). Two pair were taken, but neither in very 

 good condition. When fresh, the ? probably has fairly distinct apical pubescent 

 bands on the basal segments. 



(49) Nesoprosopis andrenoides, sp. nov. 



? praecedentis forma ; propodei area antica clathrate-rugosa ; abdomine laevis- 

 simo, subtilissime sparsim punctato, aeneo-micante, segmentis tribus basalibus postice 

 pulchre albido-fasciatis (fascia prima interrupta), bene distincta. Long. 9*5 — 10 mm. 

 (Plate II. fig. 6.) 



Female, black, very like the preceding in shape. Mesothorax and scutellum quite 

 dull, and distinctly punctured ; anterior area of the propodeum entirely clathrately- 

 rugose. Abdomen with the surface very smooth, sparsely and very finely punctured, 

 black with a distinct aeneous or bluish tint ; the first, second and third segments 

 with beautiful fasciae of pale decumbent hairs on their apical margins, the first widely 

 interrupted, apical segments with black hairs, beneath finely but distinctly punctured. 

 Legs black (except that the anterior tibiae in front are sometimes more or less pale), 

 with black pubescence. Wings dark, with blue iridescence. 



Hab. Mountains of Kauai (2000 — 3000 ft.). Four females of this beautiful 

 species were taken from the flowers of Metrosidcrus. 



(50) Nesoprosopis paradoxica, sp. nov. 



Grandis et robusta, nigra, griseo-pubescens, propodeo antice rugoso, abdomine 

 rufo (? rufo-nigro), distincte punctato: alis fuscis, supra aeneo-micantibus, subtus 

 caeruleo-iridescentibus ; (/ antennarum articulo primo fortiter dilatato, sed haud latiore 

 quam longiore, margine antico saepe plus minusve pallido, subtus fortiter arcuato ; 

 clypeo depresso ; abdomine supra nigro-pubescente. Long. 9'5 — ii'5 mm. (Plate II. 

 fig. 7, also fig. 25 and 25 a.) 



Male, with the face entirely black, scape of the antennae sometimes with a pale 

 line in front. The face is not deeply depressed at the sides, but the depression ex- 

 tends over the greater part of the clypeus ; the scape of the antennae dilated, not 

 much less wide than long, clothed with long pale hairs, its front and hind margins 

 both rounded, beneath deeply arched. Thorax and scutellum with grey pubescence. 



