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and distinctly punctured, the latter depressed from the sides to the middle line ; pro- 

 podeum rugose in front. Abdomen red, with the basal segments shining, distinctly 

 punctured, and clothed rather densely, especially on the third and following segments, 

 with short black hairs ; eighth ventral segment with the apical portion of its process 

 hardly dilated, the terminal bifurcation fringed with dense long hairs. 



Female, like the d", but more robust ; face not very strongly convex longitudinally ; 

 scutellum dull, closely and evenly punctured ; anterior area of the propodeum irregularly 

 rugose. Abdomen shining, distinctly punctured, the basal segment red, more or less 

 obscured, the rest reddish-black ; second ventral segment simple, somewhat .strongly 

 and evenly punctured, the following segments more closely, the apical ones clothed 

 with black hairs. 



Wings in both sexes fuscous with blue iridescence beneath, and a bronzy glitter 

 above. 



Hab. Kona, Hawaii (4000 ft.). Not common. Taken while entering burrows 

 in dead trunks of Sophora. It is an industrial species, though the ferruginous abdomen 

 reminds one of most of the parasitic forms. This colour and the great size distin- 

 guish it at a glance from all but the following species. 



(51) Nesoprosopis erythrodemas, sp. nov. 



? praecedenti simillima, nigra, abdomine toto rufo ; capite longitudinaliter 

 magis convexo ; propodeo, a fronte viso, acutius postice rotundato, sparsim longitudi- 

 naliter rugoso ; abdominis segmento secundo ventrali minus nitido, subtilius punctato, 

 et a basi fortiter elevato, distinguenda. Long. 10 mm. 



Female, very like the preceding, but somewhat less robust ; the face strongly 

 convex longitudinally ; the propodeum seen from in front sharply rounded behind, 

 bearing a few longitudinal wrinkles. Abdomen entirely red, with the second segment 

 more sparsely punctured above, beneath very strongly raised from the base to near 

 the apex, and less shining and more finely punctured than that of paradoxica. 



Hab. Kilauea, Hawaii (4000 ft.). Very rare, a single % only taken, but had I 

 supposed it to be distinct from the preceding at the time of capture, others probably 

 might have been found. 



(52) Nesoprosopis anotiiala, sp. nov. 



? minor, capite, oculis exceptis, rubro ; pronoto postice albido-marginato ; 

 mesonoto densissime punctato, pubescentia pallida vestito ; propodei area antica glabra, 

 subnitida, clathrate-rugosa, lateribus et parte posteriore dense pubescentibus ; abdomine 

 ad basim rubro, postice rufo-nigro, distincte punctato : tibiis rufis, supra albo-lineatis. 

 Long. 7*5 mm. 



