3i8 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



the anterior and hind coxae and rest of the legs, not specified, are metallic ; wings 

 clear hyaline, the venation yellowish. 



The head is as in E. konae, the eyes converging above. The antennae are 

 aeneous-black, the flagellum subclavate, clothed with a black pubescence, the joint 

 before the club being longer than thick, the first being the longest or much longer 

 than the pedicel. The abdomen is oblong-oval, shorter than the thorax, the apex 

 rounded, not pointed, above depressed, beneath convex, but not carinate. 



Hab. Hawaiian Islands. Described from a single specimen, without either a 

 number or locality label. 



(4) Eitpelmtis vulgaris, sp. nov. 



%. Length 3 to 4*5 mm. ; ovipositor usually much shorter than the hind tarsi. 

 Metallic green, bronzed green to blue-green, closely, finely jSunctate or shagreened, the 

 legs being being mostly metallic ; the middle legs entirely, the trochanters, the knees, 

 tips of tibiae and the tarsi, except apical joints of the front and hind tarsi, are brownish- 

 yellow ; wings hyaline or only faintly tinged, the veins light brown. 



The general habitus of this species, as well as the shape of the head and the 

 antennae, is as in E. niger, except that the abdomen is shorter and less pointed at 

 apex. 



t- Length 3 to 3 "5 mm. The head and thorax vary in colour from a bronzed 

 green to a blue-green, and are closely, shallowly punctate or reticulately sculptured. 

 The mesonotum is only slightly depressed and exhibits only faint traces of the parap- 

 sidal furrows. The abdomen is usually bluish, but also sometimes aeneous or even 

 metallic green. The flagellum is long, filiform, black, and clothed with a dense black 

 pubescence. The legs are most frequently metallic green or blue, with the extreme 

 tips of the tibiae and the front tarsi, except an annulus at the extreme base, and the 

 tibial spurs whitish. 



Described from many specimens representing both sexes. 



Hab. Hawaii : Kona (3000 feet), in September, (4000 feet), in August, (2000 feet), 

 in October. — Lanai : Mts. Waimea (4000 feet), in May. — Maui : Haleakala, in April, 

 (5000 feet), in March. — Oahu : Honolulu (2000 feet), in October; Kaala Mts. (1500 

 feet), in January. — Molokai Mts. (4000 feet), in April and June. 



(5) Eiipehmis molokaiensis, sp. nov. 



?. Length 2-1 mm. ; ovipositor a little longer than the hind tarsus. Gold-green, 

 finely, closely punctate and clothed with a whitish pubescence ; mandibles dark rufous, 

 with black teeth ; scape metallic with the extreme base yellowish ; flagellum subclavate, 

 black and pubescent, the joints gradually shortening and widening to the club, the 



