HYMENOPTERA PARASITICA 339 



PiMPLA Fabricius. 

 1804. Piinpla Fabricius, Syst. Piez., p. 112. 



(i) Piiupla kai^'aiicnsis Cameron. 



1886. Pimpla hazijaiiensis Cameron, Proc. & Mem. Manchester Lit. & Phil. Soc, 

 (3), X. p. 239, %. 



?, t- Length 5 '5 to 10 mm. ; ovipositor less than one-half the length of abdomen. 

 Black ; legs red, the anterior tibiae inclining to yellowish in front, the hind tibiae and 

 tarsi black, the extreme base of hind tibiae and a broad band above the middle and the 

 spurs white ; the tips of four anterior tarsi black ; extreme base of posterior testaceous. 

 Antennae scarcely as long as the thorax and abdomen united, stoutish, tapering towards 

 the apex ; inclining to brown on the lower side, covered with microscopic pile. Head as 

 wide as the thorax, shining, impunctate, the face somewhat protuberant, covered sparsely 

 with white hairs ; front a little depressed above the antennae ; clypeus clearly separated ; 

 maxillary palpi testaceous, labial fuscous. Thorax shining, impunctate, the mesonotum 

 sparsely, sternum and metapleurae densely covered with longish white hair ; metanotum 

 without any keels, the thoracic spiracles oblong. Abdomen about double the length of 

 the thorax, covered with a longish white pubescence ; base of petiole excavated, the 

 middle portion sparsely punctured ; apical part shining, impunctate, separated from the 

 part in front by being a little raised. The other segments (except the apical) are closely 

 and rather strongly punctured ; the second is longer than broad ; the others to the 

 seventh broader than long ; the seventh is longer than broad ; the eighth is narrowed 

 gradually to the apex. The edges of the second segment are testaceous at base and 

 apex. Wings hyaline, shorter than the thorax and abdomen ; the nervures and stigma 

 black ; areolet 4-angled, angled on lower side ; the lateral nervures uniting at top ; the 

 recurrent nervure angled a little above the middle. (Cameron.) 



Hab. Hawaii: Hilo in June and July (H. \V. Henshaw) ; Kona (4000 feet), in 

 July ; Olaa (1500 feet), in May. — Lanai : Halepaika, in July (2000 feet), in February; 

 Haleakala (3000 feet), in July. — Molokai, in mountains (2500 feet), in July. — Oahu : 

 Honolulu (2000 feet), in IMarch ; Kaala Mts. (1500 feet), in February; Waianae Mts., 

 in April. 



Subfamily IV. TRYPHONINAE. 



Tribe IV. TRYPHONINI. 



Metacoelus Forster. 

 1868. Metacoelus Forster, Verh. d. naturh. Ver. Rheinl., xxv. p. 161. 



