340 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



( I ) Metacoelus femoralis Fourcroy. 



1 78 1. Ichneumon femoralis Fourcroy, Ent. Paris, p. 396. 



1829. Exochus femoralis Gravenhorst, Europ. Ichn., 11. p. 346. 1856. Holm- 

 gren, Monogr. Tryph. Suec, p. 30S. 



$, ^. Length 5 "5 to 7 mm. Black, sparsely pubescent ; upper edge of the frontal 

 ledge ferruginous ; palpi and tegulae yellowish ; antennae brown-black or fuscous, paler 

 beneath ; legs incrassated, flavo-ferruginous ; wings subhyaline, the costae and the 

 stigma brown-black, the other veins lighter brown. The whole body is shining, the 

 face rather coarsely punctate, the vertex and mesonotum more finely punctate, the 

 scutellum with some sparse, minute punctures, while the pleura and the metathorax 

 are smooth, impunctate, the latter being completely areolated. The abdomen is 

 shining, highly polished, the first segment having two carinae that extend a little 

 beyond the middle of the segment. The joints of the flagellum, after the first, are 

 wider than long, the first being fully as long as 2 and 3 united. 



Hab. Hawaii: Hilo, in July. — Maui: Lehaima (2000 feet), in January. — Oahu : 

 Waianae Mts., in April. 



This European species is known to occur also in Africa, Asia, Australia, and North 

 America. 



Tribe V. BASSINI. 



Bassus Fallen. 

 18 1 3. Bassiis Fallen, Sp. Nov. Hym. disp. meth. exhib. Lundae. 



(i) Bassus laetatoritis Fabricius. 



1804. Basstis laetatorius Fabricius, Syst. Piez., p. 63. — 1829. Gravenhorst, Ichn. 

 Eur., III. p. 353. — 1810. Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ., p. 19, f 19. — 1852. Ratze- 

 burg, Ichn. d. Forstins., 11. p. 109. — 1856. Holmgren, JMonogr. Tryph. 

 Suec, p. 353. — 1895. Davis, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, xxii. p. 19. 



?, t- Length 5-5 to 6 mm. Head and thorax, the abdomen (except the apex of 

 the first segment, the second and third segments and the base of the fourth, which are 

 red), the base of hind femora and an annulus near the middle and hind tarsi, black ; the 

 anterior orbits, the clypeus, the mandibles, except teeth, the palpi, the anterior margins 



