344 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Pycnophion Ashmead. 

 1900. Pycnophion Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiii. p. 87. 



Black ; anterior femora and all tibiae and tarsi, except sometimes the hind pair, 

 rufous ; orbits black. Length 8 — 9 mm. ; ovipositor not half the length of 

 the abdomen {i) P- kauaiensis. 



Black ; anterior and middle legs, except middle coxae, rufous ; orbits anteriorly 



white. Length 12 — 13 mm. ; ovipositor as long as the abdomen ..(.?) P. molokaiensis. 



(i) Pycnophion kauaietisis, sp. nov. 



$, $. Length 8 to 9 mm. Differs from P. molokaiensis in its much smaller size, 

 and without the white orbital lines ; the anterior femora and tibiae, as well as the 

 extreme tip of the middle femora and their tibiae and all tarsi, except the hind tarsi, 

 rufous, the hind tibiae either black or rufous, variable ; the metathorax is smoother than 

 in P. molokaiensis, and is without a distinct transverse carina. 



The male scarcely differs from the female : the antennae are proportionately 

 longer, while the compressed abdomen, seen from the side, is a little narrower, with 

 prominent claspers, its length being about three times as long as wide. 



Hab. Kauai (4000 feet), in July. 2 % and 2 Z specimens. 



(2) Pycnophion molokaiensis, sp. nov. 



(Plate IX. fig. 4, ?.) 



%. Length 12 to 13 mm. Wholly black, except as follows: a line on the anterior 

 orbits below the insertion of the antennae, as well as sometimes above the antennae, 

 and a line on the hind orbits from the middle of the eyes downwards, white ; last joint 

 of maxillary palpi more or less yellowish ; anterior legs from base of femora more or 

 less rufous, their tarsi blackish or fuscous, the joints sometimes pale at apex (rarely with 

 the coxae and trochanters rufous or rufous beneath), the propectus rufous. Wings 

 hyaline, faintly tinged, the stigma and veins brown-black. Metathorax short, with a 

 single transverse carina, the entire basal portion smooth and shining, the posterior face 

 finely rugulose. The abdomen is a little longer than the head and thorax united, 

 petiolate, compressed, smooth and shining, the ovipositor prominent, with a slight 

 upward curve and as long as the abdomen. 



H.\B. Maui : Haleakala (5000 feet), in September. — Molokai, in mountains 

 (4500 to 5000 feet), in April and September. — Kauai : Waimea Mts. (4000 feet). 



