HYMENOPTERA 637 



metallic. Abdomen blackish, with green metallic reflection at extreme base. Legs 

 yellow, the front coxae browner, the hind tarsi entirely brown or infuscate. Wings 

 hyaline, neuration yellow. Ovipositor dark or pitchy, shorter than the hind tarsi. 

 Length % about 2 mm. 



Has. Oahu ; Koolau range, 1500 ft. 



(8) Eupelmus dysombrias, sp, nov. 



Head finely punctured and somewhat shining and smooth, black, with metallic 

 reflections behind the ocelli, blue-black in front of these, the facial impression deep, 

 black or with slight purple tinge, viewed from the apex appearing nearly smooth, in 

 front view very finely shagreened, its upper margin distinctly defined, no distinct 

 median carina. Antennae with the basal joints of the funicle elongate ; eyes very 

 sparsely hairy. Mesonotum brassy, but not very brightly metallic, densely shagreened, 

 clothed with short and not very conspicuous, white hairs ; mesopleura for a large part 

 dull coppery. Abdomen at the base and sides bright copper-coloured, in the depression 

 blackish with coppery reflections. Front and hind coxae dark and metallic, middle 

 coxae also dark beneath, rest of legs yellow, the front femora outwardly with metallic 

 green reflection, but not darkened. Neuration yellow. Ovipositor black, short, about 

 as long as the two basal joints of the hind tarsi. Length % rS mm. 



Hab. Oahu, Honolulu, not 100 ft. above sea-level. 



(9) Eupelmus xe stops, sp. nov. 



Head smooth, with a few fine punctures, polished ; facial impression deep, smooth, 

 blue or purplish black, a trace of a median carina at its upper extremity, the margin of 

 which is well defined. Eyes distinctly but rather sparsely hairy, palpi pale ; scape of 

 antennae with metallic green reflection, basal funiclar joints elongate, the apical one 

 about as long as wide. Mesonotum with white, short hairs, quite dull and densely 

 shagreened, dull brassy; mesopleura in front and posteriorly more coppery. Front 

 and hind coxae dark and more or less metallic, rest of legs brownish yellow or testaceous 

 and not metallic. Abdomen brilliant coppery at the base, the rest of the surface and 

 the pleura also conspicuously metallic, but less bright than the base. Ovipositor yellow 

 or yellowish brown, black at the base, as long as the hind tarsi, or rather longer. 

 Length % 3 mm. 



Hab. Hawaii, Kau, 4C00 ft. 



(10) Eupelmus paraxestops, sp. nov. 



Head dull, or at least only faintly shining in part, metallic with distinct green 

 reflection in part at least, the surface finely rugulose and with some faint punctures ; 

 facial impression deep, blue or purplish black, smooth, with indication of a median 



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