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or copper-coloured. Front and hind coxae dark and metallic, rest of legs generally 

 yellow, the front femora behind are somewhat darkened and metallic, the front tibiae a 

 little sordid, the hind femora are embrowned outwardly and have a metallic reflection, 

 the hind tibiae are also somewhat darkened above and slightly metallic, their apices and 

 the base of the tarsi being white. Abdomen bright coppery at the base and tip, 

 between these dark and hardly metallic, the pleura wholly copper-coloured. Ovipositor 

 blackish, about as long as the hind tarsi. Length % 2*6 mm. 



Hab. Oahu, on Piptui'tis, no. 857. 



(21) Eiipelmus leptophyas, sp. nov. 



Head scarcely shining, finely and sparsely punctured, golden or golden green ; the 

 facial impression deep, purple-black, smooth and shining, face between the impression 

 and eye margins also black ; palpi dark, antennae of the usual form, eyes with sparse 

 hairs. Mesonotum brassy, green tinged, finely shagreened, the scapulae more reddish 

 golden or coppery, clothed with white hairs. Neuration yellow. Front and hind coxae, 

 the front and hind femora (except at extreme base and apex) dark and metallic, front 

 tibiae dark and metallic above (except at base and apex), hind tibiae at most slightly 

 embrowned, rest of legs brownish yellow or yellow, except the tips of the tarsi. 

 Abdomen brilliantly green at extreme ba.se, behind this dull blackish, the apex reddish 

 coppery ; abdominal pleura fiery copper-coloured, the intermediate segments, when not 

 contracted, green metallic basally. Ovipositor blackish or dark fuscous, paler at the 

 extreme tip, long and slender, rather longer than the hind tarsi. Length $ 4*5 mm. 



The abdominal segments in this example were fully extended, so that some speci- 

 mens might be considerably shorter. 



Hab. Hawaii (Mauna Loa), 4000 ft. 



(22) Eupelvius epilamprops, sp. nov. 



Head finely rugulose, in some aspects shining about the ocelli, and golden metallic, 

 facial impression deep, purplish black, the surface nearly smooth seen from the apex, 

 and with a more or less distinct median carina ; antennae of the usual form, the palpi 

 dark, the eyes inconspicuously hairy. Mesonotum coppery in front and on the scapulae, 

 posteriorly more golden, conspicuously clothed with white hairs. Front and hind coxae 

 dark and metallic, front femora almost entirely dark brown or pitchy, metallic above and 

 behind, front tibiae much the same as the femora, tarsi brown or fuscous above. 

 Middle legs yellowish, the tibiae dark above except at the base and apex. Hind femora 

 embrowned, more yellow apically, slightly metallic, hind tibiae dark or brown above 

 except at the apex, the tarsi dark above, except the basal joint, which is mostly pale. 



