HYMENOPTERA 647 



at the base and apex, between pale, of an obscure yellowish brown colour, a good deal 

 shorter than the hind tarsi, about as long as the two basal joints together. Length 

 ? 375 mm. 



Hab. Oahu, Waimea, no. 829. 



(32) Eupelmus heterosomus, sp. nov. 



Head above dull in one aspect, finely rugulose, in other positions considerably 

 shining, with coppery and brassy reflections, facial impression wide but deep, entirely 

 rugulosely shagreened, metallic with some purplish lustre ; antennae of the usual form ; 

 eyes with a good many hairs, but they are very short and not conspicuous ; palpi dark. 

 Mesonotum conspicuously white-haired, shagreened, dull, of a golden or brassy metallic 

 colour, darker on the front lobe and on the parapsides. Legs almost as in E. caerulo- 

 phantes, the basal joint of hind tarsi entirely yellow, the hind tibiae widely yellow at 

 the apex, the middle femora entirely or almost entirely yellow or brownish yellow, the 

 middle tibiae very dark and metallic above, except at the base and. apex. Abdomen 

 brightly metallic at extreme base, the rest dull black or bluish black, the tip, viewed 

 apically, bright copper colour ; pleura coppery ; ovipositor black at base and more or 

 less dark at the apex, the rest reddish, shorter than the hind tarsi. Length $ about 

 3 mm. 



Hab. Hawaii, Kau, 4000 ft. 



{■^l) Eiipelmus rhododoriis, sp. nov. 



Head above reddish golden, dull, roughly sculptured, the facial impression dull, 

 densely rugulosely shagreened, of much duller metallic colour than the sides of the face 

 along the margin of the eyes, the latter with a good many short hairs on their outer 

 portion, the antennae of the usual form, the palpi dark. Mesonotum bright metallic 

 o-reen, more golden on the anterior lobe, the parapsides metallic red or rosy. Front 

 and hind legs much as in the several preceding species, middle coxae with bright 

 metallic tint and darkened, middle femora with a metallic line, middle tibiae whitish 

 yellow at base and apex, brownish and metallic, but not dark, between ; basal joint of 

 hind tarsi yellowish white, like the apex of the tibia. Abdomen brilliant metallic green 

 and o-olden at the base, the rest dull blackish, the tip, viewed apically, copper-coloured ; 

 ovipositor black at base, beyond this sordid reddish or brown, not differing much from 

 the hind tarsi in length. Length ? 3-5 mm. 



Hab. Oahu, near Honolulu, 1500 ft. 



(34) Eupelmus amaurodes, sp. nov. 

 Head above green, more golden in front, dull with rough surface sculpture, and 

 anteriorly with remote, largish, feebly impressed punctures ; facial impression very 

 densely shagreened and dull, shallow on its upper part, green, the sides of the face 



