626 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



Fam. PLATYGASTERIDAE. 



Inostemma Hal. 

 (i) InostetmJia almormis, sp. nov. 



Black, the tegulae brown, the abdomen dark brown, legs flavotestaceous, coxae 

 browner. Wings hyaline, pubescent. Head dull, lateral ocelli extremely close to the 

 eye-margins. Mesonotum dull, with dense minute sculpture, under high powers of 

 the microscope showing a reticulation of fine lines ; posteriorly between the parapsidal 

 furrows, which are distinct, the sculpture is less fine, and there are three short raised 

 lines. Scutellum consute at the base, shagreened, propodeum with a spinose angle on 

 each side. Basal abdominal segment rugose, its erect process reaching about to the 

 dorsal surface of the thorax, but not extending over it, this process on its upper part 

 densely covered with small pointed or spinose elevations ; second segment with a basal 

 sculptured depression, longer than al! the following segments together and, except at 

 the base, smooth and shining. Length i 6 mm. 



The single example I have seen is in poor condition and deprived of its antennae. 

 Its generic position is uncertain, but clearly it is very near to Inostemma, even if it does 

 not actually belong there. It is the only Platygasterid yet found in the islands, except- 

 ing the very abnormal genus Aphanomerus, introduced by myself and Koebele to 

 destroy the eggs of Siphanta. Aphanomerus pusillus'' is now thoroughly established. 



Hab. Oahu, near Honolulu. 



Fam. DIAPRIIDAE. 



Phaenopria Ashm. 

 ( I ) Phaenopria frater, sp. nov. 



Black, smooth and shining, impunctate, the scape and pedicel of the antennae red, 

 the latter sometimes only red-tinged, all the legs ferruginous, the front tibiae and all 

 the femora usually more or less obscured and darker than the hind tibiae and tarsi. 



Head with sparse pale hairs, the eyes small, very slightly convex, the ocelli in a 

 nearly equilateral triangle. Antennae about two-thirds the length of the insect, the 

 scape about equal to the following four joints together, the first flagellar joint distinctly 

 longer than the second, longer but not so thick as the pedicel, the flagellar joints 

 gradually widening to the tip of the antennae, but without a definite club, except that 

 the apical joint is as long as the two preceding and wider than these. Pronotum rather 

 densely hairy, the scutellum without a fovea in front, but with the axillae marked off, 

 the propodeum conspicuously hairy towards the sides, and bearing a strong median 

 carina, which seen in profile is bent into a distinct angle near the base. Petiole of the 



' Aphanomerus would probably be more correctly referred to the subfam. Baeinae, p. 620 ante. R. C. L. P. 



