HYMENOPTERA 677 



Glvptogastra Ashm. 



(i) Glyptogastra aslimeadi, sp. nov. 



Black, the apex of the clypeus, the labrum, antennae, front legs except a large part 

 of the coxae, the middle tibiae, the sides (more or less) and the apical margins of the 

 second to sixth abdominal segments, the whole or nearly the whole of the seventh and 

 eighth and the genital armature ferruginous or testaceous. Middle and posterior femora 

 red, the hind tibiae obscure red, as also the middle and hind trochanters, the coxae and 

 tarsi black or blackish. Apical half of the antennae blackish above, beneath paler, but 

 sordid. Abdomen dull, metallic greenish black. 



Face below the antennae and nearly the whole thorax conspicuously clothed with 

 pale brownish yellow hairs ; antennae with 32 joints and with the first funicle joint much 

 longer than the second, the rest decreasing in length towards the apex, each joint sub- 

 compressed so as to be wider at its base and apex than in the middle. Thorax dull and 

 densely sculptured beneath the pubescence, formed as in G. haivaiiensis Ashm., the 

 propodeum with very shallow punctures, which are larger than those of the mesonotum, 

 the posterior median impression without hairs. Elevation of first abdominal segment 

 concave above, second to sixth with lateral oblique lines, meeting at their apices the 

 more or less distinct transverse impressed lines, which are distinct only towards the 

 sides of each segment. Apical three or four segments recurved. Wings uniformly 

 light shining fuscous, the neuration and stigma dark. Length (abdomen not straightened 

 out) 9 mm. 



Obs. G. hawaiiensis is not simply black as described, but is distinctly metallic. 



Hab. Oahu ; Honolulu, 1500 ft. I have not seen the female. 



Subfam. OPHIONINAE. 



Enicospilus Curt. 



The Hawaiian species of Enicospibis present unusual difficulties owing to the 

 variation of important structural characters, as well as of colour. In some species the 

 entire absence of the blister-like spot on the front wings decharacterizes the genus. It 

 is, however, quite impossible to separate such species generically, because these spots 

 are subject to variation in other species, so that in some cases, while the blister spot 

 is tolerably distinct in some examples, in others it may be almost or entirely effaced. 

 The transverse carina of the propodeum is also variable. Thus in E. kaalae Ashm. 

 the male (as in the type) may be without the carina, or it may be well developed, 

 as it always is in the female. 



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