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9. Truncature of the propodeum moderately impressed, the surface coarsely 



reticulate (10)- 



Truncature of the propodeum very deeply impressed, the middle entirely 

 smooth ; mesouotum coarsely and sparingly punctured. 



iiupi*es»«a Schletterer, Philipi)ines, Polynesia and New Guinea. 



10. Face with a few longitudinal wrinkles, a distinct me.sal carina, and some- 



times one on each side, in addition to the carina separating the face 

 from the cheeks ; mesonotum coarsely and rather thickly punc- 

 tured (12). 



Face punctured or rugosely punctured, without mesa], but sometimes with 

 lateral cariuie; petiole one and one-half times as long as the distance 

 from its insertion to the scutellum or less • • • (11). 



11. Face plainly but shallowly wrinkly punctured ; mesonotum with coarse 



punctures, mesally dense. Black. 



inediana Schletterer, New Britain. 

 Face finely punctured with a few coarse punctures; mesonotum polished 

 with very fine scattered punctures and a few coarser ones. Black; 

 scape, femora and tibiae of the four anterior legs yellowish-red.. 



tomeutosa Szepligeti, New Guinea, New Pommeru. 



12. Face with three carina;, one in the middle and one on each side separating 



the face from the cheeks; posterior metatarsus as long as the three- 

 following joints together (13). 



Face with five carinse; one in the middle and two on each side, the outer pair 

 separating the face from the cheeks; posterior metatarsus only as long 

 as the two following joints together; petiole with scattered punctures, 

 twice as long as the distance from its origin to the scutellum. Black; 

 forelegs, except the coxse and trochanters, middle femora and tibiae, 

 hind coxse and under side of the femora, propodeum and petiole, red ; 

 tarsi of the middle legs, trochanters, upper side of the femora, and the 

 tibife and tarsi of the hind legs reddish-brown. 



quinqueliiieata Kiefifer, Australia. 



13. Petiole with scattered punctures; one and one-half times as long as the dist- 



ance from its origin to the scutellum . . • (14). 



Petiole thickly punctured among longitudinal wrinkles; twice as long as the 

 distance from its origin to the scutellum. Entirely black, except a red 

 spot at the base of the hind femora. .villosicrus Kieffe)', Australia. 



14. Red ; base of the cheeks, a stripe on the face, antennfe, middle and posterior 



tarsi, hind tibiae, end of the middle tibiae and of the hind femora and 

 the abdomen black or brownish-black. 



versicolor Kieffer, Australia. 

 Black ; front tibiae and tarsi, and the abdomen, except its apex, red ; middle 

 and hind legs dark reddish-brown. 



versicolor var. erythrogaster Kieffer, Australia. 



15. Propodeum above the petiole more or less rugose; face rugose or striate; 



parapsidal lines inconspicuous or obsolete (16). 



Propodeum above the petiole not rugose (18). 



16. Petiole longitudinally wrinkled or striate; the longer tibial spur as long as 



or longer than one-half the metatarsus (IT). 



