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Body parti-colored with red, green, and purple metallic tints and 

 yellow markings, as follows : Scape ; transverse band near hind mar- 

 gin of pronotum, interrupted at median line; band on hind margin of 

 mesoscutum ; two conspicuous pear-shaped lobes connected in median 

 line on hind margin of scutellum ; semicircular spot on metanotum ; 

 triangular area on mesopleurae; broad interrupted band near hind 

 margin of second tergite ; narrower band on sixth parallel to its pos- 

 terior margin and turned forward on sides below ; irregular crescent- 

 shaped markings just behind spiracles and similar markings near 

 apex of abdomen; narrow stripes on front femora and on middle 

 tibiae, with an elongate spot on upper margin of middle coxae; a 

 stripe on upper margin of hind coxa and a spot near base on lower 

 side; band along dorsal margin of hind femur, a line just above 

 teeth on ventral margin, which broadens to include large basal tooth, 

 continues to base of femur, and forms on under side a broad central 

 band to apex. Legs, except where mentioned, reddish-brown ; tibial 

 spurs yellow; ovipositor rufous with almost black tip; antennae 

 reddish-brown. 



Head as wide as pronotum, wider than abdomen; copper-colored 

 with rich metallic luster, finely rugosely punctate, short pubescent; 

 distance from median ocellus to lower edge of clypeus a little longer 

 than the interocular space; malar space one-third length of eye; 

 clypeus emarginate, mandibles 3-toothed ; antennocular space greater 

 than interantennal ; eyes sinuate, ocelli transparent ; occipital carina 

 distinct, continuous behind eyes; scape more than twice as long as 

 broad, first funicular segment tapering toward base, 1.5 times pedicel; 

 second funicular longest, fourth, fifth, and sixth subequal, seventh to 

 twelfth becoming stouter. Pronotum reddish copper-colored, finely 

 reticulate-punctate, without transverse carina ; mesonotum and meso- 

 pleura brilliantly iridescent with greenish purple tints ; mesosternum 

 polished ; scutellum more coarsely punctate than mesoscutum, broadly 

 rounded at apex ; f oveae of metanotum striately punctate, apex cres- 

 cent-shaped, slightly projecting with smooth upturned nearly trans- 

 parent margin; propodeum slightly longer than metanotum in me- 

 dium line, much longer at sides, its median carina low, its hind mar- 

 gin finely, shallowly, punctate with apex emarginate; spiracular 

 areas surrounded by long whitish hairs. Hind femora shining, 

 densely punctate, 2.3 times as long as broad, basal tooth on under side 

 large, long, forward of middle and followed by eleven smaller black 

 teeth (pi. 2, fig. 9) ; hind coxae closely punctate, with thin blunt 

 transparent spur on upper margin toward base. Fore wings sub- 

 hyaline, fuliginous along front margin and at apex; hind wings 

 nearly transparent, veins brown. 



Abdomen setigerous punctate, 1.5 times longer than head and 

 thorax together, second tergite 1.3 times as long as wide, with two 



