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Female. — Length 6.5 mm. A small species with conspicuous yellow 

 marking on face., one transverse carina on pronotum., five teeth on hind 

 femur, and ovipositor longer than abdomen. 



Body black with yellow markings as follows: scape; two large dis- 

 tinct kidney-shaped markings on face reaching from vertex nearly to 

 lower level of eyes; small indistinct spots beneath insertion of 

 antennae and obscure spot on clypeus; broad transverse bands near 

 front and hind margins of pronotiim, the former dilated at ends; 

 marks above tegiilae; two conspicuous spots near center of mesoscu- 

 tum, large bilobed marking on apex of scutellum ; front half of meso- 

 and metapleurae ; two faint spots on metanotum near median line ; 

 front and middle coxae beneath; apical outer half of front femur; 

 apex of middle femur; nearly whole of front and middle tibiae; spot 

 on upper margin of hind coxa at base and smaller spot near apex 

 below; outer side of hind femur except teeth and a central reddish- 

 brown area which touches margin near apex and between first and 

 second teeth and a spot near apex beneath ; apical half of hind tibiae 

 above; two large triangular spots on second tergite, transverse band 

 on fifth, another on sixth which becomes vv'ider on sides beneath, 

 obscure marking over spiracle and two crescent-shaped markings near 

 median line on apex; tarsi. Antennae and legs except where men- 

 tioned rufous. 



Head transverse, face rugosely punctate, short pubescent ; line from 

 median ocellus to lower edge of clypeus about equal to greatest dis- 

 tance between ej-es; malar space 0.22 length of eye; distance across 

 scapal furrow at base about twice the distance from margin of furrow 

 to eye, clypeus and spur between scapes more finely punctate than 

 rest of face; eyes only slightly sinuate; postocellar space 1.8 times 

 ocellocular; occiput concentrically striate with prominent carina 

 angulate forward above; antennae stout, 12-segmented, scape longer 

 than folloAving two segments, pedicel and first funicular segment 

 about equal, third, fourth, and fifth subequal, rest becoming stouter 

 toward apex, club conical with suture near tip. 



Pronotum shorter than mesoscutum in median line, w4th a trans- 

 verse carina parallel to its hind margin; front half of thorax bent 

 downward so that head assumes a position almost parallel to abdomen ; 

 scutellum broadly rounded behind; metanotum with hind margin 

 smooth and polished, its foveae parallel-ridged, punctate between 

 ridges, its apex slightly depressed ; propodeum about equal in length 

 to metanotum in median line, twice as long on sides, median carina 

 wanting, lateral carinae prominent, spiracular areas hairy; hind coxa 

 punctate except on upper half toward apex where it is smooth and 

 polished, upper margin bluntly rounded at base becoming thin in 

 apical half but without a distinct spur; hind femur closely setigerous 

 j)unctate, 1.7 times as long as wide with five teetli on its lower margin 



