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1.6 times pedicel, second, third, and fourth nearly equal, rest of sejr- 

 ments becoming stouter toward apex; apical segment conical with 

 two faint concentric rings close to tij). 



Pronotum closely setigerous punctate, with one nearly complete 

 transverse carina parallel to its margined hind border ; mesoscutum 

 more coarsely punctate than pronotum, scutellum broadly rounded 

 behind ; f oveae of metanotum longitudinally striately punctate with 

 polished hind margin, apex of metanotum rounded, its punctures few 

 and deep ; propodeum only about half as long as metanotum in median 

 line, much broader at sides, rugosely punctate with strong lateral 

 carinae and low inconspicuous median keel; hind coxa evenly punc- 

 tate, without a spur on upper margin ; hind femur less than twice as 

 long as wide, finely punctate with twelve teeth on under margin, the 

 first of which is largest, the following two short but well separated, 

 the next four increasing in size, the remaining becoming smaller and 

 semifused. Fore wings uniformly fuliginous, veins brown; hind 

 wings somewhat paler. 



Abdomen seen from above swollen behind middle, seen from side 

 broadest posteriorly with dorsal line straight ; second tergite unusually 

 long, being 0.4 of whole abdomen ; fourth and fifth together about one- 

 fourth of second, while sixth in median line is 0.4 of first; median 

 line of second tergite is smooth and highly polished with furrows 

 on either side which diverge toward smooth truncated area at base ; 

 no medial groove is visible on fourth, fifth, and sixth tergites. Ovi- 

 positor reaches nearly to metanotum. 



Described from one specimen received from N. Gist Gee. 



Type.—Q^i. No. 24388, U.S.N.M. Type female. 



Habitat. — China : Soochow. 



26. LEUCOSPIS JAPONICA Walker. 



Leucospis japonica Walker, Ashmead, Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 12, 

 no. 3, 1904, p. 147. 



The United States National Museum contains three specimens, a 

 female from Gifu, Japan (Y. Nawa), a female from Soochow, China 

 (N. Gist Gee), and a male received from Doctor Mitsukuri, Gifu, 

 Japan, which is evidently the specimen from which Ashmead de- 

 scribed the male of this species and erroneously assigned a type num- 

 ber. (Cat. No. 7161, U.S.N.M.) 



27. LEUCOSPIS BREVICAUDA Fabricius. 



One female in the United States National Museum which" was 

 loaned for study by Cornell University and later obtained through ex- 

 change. (Abdomen shown on pi. 3, fig. 21.) 



