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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  face 
  dorsally 
  irregularly 
  striate; 
  clypeus 
  strongly 
  

   convex, 
  in 
  profile 
  subnasute; 
  malar 
  space 
  hardly 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  basal 
  width 
  of 
  mandible. 
  Thorax 
  rather 
  slender, 
  generally 
  polished 
  ; 
  

   pronotum 
  striate 
  in 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  scrobe, 
  its 
  upper 
  anterior 
  margin 
  

   only 
  weakly 
  tumid, 
  smooth, 
  carinately 
  angled; 
  mesoscutum 
  sparsely 
  

   punctate, 
  rugose 
  in 
  posterior 
  middle, 
  prescutum 
  more 
  densely 
  punctate 
  

   and 
  transversely 
  striate 
  anteriorly 
  along 
  notaulices, 
  lobes 
  flattened; 
  

   mesopleuron 
  largely 
  and 
  sternum 
  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  space 
  below 
  tu- 
  

   bercle 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  striate 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  convex, 
  with 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  ; 
  

   metapleuron 
  very 
  sparsely 
  punctate 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  vertical 
  striae 
  

   posteriorly; 
  propodeum 
  with 
  sparse, 
  coarse 
  punctures 
  basally 
  and 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  longitudinally 
  striate 
  medially 
  behind 
  basal 
  

   carina, 
  basal 
  area 
  obsoletely 
  defined, 
  basal 
  carina 
  bent 
  sharply 
  for- 
  

   ward 
  medially, 
  apical 
  carina 
  distinct 
  between 
  apophyses 
  ; 
  legs 
  slender 
  

   but 
  hind 
  femur 
  less 
  than 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  tibia 
  and 
  not 
  reaching 
  

   apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  coxae 
  elongate, 
  polished, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  are- 
  

   olet 
  narrow. 
  Abdomen 
  longer 
  than 
  head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  polished, 
  with 
  

   scattered 
  punctures 
  on 
  basal 
  tergites 
  ; 
  first 
  tergite 
  narrow, 
  petiole 
  not 
  

   depressed, 
  dorsal 
  carinae 
  absent, 
  postpetiole 
  barely 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  

   with 
  a 
  median 
  impression 
  between 
  spiracles; 
  second 
  tergite 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  first 
  and 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  sheath 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  abdomen 
  beyond 
  first 
  tergite 
  ; 
  ovipositor 
  slender, 
  of 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  

   depth, 
  and 
  subsagittate 
  at 
  apex. 
  

  

  Black 
  and 
  yellow 
  (see 
  description 
  of 
  color 
  pattern, 
  p. 
  141) 
  ; 
  cheeks, 
  

   frontal 
  orbits, 
  an 
  annulus 
  beginning 
  on 
  flagellar 
  joint 
  6 
  (missing 
  

   beyond 
  joint 
  8) 
  yellow; 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  black 
  except 
  

   for 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  ; 
  humeral 
  margin 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  narrow 
  lines 
  on 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  of 
  mesoscutum 
  above 
  tegulae, 
  only 
  basal 
  angles 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  

   scutellum, 
  tegulae 
  basally, 
  and 
  mesopleuron 
  except 
  prepectus 
  largely 
  

   yellow, 
  the 
  last 
  confluent 
  with 
  mark 
  on 
  sternum, 
  metapleuron 
  except 
  

   suture 
  between 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  divisions 
  and 
  a 
  dash 
  near 
  apex 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  yellow, 
  large 
  yellow 
  spots 
  in 
  basal 
  lateral 
  areas 
  of 
  propodeum, 
  

   apical 
  markings 
  of 
  propodeum 
  with 
  triangular 
  projection 
  anteriorly, 
  

   apical 
  bands 
  on 
  basal 
  tergites 
  triangularly 
  broadened 
  medially; 
  

   petiole 
  yellow 
  above, 
  black 
  below 
  ; 
  venter 
  yellow. 
  Legs 
  yellow, 
  with 
  

   front 
  and 
  middle 
  coxae 
  behind, 
  hind 
  coxa 
  within 
  and 
  medially 
  above, 
  

   middle 
  trochanter 
  and 
  femur 
  behind, 
  hind 
  trochanter 
  largely, 
  and 
  

   femur 
  except 
  a 
  yellow 
  streak 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  black 
  or 
  piceous; 
  wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  venation 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Essentially 
  like 
  female, 
  the 
  frontal 
  horns 
  much 
  longer. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  San 
  Bernardino, 
  Paraguay. 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  A 
  female 
  holotype, 
  an 
  allotype, 
  and 
  a 
  female 
  paratype 
  in 
  

   the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  (No. 
  57059). 
  All 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  the 
  

   above 
  locality 
  by 
  K. 
  Fiebrig. 
  

  

  The 
  paratype 
  female 
  is 
  essentially 
  like 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  