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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  »« 
  

  

  Anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  face 
  without 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  between 
  bases 
  of 
  mandibles; 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax 
  dorsally 
  bright 
  orange-yellow 
  without 
  any 
  blackish 
  mark- 
  

   ings; 
  tegula 
  white; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  four 
  rather 
  definite 
  dark 
  transverse 
  

   bands, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  connects 
  vibrissal 
  plates, 
  one 
  basad 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  two 
  

  

  apicad 
  of 
  it; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  not 
  banded 
  16 
  

  

  16. 
  Frontovertex 
  bright 
  orange-yellow 
  and 
  very 
  finely 
  granulosely 
  sculptured 
  

   with 
  only 
  very 
  faint 
  indication 
  of 
  alveolation 
  even 
  under 
  high 
  magnifi- 
  

   cation 
  15. 
  meracus, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Frontovertex 
  paler, 
  dilute 
  orange-yellow, 
  entire 
  surface 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  

   but 
  very 
  distinct 
  facetlike 
  punctures 
  16. 
  alveolatif 
  rons, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  1. 
  PSEUDAPHYCUS 
  MERITORIUS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  The 
  subquadrate 
  second 
  to 
  fifth 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  f 
  unicle 
  distinguish 
  

   this 
  species 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  species 
  treated 
  here. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  ^Length 
  0.92 
  mm. 
  Frontovertex, 
  mesoscutum, 
  axillae, 
  

   and 
  scutellum 
  slightly 
  dusky 
  orange-yellow 
  ; 
  head 
  (except 
  frontover- 
  

   tex), 
  tegulae, 
  pronotum, 
  all 
  pleura, 
  and 
  sterna 
  and 
  all 
  legs 
  yellowish 
  

   white; 
  propodeum 
  fuscous; 
  abdomen 
  dorsally 
  yellowish 
  with 
  four 
  

   transverse 
  fuscous 
  bands, 
  the 
  anterior 
  two 
  bands 
  coalesced 
  at 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  abdomen 
  and 
  enclosing 
  an 
  ellipsoidal 
  area 
  between 
  

   the 
  cerci, 
  the 
  posterior 
  two 
  bands 
  straight 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  beneath 
  fuscous 
  

   to 
  blackish 
  medially 
  with 
  the 
  margins 
  pale, 
  ovipositor 
  pale 
  at 
  base, 
  

   darker 
  apically 
  ; 
  eyes 
  black 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  dark 
  red 
  ; 
  antennal 
  scape 
  pallido- 
  

   fuscous; 
  pedicel 
  and 
  entire 
  f 
  unicle 
  black 
  or 
  blackish; 
  club 
  white; 
  

   wings 
  uniformly 
  faintly 
  fuscous, 
  or 
  subhyaline 
  ; 
  marginal 
  and 
  stigraal 
  

   veins 
  dark 
  fuscous, 
  submarginal 
  vein 
  pale. 
  

  

  Frontovertex 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  granulosely 
  

   punctate; 
  inner 
  orbits 
  parallel; 
  ocelli 
  in 
  an 
  equilateral 
  triangle; 
  

   anterior 
  ocellus 
  situated 
  only 
  slightly 
  above 
  middle 
  of 
  frontovertex; 
  

   lateral 
  ocellus 
  less 
  than 
  its 
  own 
  diameter 
  from 
  margin 
  of 
  eye 
  and 
  

   about 
  its 
  own 
  diameter 
  from 
  occipital 
  margin 
  ; 
  eyes 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  

   hairs. 
  Antenna 
  clavate; 
  scape 
  not 
  expanded 
  beneath, 
  five 
  to 
  six 
  

   times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  thick; 
  pedicel 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  thick 
  and 
  less 
  

   than 
  one-third 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  scape; 
  first 
  funicular 
  segment 
  small, 
  nar- 
  

   rower 
  than 
  pedicel 
  ; 
  segments 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  of 
  f 
  unicle 
  subequal 
  and 
  subquad- 
  

   rate, 
  and 
  each 
  a 
  little 
  thicker 
  than 
  pedicel; 
  club 
  a 
  little 
  thicker 
  than 
  

   funicle 
  and 
  aipproximately 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  four 
  preceding 
  funicular 
  

   segments 
  combined. 
  

  

  Mesoscutum, 
  axillae, 
  and 
  scutellum 
  finely 
  granulosely 
  punctate, 
  

   mat; 
  propodeum 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  spiracle 
  weakly 
  reticulated, 
  elsewhere 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  pleura 
  weakly 
  reticulated, 
  slightly 
  shining. 
  Forewing 
  with 
  

   nearly 
  uniform, 
  rather 
  dense 
  discal 
  ciliation 
  ; 
  speculum 
  closed 
  at 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  margin 
  of 
  wing 
  but 
  otherwise 
  uninterrupted; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  

   punctif 
  orm 
  ; 
  postmarginal 
  vein 
  shorter 
  than 
  stigmal. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  short-ovate 
  in 
  outline, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  thorax 
  or 
  slightly 
  

   longer, 
  slightly 
  narrower 
  than 
  thorax 
  ; 
  weakly 
  reticulately 
  sculptured 
  

  

  