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rnesothorax. Wide band of green and purple over anterior part of 

 scapulae and median part of mesonotum. Lateral part of metathorax 

 and propodeum green and blue. First tergite of gaster golden green. 

 Antenna with bluish-green reflection on scape and pedicel, flagellum 

 dark brown. Legs honey yellow. Ocelli and eyes grayish white. Legs 

 and body clothed with white pubescence. Wing veins brown. 



Head (fig. lc) large with very large eyes. Funicle with first-third 

 segments longer than wide. Diameter of median ocellus about twice 

 distance between upper edge of antennal scrobe and front edge of 

 median ocellus. Malar space half breadth of an eye. Scutellum 

 posteriorly conical, apex nipple-like. Propodeum (fig. 3c) with median 

 carina and small spiracles. Callus with tuft of hairs. Gaster slightly 

 longer than thorax and head together. Last tergite one and one-half 

 times as long as basal breadth (figs. 4c, 5c). 



Male. —Length 2.2 mm. Similar to female, but color not as strong. 

 Antenna and gaster brown. 



Holotype. — Female, in collection of USNM, no. 69556. 



Type-locality. — Linton, Ind., 1956, summer, apple orchard. 



Allotype.- — Male, in same collection, Austin, Tex., Carl Hartmann. 



Paratype. — 1 9 in author's collection, Austin, Tex., Carl 

 Hartmann. 



Epistenia polita (Say) 



Spalangius politus Say, 1828, p. 79 

 Epistenia polita (Say). — Gahan, 1951, p. 174. 



The type is lost and Gahan (1951) has selected a neotype. This 

 specimen was taken at Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 1944. The lost 

 type specimen was said to have been collected on Senipuxent Island, 

 Va. 



Epistenia polita (Say) is characterized especially by smoky wings 

 with the basal part of wings hyaline. It is a stout species and similar 

 to E. coeruleata Westwood. From E. coeruleata it differs in having, 

 except for the above mentioned color of the wings, a more rugose 

 propodeum with large spiracles. The last segments of the gaster are 

 also punctated in a stronger way than in E. coeruleata (see key and 

 figs. 36, 46, 56). 



Male similar to female, but color more greenish. 



Specimens examined. — 1 9, Alachua County, Fla., Apr. 16, 1947, 

 Warner. 1 9, Lake Annie, Highlands County, Fla., Apr. 14-24, 1963, 

 K. V. Krombein. 1 9, Archbold Biol. Sta., Highlands County, Fla., 

 Apr. 14-24, 1963, K. V. Krombein. 1 9, Duval County, Fla., October 

 10, Brinkley (Florida Fruit Fly Trap Survey). 1 & , Kill Devil Hills, 

 Dare County, N. C, July 30, 1958, K. V. Krombein. 



