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pronotiim, and mesonotum. Also, according to Howard, metascutura 

 (metanotiim and propodeum?) brown. Face and remainder of the 

 thorax whitish. Abdomen whitish with a broad, transverse, brown- 

 ish band on each segment. Exserted ovipositor sheaths brownish. 

 All coxae and femora and' fore tibiae whitish. Middle and hind 

 tibiae slightly brownish at base. Basitarsus of middle and hind 

 legs dark brown in contrast to the other tarsal joints. 



Mandibles sharply tridentate as shown in Figure 178. 



Scape a trifle wider than usual, slightly less than three and one- 

 half times as long as wide. (The figure sIioays the scape to be a 

 trifle longer.) Pedicel apparently just a trifle shorter than the first 

 fimicle joint, the difference not appreciable without actual measure- 

 ment ; about one and one-third times as long as wide. Second f unicle 

 joint a trifle the longest, by measurement, but to the eye it appears 

 equal. All funicle joints of approximately the same wddth and all 

 plainly longer than wide, slightly asymmetrical, ventrally articu- 

 lated. Club well developed, somewhat wider than the funicle 

 (fig. 44). 



Scutellum strongly transverse, much shorter than the mesoscu- 

 tum. Abdomen elongate, more than twice as long as wide. Ovi- 

 positor, as seen through the derm, arising far anterior to the center 

 and exserted about one-eighth the length of abdomen. 



Mesoscutum with relatively few, scattered, moderately long setae, 

 there being two on the posterior margin, three along each side and 

 about thirty-six scattered on the disk. Scutellum with three pairs 

 of bristles, the anterior pair as long as those of the mesoscutum and 

 placed directly behind the two setae on the posterior margin of the 

 mesoscutum. The median pair of scutellar bristles is widely spaced 

 and intermediate in size; apical pair the longest and also widely 

 spaced. Each axilla with three setae instead of the usual two. 

 Each parapsis with three setae. Seventh tergite with long dark 

 setae. Fifth and sixth tergites with setae aligned across the dor- 

 sum; the second, third, and fourth tergites with a few weak pale 

 setae on the sides. 



Coxae and femora of hind legs noticeably swollen. Basitarsis of 

 the middle legs about as long as the three succeeding joints com- 

 bined; tibial spur slightly longer than the basitarsus. Hind tibiae 

 at apex with one spur almost one-half as long as the basitarsus, 

 paired with another one-half as long and somewhat stronger; in ad- 

 dition there are several peg-shaped spines at apex. 



Fore wings hyaline, cilia moderately dense and coarse for a small 

 species. A hairless streak extends along the posterior margin at 

 base. Wings somewhat more narrow than usual, about three times 

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