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Propodeum with a complete narrow, shallow, margined, median, 

 longitudinal groove; marginal carinae very weak; groove almost 

 smooth or quite rugose; laterad of groove usually quite convex and 

 rugose, though occasionally granulose. The propodeum often has a 

 brownish tint. 



Abdomen slightly longer than head and thorax combined ; it usu- 

 ally has a brownish tinge throughout; segment 5 longest; 4- usually 

 longer than 6 ; 3 usually shorter than 4 or 7 ; 7 usually shorter than 

 either 4 or 6. 



Legs: Three-fourths of upper and lower faces of front femora 

 pale fuscous; middle and hind legs, except at knees, fuscous; front 

 tibiae, lateral faces of front femora and all knees luteous to testa- 

 ceous. 



Antennae: First funicle plus ring-joint about sam.e length as pedi- 

 cel; fifth joint of funicle quadrate except in few specimens; first two 

 joints of club usually quadrate. Scape black. 



Species medium in size. 



Male (pi. 47, fig. 10). — Length, 2 mm. Praescutum as in female. 

 Pronotal spots usually large, occupying about two-thirds anterior 

 dorsal margin of prothorax ; ofton somewhat obscure or dull, giving 

 the anterior margin a brownish tint. 



Propodead groove usually complete; propodeum rugose except 

 when groove is incomplete, in which case it is granulose. 



Petiole shorter than hind coxae and about one and one-half times 

 as long as broad. 



Legs black except knees and distal portion of front femora (more 

 especially on anterior faces) which are testaceous; sometimes legs 

 are brownish-black; front tibiae usually dusky. 



Antennae: Flagellum with pedicel equal to or shorter than head 

 and thorax combined ; scape distinctly broadest near distal extremity 

 where there is a very prominent shoulder; scape distinctly broader 

 than first flagellar joint. Scape, exclusive of base, three times as long 

 as broad. 



Type-locality, — Alameda, California. 



Type.— Cat 'No. 21766, U.S.N.M. 



Described from many females and males in the United States 

 National Museum that were collected in Alameda County, Cali- 

 fornia, by Mr. Albert Kocbele and bear his numbers 396 and 407. It 

 makes inconspicuous galls in species of Elymus. Males normally 

 occur. 



HARMOLITA POOPHILA, new species. 



Plate 41, fig. 9 ; plate 44, fig. 13 ; plate 46, fig. 6 ; plate 47, fig. 5. 



Female. — ^Length, 2.5 mm. Praescutum rugidose. Pronotal spots 

 large, occupying one-half to two-thirds anterior dorsal margin of 

 prothorax. 



