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polished, mth rather coarse, strong punctures that are separated by- 

 less than theu" diameter; transverse carinae of propodeum moderately 

 strong, weaker or obsolescent medially, the median part of both rather 

 strongly arched forward; sides of areolet moderately convergent; 

 second tergite of male weakly mat, with small, very weak, close punc- 

 tures; second tergite of female polished, with small sharp punctures 

 that are separated by about 2.5 their diameter; ovipositor sheath 

 about 0.80 as long as front wing, 



Male: Black. Facial orbit sometimes with a narrow whitish stripe; 

 tegula black; front and middle tibiae, apical 0.3 to 0.8 of front femm", 

 apical 0.1 to 0.6 of middle femur, usually apical 0.15 ± of fh"st abdom- 

 inal segment, all of second to fourth segments, and basal part of fifth 

 segment, f ulvof erruginous ; front tarsus fulvoferruginous, infuscate 

 apically; middle tarsus dark brown; hind femur fulvous at extreme 

 base, sometimes with extensive fulvoferruginous tinges, rarely mostly 

 fulvous; fourth and fifth segments of hind tarsus often partly to 

 entirely white, especially in larger specimens; third segment of hind 

 tarsus sometimes white apically; wings subhyaline. 



Female: Black. Antenna often with a brownish tinge basally; 

 flagellum with about 4 premedian segments white above; femora, 

 front and middle tibiae, apical 0.1 to 0.5 of first abdommal seg- 

 ment, all of second and third segments, fourth segment basally to 

 almost entirelj", and often fifth segment basallj", fulvoferruginous, the 

 front and middle femora blacldsh at base and the hind femur weakly 

 infuscate at base and strongly infuscate at apex (sometimes the hind 

 femur is more extensively infuscate) ; front and middle tarsi brownish 

 fulvous, a little darker apically; hind tibia brownish fulvous, its apical 

 0.12 ± infuscate; hind tarsus fuscous, paler at the incisures; wings 

 weakly infuscate; intersegmental membranes of apical part of abdomen 

 usually showing as whitish areas. 



Figures 57, 58. — Localities: 57 (left), Pycnocryptus alexanderi; 58 (right), P. director. 



