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and subcosta decumbent, most of them about 0.3 as long as the stigma 

 is wide; nervellus broken near its upper 0.35; submetapleural carina 

 present on the front 0.15 to 0.8 of metasternum; first tergite about 1.8 

 as long as wide; clasper apically in the shape of a long fingerlike lobe. 

 Black. Clypeus, scape and pedicel except above, palpi, elongate 

 hind corner of pronotum, tegula, front and middle coxae, trochanters 

 and front and middle tibiae and tarsi, white; front and middle femora 

 fulvous, white at base and apex and in front; hind coxa and femur 

 fulvous, both white on extreme apex, the femur with a narrow sub- 

 apical fuscous band; hind tibia white, its apical 0.3 ± and a dorsal 

 stripe beyond its basal 0.3 ± fuscous; hind tarsus fuscous, the basal 

 0.25 ± of its basitarsus whitish. 



Figure 42. — Localities for 

 Pimpla decumbens. 



Female: Front wing 6.0 to 7.7 mm. long; clypeus about 2.25 as wide 

 as long; nervellus broken near its upper 0.35; first tergite about 1.45 

 as long as wide; ovipositor sheath about 2.6 as long as front wing; 

 dorsal part of basal three teeth of ovipositor tip turned a little forward. 



Black. Clypeus light reddish brown; palpi white; elongate hind 

 corner of pronotum, tegula, and second trochanters white; coxae ful- 

 vous, the front coxa whitish apically; first trochanter of front leg white, 

 tinged with fulvous behind; femora fulvous, their extreme apex white, 

 the hind femur infuscate subapically ; front and middle tibiae obscurely 

 varied with pale fulvous, whitish, and pale fuscous; front tarsus light 

 brownish; middle tarsus infuscate; hind tibia infuscate, darker apicall} r 

 and subbasally and its basal 0.2 ± whitish; hind tarsus fuscous, its 

 basitarsus whitish basally. 



Type: cf , near Estes Park, Colo., June 13, 1948, H., M., G., and D. 

 Townes (Washington, USNM 63685). 



Paratypes: 2c?, Victoria, B. C, May 5 and 11, 1926, W. Downes 

 (Ottawa), cf, Cazadero, Calif., Mar. 4, 1934, R. M. and G. E. Bohart 

 (Townes). cf, Donner Pass, Calif., Aug. 1, 1948, H., M., G., and D. 



