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postscutellum, rarely spot on hind part of metapleurum, usually 

 subapicolateral spot on propodeum, some or all of front and middle 

 coxae, usually front trochanters, often part of middle and hind 

 trochanters, narrow apicolateral stripe on first tergite (sometimes 

 continuous across entire apex and sometimes broken into a pair of 

 spots, or lacking), and four apical spots on second through seventh 

 tergites, white, the spots apicolateral and paramedian in position, the 

 apicolateral spot wedge-shaped and extending forward on lateral edge 

 of tergite, the paramedian spots broadly elliptical; apicolateral and 

 paramedian spots of the second tergite usually more or less fused; 

 apex of front and middle femora and often extreme apex of front 

 and middle tibiae ivory in front; hind tibia infuscate brownish; hind 

 tarsus fuscous; legs fulvous except as described otherwise, the hind 

 coxa, trochanters, and femur sometimes more or less infuscate. 



Figure 181. — Localities for 

 Rhyssa persuasGria. 



Female: Black. Orbits (widest on face, narrow or interrupted 

 above and posterodorsally, always broadly interrupted below), a pair 

 of triangular spots on collar, curved stripe along anteroventral margin 

 of pronotum, broad upper margin of pronotum from near epomia 

 almost to hind corner, tegula, subtegular ridge, nearly always a 

 roundish spot on mesopleurum near middle coxa, mesepimeron except 

 below, rarely an oblique dash in center of mesopleurum, large subapical 

 blotch on metapleurum, scutellum except basally and basolaterally, 

 postscutellum, large subapicolateral blotch on propodeum (rarely con- 

 nected with blotch on opposite side), sometimes more or less of front 

 and middle coxae in front, rarely part of top of hind coxa, stripe along 

 lateral edge of first and second tergites beginning near spiracle and 

 continuing around apical corner but usually not reaching midline 

 (the stripe on second tergite sometimes broken into two pairs of elon- 

 gate spots), large wedge-shaped spot along apical part of lateral margin 

 of third through seventh tergites, oval or triangular paramedian 



