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Desc7'iption. — Black with red, yellow, or white spots; usual color 

 pattern of dorsum of thorax (fig. 10, d) ; color pattern of metafemur 

 (fig. 12, I) ; petiole brown, sometimes darker in middle or at apex; 

 gaster with transverse dorsal black bands. 



Female: 4.5 mm. Apex of antennal scape just attaining level of 

 jjosterior ocelli, ring segment one-fourth length of segment 4 ; 5 slightly 

 shorter than 4 ; segments 5 to 10 subequal, last three shorter, ultimate 

 segment blunt at apex ; scrobe cavity moderately deep, margin carinate 

 ventrad and on ventral one-third of lateral margins ; f rons uniformly 

 and densely punctured and covered with long, dense pubescence ex- 

 cept for narrow glabrous area dorsad of clypeus; interantennal pro- 

 jection provided with an apical carina, this carina continued dorsad up 

 scrobe cavity nearly to anterior ocellus; width of malar space one- 

 third height of compound eye; combined widths of compound eyes 

 equal to interocular space at level of antennal bases; right mandible 

 with one sharp dorsal tooth and two slightly smaller, acute ventral 

 ones; left mandible with two sharp teeth, dorsal one slightly larger; 

 frontogenal suture straight; diameter of posterior ocellus one-third 

 width of interocellar space. 



Dorsum of thorax deeply and thickly punctured, areas between 

 punctures minutely reticulated; anterolateral angles of pronotum 

 strongly carinate; anterior dorsal margin without a carina; meso- 

 praescutum as long as v/ide at widest point, parapsidal furrows dis- 

 tinct ; each axilla with a dense, transverse row of setae ; wings covered 

 by minute brown setae ; metepisternum deeply pitted, densely covered 

 by long pubescence; metacoxae shagreened on dorsal, inner, and ven- 

 tral surfaces, but elsewhere covered by large shallow pits, uniformly 

 pubescent except on outer dorsal surface, large rounded projection 

 present at apex on inner side; metafemur (fig. 12, Z) elongate, outer 

 surface uniformly and densely covered by short pubescence; ventral 

 margin with 18 to 20 teeth; large, blunt inner tooth present, apex of 

 metatibia sharp. 



Propodeum conspicuously carinate except on basolateral areas, two 

 strongly projecting teeth present at apex on either side of point of 

 insertion of petiole; petiole five-sixths the length of metacoxa, basal 

 lamina of petiole extremely wide, petiole slightl}^ enlarged near apex, 

 surface entirely glabrous and with only three or four setae on lateral 

 margins; gaster globose, slightly less than length of metafemur; ab- 

 dominal tergites 3 to 5 without setae, segments 6 and 7 with a few 

 scattered lateral setae ; eighth tergite uniformly covered by long white 

 setae; cercus oval, located near anterior margin of epipygiimi; apex 

 of ovipositor sheath minutely roughened. 



Male: 4 mm. Antennal scape (fig. 9, r) enlarged near apex; meta- 

 femur with 16 or 17 outer ventral teeth; inner tooth distinct, blunt; 



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