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middle then out again; thus, then, a complete carina is just laterad of 

 the spiracle. Club with a terminal nipple, the club joints not long; 

 funicle 1 nearly a half longer than wide, somewhat longer than 3, 

 subequal to the pedicel, the latter longer than in asparagi which 

 bears a second, short ring-joint. 



From one female in the United States National Museum, labelled 

 "Tempe, Ariz., D. J. Caffrey. Jan.-Feb. Hym slide (antennae) 

 627." 



Type. — Cat. No. 19644, U.S.N.M., the above specimen on a tag, the 

 antennae on a slide. 



NEOTETRASTICHODES LONGICORPUS. new species. 



Female. — Length, 3.30 mm. Abdomen long, conic-ovate, twice the 

 length of the thorax. Dark metallic blue, the wings subhyaline, the 

 venation yellow brown, the following parts golden yellow : Head (ex- 

 cept upper two-thirds of occiput), legs (except the hind coxae and 

 base of the middle coxae), pronotum, except an inverted fleur-de-lis 

 centrally and which bears a slender bow caudad of the others but 

 originating a little laterad of its base (and excepting caudal and 

 cephalic margins narrowly), lateral margin of scutum, somewhat 

 over the distal third of the latter (a little more at meson), scutellum 

 except at immediate base slightly between the first grooves, parap- 

 sides except their cephalic apex broadly and broadly less distinctly 

 along the whole meson except immediately caudad of the dark blue of 

 the apex, axillae except an obtriangular projection from cephalic 

 apex to the middle, mesopleurum under the wing insertion, prepectus 

 except dorsal edge, propleurum except ventro-cephalad, apex of the 

 pedicel and ventral edge of the scape more or less. Forewings with 

 a short postmarginal vein, the stigmal of moderate length. A row of 

 punctures along lateral margin of the scutum and along the caudal 

 margin of the pronotum. Tegulae yellow. Club with a terminal 

 nipple. Flagellum dark brownish. Pedicel subelongate, two and a 

 half times longer than wide at apex, distinctly shorter than funicle 1 

 which is over twice longer than wide ; funicle 3 only slightly shorter 

 than 1, longer than club 1 but only slightly so. Propodeum with a 

 short, broad, complete, strong median carina which forks at apex, no 

 lateral carinae. Postscutellum yellowish brown with a metallic 

 greenish meson. 



From a female on a tag labeled, " Las Vegas, N. Mexico, 8, 8, 

 Barber and Schwarz." 



Type. — Cat. No. 19645, U.S.N.M., the above specimen on a tag, the 

 antennae on a slide. 



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