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remaining portion of the abdomen. The ovipositor ie as long as the insect and 

 brownish, the sheaths black with a broad white annulus near the apex, almost 

 as long as the ovipositor. The insect is shining and black and inconspicuously 

 clothed with whitish or silvery pubescence; flagellum at base, middle and an- 

 terior legs, except the coxa?, posterior legs with trochanters, femora at base and 

 apex, and tarsi more or less, brownish ; teguk\3, malar space in part and mandi- 

 bles on basal half more or less brownish. This is much smaller than the smallest 

 size given by Schletterer in his monograph, but the size is undoubtedly the most 

 unstable feature of this species. 



Type : University of Kansas. Type locality : Kansas Cityj Jackson county, 

 Missouri. Geo. C. Mackenzie, 1899. 



