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Cleptes Blaisdelli n. sp. ^ — " 



^ Length about 5.5 mm.; width of thorax about 1.5 mm.; length of 

 wing 4 nun. 



Abdominal segments 1-3 ferruginous; fiagellum, mouthparts, anterior 

 trochanters, knees, tibiae, and tarsi ; middle trochanters femora, tibiae, 

 and tarsae, hind trochanters, tibiae, and tarsi, and 5th abdominal 

 tergite nonmetallic, 5th tergite and tarsi more or less piceous, the rest 

 dull black ; calcaria testaceous. 



Head, thorax and abdomen in general linely and sparsely punctured. 



Propodeum coarsely and deeply reticulate at its anterior middle, the 

 ridges evanescent posteriorly and laterally, its posterior margin nearly 

 straight and its angles produced not quite even with the middle, denti- 

 form but not strongly so, sides of propodeum smooth and shining, ist tergite 

 smooth and shining ; 2nd tergite smooth with fine deep evenly placed 

 punctures, 3rd and following finely rugulose with confluent setigerous 

 punctures. Wings brownisli, tegulae metallic with a brown posterior 

 discal spot. 



Descrilx'd from one i collectod l)_v Dr. F. E. Blaisdell ]May 

 15, 1884, at Poway, Cal. Type in the author's eolle^^'tioii. 



This fine species does not resemble any of the deserihei] 

 American species, the red al)donien ahuii<huitly distiiiunishiu^- 

 it. 



Cleptes purpuratus Cresson. 



The account of this species- in Aaron's Chrysidi(hie is mis- 

 leadinu'. The alidomen of the femak' is not at all similar in 

 color to the thorax and in the $ the refiections are feehlc. 



9 Head, thorax and legs to tlie femora metallic green with various 

 cupreous and golden reflections, the propodeum blue green, antennao 

 legs I)eneath the metallic reflections and the abdomen piceous brown, the 

 tibiae and tarsi more testaceous. 



Head and pronotum rather coarsely and sparsely punctured, tlie sur- 

 face between somewhat uneven, l)ut highly polished and shining; the 

 surface of mesonotum smootli highly polished and shining with finer 

 sparser punctures, scutellum much the same, the punctures obsolescent, 

 metanotum with the lateral depressed areas or pits dull, blue, propodeum 

 with the superior face irregularly reticulate throughout with two fine 

 converging carinae about one-third the distance from the sides to the 

 middle, its posterior carina well det'med nearly straight, the lateral angles 

 dentiform; mesopleura polished, rather sparsely coarsely punctured, 

 metapleura and sides of propodeum striate. 



Abdomen flattened above, highly polished, particularly the impunctate 

 1st tergite. 2-4 finely, evenly, and closely punctured excepting on the pos- 

 terior margins. The apical segment of the abdomen is indicated by 

 a tube extending from the 4th segment. 



