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parts nnicli diluteil or bniwnish and restricted to tlie dorsal side: apex 

 of the last joint of the front and middle tarsi with their claws blackish. 



Eyes less emarginate, the face more distinctly protuberant ; antennae 

 much stouter with the flagellum slightly attenuated towards the apex 

 and composed of 26 to 29 joints. Abdomen about a half longer than 

 the head and thorax, slenderer; the basal tergite about a Iialf longer 

 than wide, hardly narrowed at base, its basal part distinctly excavated 

 and shorter than the apical portion, which is about as long as wide 

 or a little longer ; second tergite about as long as wide, or sometimes 

 slightly longer than wide, the four following tergites about equally long 

 and all transverse ; the seventh tergite narrowed towards apex and 

 about as long as its apical width ; the eighth small and often retracted or 

 concealed within the seventh, divided into two lobes by an oblique 

 angulated suture down the middle, the left lobe overlapping the rigiit, 

 the cerci short and rather stout, situated on either side of the truncate 

 apex ; eighth ventrite triangular with the apex rounded, stipites (or 

 valvulae) of the genitalia black, covered externally with a fine, white, 

 moderately thick pubescence, somewhat over twice as long as wide at 

 base, tapering to the rounded apex (sometimes appearing very acute at 

 apex if folded in drying) ; sagittae united with a median suture evident, 

 ligulate, about four times as long as wide at base, tapering very gradually 

 to the rounded apex, apically curved downward and testaceous in color. 



Sculpture for the most part much finer than in the female, especially 

 on the propodeum and abdomen ; the propodeum almost always with 

 the transverse wrinkles on the disk much reduced or entirely absent 

 especially in smaller specimens, the smooth area of the petiolar region 

 then extending forward narrowly to the base ; abdomen finely, closely 

 punctate, with the puncturation finer on the apical tergites, being still 

 distinct on the sixth, much less so on the seventh and absent on the 

 eighth ; apical margin of the first six tergites distinctly elevated and im- 

 punctate, and like the smoother parts of the following tergites very finely 

 reticulate ; the basal excavation of the first tergite smooth, shining and 

 not reticulate. 



Pubescence on the whole more abundant and prominent than in tlic 

 female, being especially long and prominent on the sides of the propo- 

 deum; the tergites of abdomen except the eiglitli all rather dcnsclx' 

 pubescent with fine, short, white hair. 



Length : 4 to 8 mm. 



This species has heen reeorch'd from Hawaii, Laiiai, .Maui, 

 IVIolokai and Oahu hy Ashmead and also occurs on Kauai, 

 where it has been collected by Terry, Swezey, Knsche and the 

 writer. It is found at all elevations, but apparently it is (]nite 

 as common if not more so in the lowlands, and is often almnd- 

 ant in ITonolnlu. 



