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found to be dixidcd l>y a nit-dian unchitinizcd area into two lobes, the 

 right lobe overlapping the left; the cerci short and thick, inserted on 

 either side of the truncate apex. Eighth vcntritc similar in sliape to the 

 seventh tergite but not more than one-half as large; stipites (valvulae) 

 of the genitalia black, covered externally with a tine, black pubescence, 

 not very wide at base, somewhat over twice as long as the basal width, 

 and tapering towards tlie rounded apex ; sagittae piceous. united to form 

 a ligulate organ about three times as long as wide, and somewhat 

 curved downward at the acute apex. Wings and legs as in female, but 

 the tarsi slightly shorter, the apical joint not quite so elongate, the claws 

 rather larger and more curved at apex. 



Sculpture and impressions ver\' nearly the same throughout as in the 

 female. l>ul the spiracular protuberance at t''>e basal corners of the ter- 

 gites smaller, the l>asal segment smoothish t'Ctween the carinae on the 

 basal third, becoming punctate above between the apices of the carinae; 

 and a longitudinal, median impression present on the second tergite 

 between the gastrocoeli. Pubescence similar throughout to that of female, 

 but considerably longer on the face and somewhat longer on the propo- 

 •deum. 



Length : 6.75 to 9 mm. 



Described froiu two females, four males, all except one 

 collected by Mr. Swezey. Type female, ]\It. View, Hawaii, 

 Aug. •22. 1012; paratype female, Ookala, Hawaii, Mar. 22, 

 lOOC: allotype male, !Niulii, Hawaii, May 19, 1917; paratype 

 male. Pahala, Hawaii, May 21, 19ir>; paratype male, Kohala, 

 Hawaii, June 1909 (F. AV. Teriy ) ; paratype male, Kipahulu. 

 ]\raui, July 1."), 19(M). Ty|)es in the collection of the Hawaiian 

 Entouioloo-ical Society. 



This s])ecies does not occur on Oahu a]>parently, tis it can 

 hardly l)e the undetermined ''Pimpla" species mentioned by 

 Perkius (Fauna Hawaiiensis, 2, part C, 1910, p. (i76), since 

 under any ordinary circuuistances it woidd uot be called 

 ''commonplace". 



