563 



Antennae inserted soniewliat above tlie mi(l<lle of tlie face as seen 

 in frontal view of lieail or a little above the lower corners of the eyes; 

 scape enormously exjjandeil beneath, strongly convex on the inner face and 

 concave on the outer; pedicel nearly ovate in outline, about equal to 

 the first funiele joint in length and twice as wide; flagelluni slender 

 and cylindrical; tiie second of the three ring-joints shortest, the third 

 longest, or about twice as long as the first and somewhat longer on its 

 inner side, the first joint about a fourth longer again than the second; 

 first funiele joint aliout a fourth longer than the second and a third 

 longer than cither the third oi- fourth joint, the latter somewhar 

 thicker than the j)rcceding joints; club alxnit. as long as the last 

 three funiele joints combined and Jiardly wider, the first two joints 

 sube(jual and somewhat shorter than the third, which is triangular in 

 outline with a long cylindrical ni|iple fully one-half as long as the 

 basal ]iart of the joint. Bristles on antennae nearly as in the female, 

 but those on the scape and pedicel hardly weaker than the smaller 

 ones on tiie funiele; these with enlarged base occur near apex of the 

 last two funiele joints and on the first two joints of the club. 



Thorax nearly as ■in the female, tlie submedian sulci of scutellum 

 slightly diverging beliijnl; \Aings a!id legs as in the female, the front 

 tarsi not i7io<lified. Alxlomen hardlv longer than the head and thorax 

 combined, its sides j.arallel and the apex much less acutely j)ointed 

 than in the female. Sculjitnre similar to that of the female but rather 

 finer and more delicate, the inner or dorsal surface of the scape minutely 

 and alutaceously roughened. 



Length of body: (0.80 to) 1.13; width of mesoscutum: 0.2G1 ; 

 length of abdomen 0.563; length and width of forewing: 1.02 by 0.327; 

 length and width of hindwing: 0.S53 by 0.106; length and width of 

 scape excluding radicle: 0.259 by 0.181; length of pedicel: 0.089; 

 length of flagellum : 0.438 mm. 



Described from the following Hawaiian material all from 

 the eggs of Pcrkiiisiclla succliaricida Kirkaldy: Ten females, 

 three males, reared October 11-17, 1*M8, All. \'iew, Hawaii 

 fSwcrjcvi. ( holotype female, allcit}-pe and paratypes ) ; one 

 female reared b'ebruary 14, l'U8, from same locality ( Su'c.':cy ) , 

 (paratyi)e); five females, eight males reared March 19-21, 

 1919, Hilo Sugar Co., Hawaii (Sweccy/. ( jiaratypes ) : one 

 male reared February 19, 1918, \\'ai])io, ( )ahu. ( paral\])e ) : 

 one female reared July 5, 1918, Paauhau, Hawaii ( ll'Uiuuns / , 

 (paratype); one female reared July 8, 1918. llonokaa, Hawaii 

 firHHams), (paratype); one female reared June 26, 1918, 

 Koloa Gap, Kauai fT'unherlakc ) . ( ])aratype ) ; .^'> females, 17 

 males, froni breeding cages, Honolulu, during l'>16 and 1917 



