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  in 
  some 
  examples, 
  but 
  in 
  others 
  quite 
  clear, 
  with 
  the 
  apex 
  only 
  

   infuscate; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  black 
  or 
  brownish 
  black, 
  the 
  coxae 
  

  

  x-18 
  

  

  slightly 
  darkened 
  and 
  metallic 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  at 
  least 
  outwardly, 
  

   the 
  mesosternum 
  is 
  brownish 
  or 
  pitchy 
  with 
  metallic 
  reflection, 
  

   the 
  mesepleura 
  very 
  distinctly 
  metallic 
  in 
  front, 
  but 
  elsewhere 
  

   slightly 
  or 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  ; 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  yellowish. 
  

  

  Head 
  appearing 
  finely 
  shagreened, 
  and 
  with 
  very 
  shallow 
  

   punctures 
  ; 
  thorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  pale 
  pubescence, 
  appearing 
  

   shagreened 
  from 
  the 
  close 
  reticulate 
  surface 
  sculpture 
  and 
  with 
  

   very 
  shallow 
  obsolescent 
  punctures 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  and 
  axillae 
  also 
  

   shagreened, 
  the 
  propodeum 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining; 
  wings 
  hyaline, 
  

   faintly 
  yellow-tinged, 
  the 
  neuration 
  pale, 
  but 
  darker 
  basally. 
  

   Abdomen 
  sculptured, 
  having 
  a 
  close 
  microscopic 
  reticulation 
  of 
  

   the 
  surface 
  ; 
  ovipositor 
  short, 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tarsi. 
  Length 
  2.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Male 
  dark 
  metallic 
  blue, 
  the 
  thorax 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  green 
  

   reflections, 
  the 
  legs 
  dark, 
  with 
  the 
  knees, 
  tips 
  of 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  

   tarsi 
  obscured 
  or 
  sordidly 
  pale 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  abdomen 
  brightly 
  

   metallic 
  blue, 
  the 
  rest 
  black 
  with 
  dark 
  purplish 
  tinge. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  subtriangular, 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  strongly 
  

   roimded, 
  the 
  lower 
  apical 
  angle 
  being 
  rounded 
  off 
  or 
  effaced 
  ; 
  

   the 
  pedicel 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  funicle 
  joints, 
  

   which 
  do 
  not 
  differ 
  much 
  from 
  one 
  another, 
  being 
  mostly 
  rather 
  

   longer 
  than 
  their 
  greatest 
  width, 
  and 
  densely 
  short-haired, 
  no- 
  

   ticeably 
  more 
  so 
  than 
  the 
  pedicel. 
  Thorax 
  appearing 
  shagreened 
  

   from 
  dense 
  microscopic 
  reticulation 
  and 
  with 
  feeble 
  punctures, 
  

   the 
  propodeum 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  clearer 
  

   (not 
  yellow-tinged) 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  a 
  large 
  oblique 
  hairless 
  

  

  