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proach the description closely. A peculiar unique is lielieved 

 to l)e the S . It is described as follows: 



Male black, only the anterior face of the front tibiae, as usual, and 

 the front tarsi a dull orange 3'ellow, and the fiagellum of the antennae 

 dull reddish beneath. Face a trifle liroader than Ions, not convex longi- 

 tudinally, moderately emarginate Ix'jiind, dull, front roughly rugulose, 

 fairly closely but not deeply punctate, clothed with pale hairs, smoother 

 alongside the antennal fossae, where there is a well marked depression, 

 the clypeus with ratlier large punctures towards the apex, cheeks very 

 short, the base of the mandibles nearly touching the eye, the supraclypeal 

 plate wide and short, the anterior margin nearly twice as long as the 

 lateral, antennal scape strongly dilated though evidently longer than wide, 

 posterior margin strongly curved, anterior margin straight, punctate 

 above, arched beneath. Mesonotum and scutellum dull but not exces- 

 sively so, and even with a faint sheen in certain lights, the former with 

 a microscopically line surface sculpture and sli.allowly though fairly 

 closely punctate, the latter somewhat more deeply and closely pitted and 

 both clothed with pale silvery hairs. Propodeum rugose, the anterior 

 area with an irregular network of wrinkles extending to the brow. 

 Abdomen more or less dull, the wings of the "th ventral segment rather 

 wide as in assiinulaiis and the process of the 8th ventral segment ex- 

 panded at the bend, the upper arm fairly long witli a fringe of long 

 hairs alwve and bifurcated outwardly somewhat as in coiiiccps. Wings 

 clear. 



VicTNA — riciiKi. /,■()(((' and roimccfi'iis a])])car t<i be closely 

 related forms. Is there not eromid for considerinii' only one 

 species present? The complex has a representative on each isl- 

 and in the gToup. Kauai, Oahn, ]\Iolokai and ]\lani examples 

 are hrio-hter than the Hawaii ones, hnt the £2,enitalia are tnii- 

 form tlii'oiiiihont, contirmini;- the closeness of the rclationshi]). 

 It is im])ossible to separate l-oae and riciiia for instance on th(^ 

 ])reseii('e or absence of yellow markings on the snpracly])('al 

 ]date and hind tibiae when Kanai exam])h's I'csomblc th;- IFa- 

 waii ones, with Oahii, ^Folokai liud ^laiii exani])les different. 



UxicA — iinlca. hifircp.^t and li-diiaicnsis foi'ni another com- 

 ])lex similai' to the ])re('edinu'. 



Xkot.kcta — n('t/l('cl(i=Iinlr((/,'iiJ(ie. 



Co.MKs — l)ears a strong- resemblance to conn'cps. I have 

 not material to conijiare the genitalia. 



CoxicKi's — A common form at Kilanea. As the descrip- 



