895 



ti«ni ill tlic Faiiiiii is vcrv iiiciiiirc in <lctails, F vodescribo it 

 l)('l(nv : 



^ Mack, the clypciis lidwevcr willi tlie exception of a narrow strij) 

 along the anterior margin and a wider area along the lateral and poste- 

 rior margins, also somewhat produced triangular markings laterally out- 

 side the clypeus, the anterior til)iae in front and the posterior ones nar- 

 rowly at the hase yellow; tarsi reddisli brown. Dull, the liead emargi- 

 nate Iichind. the face fairly wide, closrly and rather deeply punctate 

 above tlie antennae, witli a very evident plaga inmiediately behind the 

 antennae, supraclypcal plate a little wider tlian long, cheeks extremely 

 short, scape of antennae dilated but nearly twice as long as wide, hind 

 margin somewhat curved, anterior margin almost straight, arched beneath. 

 j\lesoscutum and scutellum rugulose, shallowdy and not too closely punc- 

 tate, propodeum finely rugose and wrinkled anteriorly. Wings somewhat 

 infuscate. Abdomen brighter than the head and thorax but hardly shin- 

 ing, the wings of the "th ventral segment narrow, short and sKnder, 

 process of the 8th ventral segment short and slightly curved, greatly 

 expanded above, the expansion fringed with long hairs ; the bifurcations 

 also expanded with the surfaces clothed and the edges fringed with 

 fairly long hairs. 



l)t>sci'il)C(l from a spceimcii aiitlioiiticatcil l>y Dr. Perkins. 



9 referred to this ^^ black throughout and brighter than the £ , 

 shining. Head deeply emarginate, closely and deeply punctate above the 

 antennae, the punctures rather coarse, becoming finer near the center. 

 supraclypcal plate short and wide, clypeus rugulose. shallowly but not 

 finely punctate, mesoscutum and scutellum finely rugulose, evenly and 

 closely punctate, the punctures sparser on the latter. Propodeum finely 

 rugose and wrinkled anteriorly. Abdomen fairly smootii and shining. 

 ^^'ings infuscate with pronounced bluish reflections. 



DiMKTojjrM — coiiinKMi at Ivilaiica. 



Si'EcrLAiiis — considered tlie 9 of lioincoclno^ia on the 

 strength of their similarity and having been taken together on 

 several occasions. 



Dim 11)] ATA — 2 $ $ and 1 9 specimens taken at Kalmkii, 

 Kan, are referred to tlii.s. These forms are certainly rightly 

 associated, bnt the $ does not conform to the description in 

 Fanna Hawaiiensis, and. it is believed the original association 

 was wrong. The Kahnku specimen is described as follows : 



Female 1)lack with two yellow lateral spots, an interrupteil thin yellow 

 line on prothorax posteriorly, yellow tubercles and the base of the front 

 and middle tibiae narrowly and the hind tibiae rather widely yellow 

 banded. Head wide and of moderate length, fairly thick, emarginate be- 



