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ured Metapleiirae with the apex and upper basal half strongly striated, 

 the lower basal half rugosely punctured. The two basal areae on the 

 metanotum are smooth and shining, about one-quarter longer than wide, 

 of equal width throughout and with the apex transverse. Male. Length 

 7 mm. Ormsby county, Nevada. 

 3438 Paratiphia bakeri sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with cinerous pubescence, the clypeus and a 

 mark on the basal third of the mandibles yellowish white, the apex of 

 the mandibles rufous; wings clear hyaline, the stigma and nervures 

 black; the first abscissa of radius slightly shorter than the second. 

 Male. Length 8 mm. Ormsby county, Nevada. 



Front and vertex closely and strongly punctured, a smooth space in 

 front of and at the sides of the ocelli; the hair on them long and dense. 

 Clypeus sparsely, but strongly punctured its apex in the middle broadly 

 roundly projecting. Pronotum strongly closely punctured to the basal 

 transverse keel, its apical slope coarsely shagreened. Mesonotum with 

 two rows of transverse punctures near the base; the sides and apex 

 irregularly punctured, the centre smooth. Scutellum strongly, closely 

 punctured, the postscutellum more closely and rugosely punctured. The 

 two rows of areae on the base of metanotum are large and deep, the 

 central two are large, wde, about one-half longer than wide and with 

 the apex rounded, not transverse, the apical slope punctured, Pro- and 

 mesopleurae closely and strongly punctured, the latter more closely 

 than the former. Abdomen closely strongly punctured; the pygidium 

 with a smooth narrow keel down the middle, extending from the buse 

 to the apex, the sides with large, deep, clearly separated punctures; 

 there is a smooth broad line down the centre of the hypopygium. Hind 

 tibiae with eight spines, the basal three small and close together. 



