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colored transverse bands on the elytra are in stronger contrast to 
the rest of the body, but otherwise the two agree closely. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
Family Draprip&. 
Hemilexis jessei sp. nov. 
Female: (Fig. 3). Length 3 mm. Color jet black, except ‘the mandibles, 
front of the propleurz, petiole, antennz and legs, which are rufous. Head sub- 
globose, as broad as long and about as thick as long, sparsely punctulate, with 
scattered white pilosity; occipital border rounded, sides in front of eyes very 
slightly concave. Mandibles thick and short; bifid at tip. Eyes large, orbicular, 
little convex, black, located at sides of head posterior to middle. Ocelli small, 
arranged in a triangle. Antenne inserted at bases of flattened tubercles; contigu- 
ous at base; the scape clavate, about as long as head; apex of scape shortly excavated 
beneath, unarmed. Pedicel thickened toward apex, as long as the first funicular 
joint; first funicular joint a little longer than the second, joints 2-6 subequal; the 
last four subequal, forming a club. Prothorax above very short; in profile tri- 
angular; the pronotum thickly covered with white pubescence. Parapsidal furrows 
shallow, but distinct, extending the length of mesonotum. Mesonotum feebly, 
very sparsely punctate. Scutellum sparsely rugulose longitudinally, transversely 
Fig. 3. Hemilewxis jessei sp. nov. Q 
depressed posteriorly. Metanotum longitudinally carinate at middle, the surface 
rugulose. Petiole cylindrical, twice as long as broad, smooth and shining. Ab- 
domen smooth and very shining; somewhat depressed. Legs rather short, the 
femora narrow basally, and clavate at apex. Wings extending past tip of abdomen, 
the tips rounded; pilose; slightly infuscated; veins yellowish. 
