No. 3659 SCOLIIDAE—KROMBEIN 3} 
male is 18 mm long with the forewing 16 mm. The genitalia are 
identical with those of bonguensis Betrem and other known Melanesian 
males of the subgenus Laevicampsomeris. The male keys to solomonis 
Krombein, couplet 10 (Krombein, 1963, p. 553), and cannot be 
separated from males of that species except by reference to label data. 
Campsomeris (Laevicampsomeris) solomonis solomonis, new status 
I am reducing this taxon to subspecific rank because of the discovery 
of the distinctive new subspecies described below. 
Solomon Islands: 1 &, Kukugai, Bougainville, 150 meters, Novem- 
ber 1960, W. W. Brandt. 1 o&, Ulo Crater, Vella Lavella Island, 10 
meters, 16 December 1963, P. Shanahan. 1 o, Pepele, Kolombangara 
Island, 0-30 meters, 3 February 1964, P. Shanahan. 12, 107, Dala, 
Malaita Island, 50 meters, 9-14 and 21 June 1964, J. and M. Sedlacek. 
2 #, Tambalia, 30 km west of Honiara, Guadalcanal, 22-25 May 
1964, R. Straatman, J. and M. Sedlacek. 19, Betikama River, 
Guadalcanal, August 1960, W. W. Brandt. 19, Wugiroga, San 
Cristoval, 9 August 1960, C. W. O’Brien. 1 o, Kira Kira, San Cris- 
toval, 0-50 meters, 10 November 1964, R. Straatman. 
Campsomeris (Laevicampsomeris) solomonis sedlaceki, new subspecies 
At first glance, this anomalous member of the subgenus Laevicamp- 
someris reminds one of a female of Campsomeris (adumeris) extranea 
levert Krombein without the narrow yellow bands on the first three 
abdominal terga; however, it has such Laevicampsomeris characters 
as the lack of a carina between the dorsal and lateral propodeal sur- 
faces, the very short, impunctate, nontuberculate median area of the 
dorsal propodeal surface, the pronounced oblique furrow on the 
scapula, large impunctate areas on the front, vertex, and thoracic 
dorsum, and the lack of a second recurrent vein in the forewing. What 
makes it so distinctive among the taxa of Laevicampsomeris is the 
bright fulvous vestiture on the entire body and the yellowish wings, 
whereas the vestiture and wings are black in the more typical members 
of the subgenus. 
In my key the female runs to solomonis, couplet 8, if one disregards 
the character of wing color in couplet 4. It is separated at once from 
typical solomonis by the color of the vestiture and wings. 
I assume that the male from Gizo Island, which I included in the 
type-series of typical solomonis, is actually the opposite sex of solomonis 
sedlaceki. It has the black integument, vestiture, and wings of solomonis 
males from other of the Solomon Islands. If this assumption is correct, 
we have in solomonis sedlaceki a taxon of Laevicampsomeris exhibiting 
a most unusual form of sexual dimorphism. 
