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69. Body about 5 mm.; crimson-purplish; scutellar apex finely punctuate. 



No. 75 warreni (Cockerell) . 

 Body not purplish 70 



70. Body indigo-blue; ovipositor at least one and one-half times as long as the 



body which is about 5 mm 71 



Body green or greenish-golden; never as above 72 



71. Propodeum rather coarsely sculptured, with large deep pits on the anterior 



margin and with a carina; scutellar apex with a more or less striate 



sculpture No. 76 racemareae Ashmead 



Propodeum not coarsely sculptured; no carina; scutellar apex minutely sculp- 

 tured No. 77 cinerosum Huber. 



72. Ovipositor as long as the body 73 



Ovipositor much longer than the body 74 



73. Body 3.5 mm.; hair vein originating at stigmal vein and extending back and 



upward toward the tip, and consisting of a single row of hairs; femora and 



tibiae testaceous No. 78 calif ornicum, variety subdolum Huber. 



Body 4.5 mm.; femora blackish, posterior tibiae blackish, except at tips; 

 abdomen coppery No. 79 maculipenne (Cameron).'' 



74. Scutellar apex occupying one-third of scutellum; pedicel and ring-joint com- 



bined two-thirds as long as first funicle joint; hind femora destinctly bulged 

 on lower margin beyond the middle and minutely roughened. 



No. 80 californicum (Ashmead) . 

 Scutellar apex occupying one-fourth of total area of scutellum; hind femora 

 with lower margin smooth and not bulged. 



No. 81 elegantissimum Ashmead. 



76. Thorax with some shade of purplish-crimson 76 



Thorax never with a crimson tint 78 



76. Ovipositor one-third as long as the abdomen No. 82 prunicola Huber. 



Ovipositor longer than the abdomen 77 



77. Propodeum with a carina No. 83 holcaspoidea (Ashmead). 



Propodeum not carinate; space between the large discoidal punctures finely 



reticulate No. 84 solidaginis Huber. 



78. Abdomen mostly yellow; tibiae yellow No. 85 osborni Huber. 



Abdomen with no yellow color 79 



79. Thoracic dorsum golden-green 80 



Thoracic dorsum never as above 81 



80. Joints of funicle all wider than long No. 86 umbilicatum (Gahan), 



Joints of funicle not all wider than long. 



No. 87 rugosipunctatum (Ashmead). 



81. Scutellar apex golden-green, the rest of thorax bluish-green; all tibiae testa- 



ceous No. 88 tricolor Huber. 



Scutellar apex not as above and tibiae not all testaceous 82 



82. Tibiae entirely black- No. 89 aztecum (Cameron).^ 



Tibiae not as above 83 



83. Scutellum not finely reticulated between punctures; apex of scutellum finely 



striate; hind tibiae generally infuscate, the others testaceous. 



No. 90 advenum Osteu Sacken. 



Scutellum finely reticulated between large punctures; hind tibiae infuscate 



only at extreme tip No. 91 smithi (Ashmead). 



' Placed from description. 



