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Sides and posterior face of propodeum with the surface somewhat 

 obscured by minute appressed scattered cinerous pubescence; first tergite 

 with an apical interrupted band of white dense pubescence. 



Surface opaque, microscopically lineolate between the coarse cribrate 

 punctures of the head, thorax and first tergite. Punctures of the clypeus 

 large shallow umbilicate, separated from each other a little less than 

 their diameter, those of the face deeper and closer, the eyes are sur- 

 rounded by a punctate furrow with finer punctures in front, distinctly 

 margined, the margin continued to the level of the anterior ocellus. 

 Eyes converging nearly one-half below, malar space nearly linear, cly- 

 peus a little higher than broad, supraclypeal area elevated, triangular, 

 acuminate into a carina disappearing before it reaches the anterior 

 ocellus. 



Collar anteriorly carinate, subinterrupted in the middle ; mesonotum 

 coarsely, strongly and confluently punctured, parapsidal and median fur- 

 rows indicated only as straight narrow lines. Tegulae with a few fine 

 shallow punctures. Scutellum a little over 2/5 as long as wide, more 

 sparsely punctured than the mesonotum, its posterior margin impressed 

 on either side the middle and the lateral angle produced into a tooth. 

 Metanotum elevated, impressed in front and behind so that an elevated 

 rina alone connects the two sides, the posterior angles on either side end 

 in a blunt tooth. Superior face of propodeum separated from the sides 

 and posterior face by carinae, the posterior carina costate ; the area 

 bounded by a weak carina, the surface bears a few weak coarse wrinkles 

 two of which more or less bound a small triangular inner area and con- 

 tinue after uniting to the posterior carina. Mesopleura more sparsely 

 punctured than the mesonotum. Sides and posterior face of propodeum 

 impunctate, finer sculpture not visible for the fine pubescence. 



First tergite strongly punctate, the punctures more separated than on 

 the mesonotum ; the remaining tergites only very finely and indistinctly 

 minutely punctured, none of the tergites very much contracted at apex. 

 The first recurrent is received by the first cubital cell near its apex; the 

 second is interstitial or received a little before the second transverse 

 cubitus. 



$ Resembles the female, but the sculpture particularly of the propo- 

 deum is somewhat coarser. The teeth of the scutellum and metanotum 

 are more produced, those of the metanotum becoming long spines more 

 than half as long as the distance between them. The second tergite 

 is rather strongly but much more finely punctured than the first and 

 both are strongly contracted at apex. 



The markings of the collar are reduced, a triangular yellow spot with 

 the apex down lies beneath the antennae and against the margin of the 

 supraclypeal area and the clypeus but does not touch the orbit, anterior 

 tibiae and tarsi outwardly with a pale stripe. 



The discussion of the genitalia given under the genus applies to this 

 species. 



Length 4.5-5 mm., wing 5 mm. Some males smaller. 



