HYMENOPXEROUS FAMILY STEPHANID.E. 



749 



sparsely foveate punctate, with punctate median line ; scutellum 

 smooth, with coarse lateral punctures. Mesopleurfe pubescent in 

 front, smooth and shining behind ; metapleura? irregularly 

 rugose. Median segment with difiuse, large, and shallow 

 punctures, separated from the metapleurse by a smooth sulcus 

 and a reticulate ridge. Petiole two-thirds as long as thorax, 

 trans-striate above, irregularly rugose latei-ally and below ; 

 remaining segments polished. Claspers short, basally smooth, 

 apical half punctate and hairy, apex rounded, with dense fringe 

 of short hairs. Hind coxae trans-striate, with a smooth area 

 externally near the base. Hind femora tridentate. 



Black ; face to just above antennae and inner orbits narrowly 

 pale yellowish, outer orbits more widely above white. Palpi and 

 antennae piceous, ba;^e of flagellum fuscous ; propleuras below 

 rufous ; front legs anteriorly brown -yellow ; all knees and apices 

 of tibite are whitish, all tarsi honey-yellow. Wings slightly 

 infuscate ; stigma about half as wide as radial cell, petiole of 

 discoidal cell short. 



Length 7-8 mm. 



Habitat : Fulkora, Solomon Islands (F. W. Mann). Type and 

 paratype in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 

 College, U.S.A. 



The black head and the sculpture of pronotum and median 

 segment will distinguish this species from the only other of 

 similar size with tridentate hind femora {glaher Elliott). 



3. GLABER Elliott. 



Parastephandlus glaher Elliott (2), p. 129, 5 . 

 $ . Frons arcuate rugose, vertex strongly transrugose, 

 occiput becoming gradually smoother towards the slightly raised 

 posterior margin, and with distinct longitudinal impression ; 

 carina between the posterior ocelli ver}^ inconspicuous, scarcely 

 to be distinguished from the transverse striae ; anterior frontal 

 tubercle very prominent. Cheeks shorter than scape ; basal 

 flagellar joints normal. Prothorax glabrous. Neck rather short ; 

 mesonotum smooth ; scutellum with marginal punctures only ; 

 pro- and meso-pleura? very finely alutaceous, metapleurse almost 

 smooth and median segment with scarcely any visible sculpture. 

 The pleurae, abdomen beneath, and the legs with erect white 

 hairs. Petiole very finely trans-striate, slightly longer than rest 

 of abdomen, which is smooth. Terebra longer than body, 

 sheaths black. Hind legs with coxae finely trans-striate, femora 

 smooth, tridentate ; tibi^ compressed to middle. 



Black ; head rufescent, with white line under eyes as in 

 P. damellicus Westw. ; a testaceous mark on frons just below 

 the anterior tubercle, which is pale rufescent. Legs rufescent, 

 base and apex of tibiae paler and all metatarsi whitish. 



Length 8 mm. ; abdomen 4| mm. ; petiole 2^ mm. ; terebra 

 11 mm. 



Habitat : Singapore, " F. Sm. Coll." 



