HYMENOPTEROUS FAMILY STEPHANID.E. 753 



9. DAMELLICUS Westw. 



Stephanus damellicus Westw. (5), p. 126, pi. xxiv. fig. 2; 

 Schlett., p. 116, 5 . IIe7niste2)hanus damellicus Morley (1), p. 112. 

 Parastephanellus d. (2), p. 29, $ . 



Westwood's original description is as follows : — 



"Niger; capita et antennarum basi piceo-rufis ; pedunculo 

 abdominis pedibusque rufis ; capita antice trituberculato verticeque 

 carina parva transversa instructo, linea tenvii alba utrinque sub 

 oculos ; antennis gracillimis, pone medium f uscis ; collari trigono- 

 truncato, collo lasvi, metanoto basi serie striolarum brevissimarum 

 notato, pedunculo abdomen longitudine fequanti, ti^ansversim 

 Icevissime striolato ; abdomine ovali nitido, oviductu longitudine 

 caput et corpus totum sequanti ; pedibus posticis crassis, coxis 

 elongatis transversim carinatis, femoribus clavatis, subtus serratis 

 dentibusque tribus majoribus armatis ; tibiis pone medium subito 

 dilatis; tai-si posticis 3-aiticulatis ; alis liyalinis venis distinctis 

 nigris, stigmate nigro basi lutescenti. — Hah. Austral. In Mus. 

 Hopeano Oxoniae. 



" The mandibles are robust, their inner margin (seen from 

 above) has two obtuse teeth, seen laterally they are more 

 irregular. The marginal cell is slightly open at the tip, the vein 

 forming the hinder margin of the incomplete second submarginal 

 cell is abbreviated, and the second discoidal cell is incomplete, 

 the vein forming its hinder margin being obsolete. 



" tSpecies proxima Stephanus luematipyoda Montrouzier, Ann. 

 Soc. Agric. Lyon, T. vii. 1, p. 113. Hah. Woodlark Island." 



Having examined the beavitifully preserved type, I am able to 

 correct and complete the above description. 



Pi-ons anteriorly rugose-punctate, transrugose above, vertex 

 with a very conspicuous transverse carina, behind which the 

 head is arcuate rugose, becoming trans-striate towards the 

 strongly bordered posterior margin. The three anterior tubercles 

 very prominent, the two posterior subobsolete. Antennae very 

 slender ; basal flagellar joints normal. Neck smooth, semiannular 

 transrugose. Mesonotum coarsely but not closely rugose- 

 punctate ; metanotum (the small strip visible) longitudinally 

 striate. Mesopieurje finely ]3unctate ; metapleurte punctate and 

 separated from the rugose median segment by a line of 

 punctures. Petiole finely striate throughout, slightly shorter 

 than remainder of abdomen, which is smooth and shining. 

 Terebra slightly shorter thaii body. Hind legs with coxse strongly 

 trans-striate ; femora bidentate ; tibise compressed to slightly 

 beyond the middle. Black ; the anterior tubercles and the carina 

 on vertex are bright red, remainder of head and base of antennae 

 dull red, with a broad white line on each side, starting from the 

 posterior margin, passing under the ej^es, and meeting over the 

 mouth. Neck of pronotum, mesonotum partly, petiole, and legs 

 red. Wings hyaline, stigma rufescent, basally paler, nervures 

 black. 



