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and rather densely punctate; malar space distinctly less than half 

 as long as basal width of mandible; antennae more than half as 

 long as body, subapical joints only very slightly broader than long. 

 Teeth of claws larger than usually, front and middle claws with 

 three, hind claws with two teeth. Abdomen strongly attenuate from 

 apex of third tergite, first three tergites comprising less than half 

 total length of abdomen, tergites 5-7 hardly telescoped; oblique 

 furrows of second tergite reaching base but not meeting, their 

 extended angle acute; first tergite distinctly longer than broad. 



Black, with the following markings yellow : Face, clypeus, mandi- 

 bles, scape below, frontal and posterior orbits (the latter not con- 

 fluent across vertex but stopping at top of ej^es), anterior lateral 

 margins of mesoscutum, scutellum and a small spot on each side in 

 front, postscutellum and a small spot on each side, tegulae, humeral 

 angles of pronotum, subalar tubercle, streak along prepectal carina, 

 a broad band covering apices of propodeum and metapleura, and a 

 broad apical band on each of the first three tergites; flagellum en- 

 tirely black; coxae black; trochanters yellow, the basal joints more 

 or less testaceous; front and middle femora testaceous, more or less 

 yellow in front toward apex ; hind femur nearly black piceous ; front 

 and middle tibiae and all tarsi yellow; hind tibia yellow at base, 

 blackish at apex; wings deeply stained with yellowish, broad apices 

 and median cell inf umate ; median, basal and discoidal veins blackish, 

 other veins paler, stigma pale testaceous. 



Type locality. — Forest Hills, Massachusetts. 



Type.—G2it. No. 40448, U.S.N.M. 



One female captured October 3, 1924, by George Salt. 



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