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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  6T 
  

  

  but 
  complete; 
  hind 
  tibia 
  hardly 
  a 
  third 
  longer 
  than 
  femur; 
  basitarsus 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  three 
  following 
  joints. 
  Abdomen 
  faintly 
  shagreened 
  and 
  

   sparsely 
  and 
  finely 
  punctate; 
  first 
  tergite 
  polished, 
  three-fifths 
  as 
  

   wide 
  at 
  apex 
  as 
  long, 
  second 
  three-fourths, 
  third 
  nearly, 
  fourth 
  fully 
  

   as 
  wide 
  at 
  base 
  as 
  long, 
  others 
  much 
  shorter, 
  the 
  apical 
  three 
  retracted 
  

   within 
  fifth. 
  

  

  Black 
  with 
  abdomen 
  largely 
  red; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  with 
  yellow 
  

   markings 
  as 
  follows: 
  Orbits, 
  broad 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  narrow 
  behind 
  eyes; 
  

   malar 
  space; 
  face 
  except 
  a 
  median 
  black 
  point 
  above 
  and 
  a 
  curved 
  

   black 
  line 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  antenna 
  to 
  clypeal 
  fovea; 
  man- 
  

   dibles; 
  triangular 
  spots 
  at 
  origins 
  of 
  notauli; 
  base 
  of 
  tegula; 
  subalar 
  

   tubercle; 
  and 
  scutellum 
  laterally 
  and 
  apically; 
  antennae 
  black, 
  brown- 
  

   ish 
  beneath; 
  wings 
  suffused 
  brownish 
  hyaline, 
  veins 
  dark, 
  stigma 
  

   and 
  costa 
  pale; 
  legs 
  testaceous 
  to 
  stramineous, 
  hind 
  coxae 
  and 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  of 
  trochanter 
  except 
  at 
  apex, 
  middle 
  coxa 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  behind, 
  

   basal 
  joint 
  of 
  trochanter 
  behind, 
  and 
  front 
  coxa 
  at 
  base 
  black; 
  abdo- 
  

   men, 
  except 
  extreme 
  base 
  of 
  first 
  tergite 
  and 
  the 
  retracted 
  apical 
  

   joints, 
  which 
  are 
  piceous, 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  In 
  structure 
  and 
  sculpture 
  like 
  female, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  is 
  somewhat 
  more 
  slender 
  with 
  apical 
  tergite 
  not 
  retracted; 
  

   face 
  entirely, 
  cheeks, 
  antennae 
  beneath, 
  propleura, 
  a 
  small 
  spot 
  near 
  

   upper 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum, 
  a 
  long 
  oblique 
  streak 
  on 
  mesopleurum 
  

   extending 
  from 
  middle 
  coxa 
  to 
  anterior 
  margin; 
  a 
  median 
  spot 
  on 
  

   mesoscutum, 
  postscutellum, 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  apically 
  on 
  metapleurum, 
  

   and 
  a 
  narrow 
  subapical 
  band 
  on 
  first 
  tergite 
  also 
  yellow; 
  front 
  and 
  

   middle 
  legs, 
  except 
  extreme 
  base 
  of 
  coxae, 
  entirely 
  yellow; 
  hind 
  coxa 
  

   above 
  below 
  and 
  at 
  apex, 
  basal 
  joint 
  of 
  trochanter 
  apically 
  and 
  apical 
  

   joint 
  entirely, 
  base 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  femur, 
  tibia 
  except 
  its 
  fuscous 
  apex, 
  

   and 
  tarsus 
  largely 
  yellow; 
  hind 
  femur 
  piceous 
  with 
  a 
  paler 
  streak 
  

   above; 
  first 
  tergite, 
  except 
  as 
  noted 
  above, 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  

   black. 
  

  

  Host. 
  — 
  Epischnia 
  granitella 
  Ragonot. 
  

  

  Type-locality. 
  — 
  Crows 
  Landing, 
  Calif. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  C&t. 
  No. 
  27686, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  and 
  two 
  males 
  reared 
  from 
  the 
  host 
  during 
  December, 
  

   1911, 
  and 
  January, 
  1912, 
  by 
  F. 
  A. 
  Hyde, 
  under 
  Chittenden 
  No. 
  

   2109 
  03 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  paratype 
  male 
  is 
  less 
  extensively 
  yellow 
  than 
  the 
  allotype, 
  

   lacking 
  the 
  discal 
  mesoscutal 
  spot 
  and 
  those 
  on 
  postscutellum 
  and 
  

   metapleurum, 
  while 
  the 
  mesopleural 
  spot 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  an 
  irregu- 
  

   lar 
  streak 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  coxa 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  spot 
  near 
  

   anterior 
  margin, 
  and 
  the 
  submarginal 
  band 
  on 
  first 
  tergite 
  is 
  inter- 
  

   rupted 
  medially. 
  

  

  