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notum; spot or blotch on subalarum; and pair of small spots on base 
of scutellum; gaster pale orange ; legs black, slightly brownish-stained 
especially on tarsi ; wings vaguely darkened, particularly toward apex. 
Length of fore-wing : 7.O-7.4 mm. Flagellum: rather stout, slightly 
flattened below toward apex, 1st segment 5 .0-5. 7 times as long as 
deep apically. Clypeus: high, more or less symmetrically convex to 
bluntly subpyramidal in profile; apical margin almost truncate to 
gently convex, unusually sharp and a little reflexed especially toward 
corners. Malar space: 1.2-1.3 times as long as basal width of man- 
dible. Temple: o. 4-0.5 times as long as eye in dorsal view; strongly, 
directly receding. Genal and Oral Carinae: genal carina sharp and 
narrow, joining the moderately elevated oral carina below. Fore- 
tibia: not inflated. Pronotum: submarginal groove distinct but 
rather narrow and shallow; epomia strong in scrobe, continued, 
usually more irregularly, a subequal or greater distance below, often 
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Fig. 1. Trachysphyrus hoplites n. sp. female. Lateral view of apex of 
ovipositor. 
Fig. 2. Trachysphyrus hoplites n. sp. female. Lateral view of propo- 
deum. 
gently traceable mesad above but without a definite swelling above 
its upper end. Mesoscutum : notauli narrow and shallow, traceable 
about !/2 the length of mesoscutum; surface largely mat, granularly 
puncto-reticulate : dullest with more distinct small, shallow punc- 
tures and intercalated micro-reticulation toward centers of lobes ; more 
nearly shining and with stronger wrinkling along notauli, over a 
broad area behind their terminus, and on peripheries of lateral lobes. 
Mesopleuron: subalarum an unusually thin, crescentic lamella; 
speculum swollen and shining but often much invaded by strong 
