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apical white band interrupted medially; succeeding tergites more 
deeply black than in female, their white apical band broader and not 
narrowed above; white blotch on clasper; fore and mid trochanters 
with a brownish stripe above; hind femur slightly dusky near apex; 
hind tibia dull red, becoming gradually blackish above beyond base, 
especially on apical 0.5. 
Length of fore wing: 5.1 mm. First flagellomere: 3.6 as long as 
deep apically. Malar space: 0.7 as long as basal width of mandible. 
Temple: 0.50 as long as eye in dorsal view; rounded off and moder- 
ately receding. Mesoscutum: surface with stronger, larger, and more 
discrete punctures than in female, which are mostly adjacent to 
reticulately confluent on central lobe but which on lateral lobes 
become partly subadjacent with palpable interspaces. Propodeum: 
spiracle 2. 1 as long as wide; basal trans-carina very sharp and high; 
apical trans-carina a little irregular but strong and sharp; cristae 
large and strongly projecting short-ligulate; median longitudinal 
carinae sharp throughout, rather strongly but irregularly defining 
the median apical area; lateral longitudinal carinae strong and 
sharp; surface grossly reticulate. First gastric tergite: postpetiole 1.4 
as wide apically as long from spiracle to apex; surface of postpetiole 
smooth and shining with only a trace of micro-reticulation, its punc- 
tures even larger and sharper than in female but sparser, mostly 
subadjacent laterad; setae a little longer than in female but mostly 
well separated. Second gastric tergite: with punctures that are even 
larger, sharper, and denser (mostly subadjacent) than in female. 
Specimens Examined. 16? and 1(5: ARGENTINA, Buenos 
Aires Province, Olivos, XI-1952, J. Foerster (Ottawa); BRASIL, 
Parana State, Quatro Barros nr. Curitiba, 5-II-1966, H. and M. 
Townes (Townes). 
Relationships. Townes (1966: 72) has regarded C. huebrichi as 
a subspecies of the eastern North American C. planosae. The two 
entities, indeed, are closely related. They share such features as a 
delicate and sagittate ovipositor tip, lack of smooth areas on the 
mesocutum, and absence of strong wrinkles radiating from the 
mesopleural speculum. However, the following characters distin- 
guish C. huebrichi from its Nearctic congener: propodeum and 
mesopleuron black with white markings (versus extensively red as 
well as with black and white maculation), face mostly white (versus 
mostly black), lower metapleuron black with a large white blotch 
