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upper part of nervellus 1.3 as long as lower. Propodeum: moder- 
ately short and high, basal face arched and strongly sloping behind, 
the apical face discrete, nearly vertical, 0.8 as long as basal face; area 
basalis apically truncate; basal trans-carina moderately strong, 
highest medially, but comparatively inconspicuous (especially lat- 
erad) among the strong surface reticulations; apical trans-carina 
irregularly detectable, best represented by its large, projecting, 
broadly subligulate cristae; median longitudinal carinae inconspic- 
uous and irregular, areola hexagonal and a little wider than long; 
lateral longitudinal carinae obsolete; surface with very coarse wrin- 
kling that is strongest and transversely biased on apical face, grossly 
reticulate on basal face between the trans-carinae, and contrastingly 
finer basad of basal trans-carina. First gastric tergite: postpetiole 1.8 
as wide at apex as long from spiracle to apex; dorsal carinae only 
faintly suggested in the supra-spiracular region, scarcely delimiting 
a median elevation; surface of postpetiole smooth and polished with 
scattered tiny punctures that become most numerous laterad. 
Second gastric tergite: thyridium much broader than long; surface 
smooth and polished with scarcely a trace of shagreening and with 
sparse but numerous tiny punctures that emit short, mostly well 
separated setae (which are densest laterad). Ovipositor: sheathed 
portion 0.56 as long as fore wing; gently upcurved; nodus compara- 
tively prominent, with a conspicuous notch but without a fossa 
extending forward from the notch; dorsal valve profile strongly and 
directly tapering between notch and apex; tip 0.26 as high at notch 
as long from notch to apex. 
Male. Differs from female as follows: Color: flagellum black 
with white above on segments 7 or 8-9, almost wholly white on 
segments 10-15, and sometimes irregularly white on segment 16; 
head and mesosoma with a subdued golden sheen in addition to 
purple and blue reflections; a fine white line on much of hind orbit; 
femora bright orange; tibiae duller orange; fore tarsus blackish with 
dull orange, best developed toward base, on 1st segment; mid tarsus 
blackish, grading into dull orange basad on 1st segment; hind tarsus 
almost wholly black. 
Length of fore wing: 8.0-12.0 mm. First flagellomere: 2.8 as long 
as deep apically. Clypeus: gently convex and a little bulging in pro- 
file; apical margin weakly convex. Malar space: 0.7-0. 8 as long as 
basal width of mandible. Temple: 1.0 as long as eye in dorsal view; 
