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dermestid larvae breeding in the refuse in the cocoons. Perhaps this 
should be considered a doubtful host record, since the notes are not 
extant. However, it seems a very logical association, since dermestids 
are the hosts of several species of Laelius. As I pointed out in 1965, 
the morphological gap between Laelius and Rhabdepyris sensu stricto 
is a very small one. 
Holotype. — Ecuador: Milagro, December 1922 (F. X. Wil- 
liams) [Bishop Mus., Honolulu]. 
Description of female type. — Length 3.1 mm; LFW 2.4 mm. 
Black; mandibles and antennae rufo-testaceous except flagellum 
weakly infuscated on upper surface; coxae and femora dark brown, 
legs otherwise bright rufo-testaceous; wings hyaline, veins and stigma 
amber. Clypeus sharply, obtusely angulate; third antennal segment 
about as long as thick. Head slightly higher than wide, WH .97 X 
LH ; vertex produced above eye tops by a distance equal to about half 
the eye height; front of moderate breadth, WF .59 X WH, 1.17 X 
HE ; front angle of ocellar triangle very slightly less than a right 
angle, OOL 1,25 X WOT. Front wholly alutaceous, with shallow, 
widely spaced punctures. Pronotum alutaceous but somewhat shining, 
strongly punctate, its posterior margin depressed but not paralleled 
by a groove. Scutellar groove a slightly arcuate band of nearly equal 
width throughout. Propodeal disc 1.2 X as wide as long, with five 
strong discal carinae plus strong lateral and sublateral carinae, all 
nine carinae reaching the posterior margin or nearly so. Front femora 
2.5 X as long as their maximum width. 
Allotype. — cf, Ecuador: same data as type [Bishop Mus., 
Honolulu]. 
Description of male allotype. — Length 2.8 mm; LFW 1.9 mm. 
Coloration as described for female. First four antennal segments in 
a ratio of about 17:7:7:8, segments three and eleven each about 1.2 
X as long as thick. WH/LH = 1.0; WF .63 X WH, 1.36 X 
HE; ocellar triangle rather broad, front angle about a right angle; 
OOL 1. 16 X WOT. Front alutaceous, somewhat shining, punc- 
tures inconspicuous. Pronotum and scutellar groove as described for 
female; propodeal disc 1.2 X as wide as long, carinate much as in 
the female; side-pieces of propodeum strongly beaded. 
Paratypes. — 5 99 j 1 cf , Ecuador : same data as type except 4 
99 dated December 4, 1922 [Bishop Mus., Honolulu; MCZ]. 
Variation. — - The females show only slight variation in size 
(LFW 2. 2-2. 4 mm) and only minor variation in color and sculpture; 
WH varies from .96 to 1.0 X LH, WF from 1.15 to 1.20 X HE, 
