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below; frons and vertex coriaceous with a tendency to rugulos- 
ity just above the antennae; occiput smooth; lateral ocelli in 
distinct pits ; postocellar line distinctly shorter than the ocelloc- 
ular line ; antennae rater short, scarcely thickening apically, 
the third joint distinctly longer than the fourth; anterior 
dorsal margin of pronotum carinate, not dentate laterally; 
scutum polished, with well-separated punctures, parapsidal 
furrows not indicated; scutellum and metanotum with only 
setigerous punctures; base of propodeum with a triangularly 
shaped, depressed area which is crossed by about twelve rugae; 
the median sulcus distinct, deep; posterior surface of the 
propodeum coriaceous ; mesepisternum polished, with only 
setigerous punctures, sutures not foveolate; petiole cylindrical, 
curved, almost as long as hind trochanter and femur; longer 
calcarium of hind tibia shorter than hind basitarsus; first 
recurrent received by the second cubital near the base; second 
recurrent received well within the third cubital cell. Black, 
with abundant yellow marks; flagellum testaceous; mandibles, 
scape, pronotum dorsally, tubercles, tegulae, large spot on 
mesepisternum, spot below hind wings, scutum except three 
broad lines, scutellum, metanotum, propodeum except basal 
depressed area and median line yellow; legs yellow, hind 
femora, tibiae, and tarsi testaceous ; petiole yellow at base, black 
apically ; gaster reddish ; body sparsely clothed with silvery hair ; 
wings clear hyaline; venation testaceous. 
Type locality . — Mount Banahao, Luzon. Described from one 
female received from C. F. Baker. 
Type . — Catalogue No. 22841, United States National Museum. 
2. First and third cubital cells each receiving a recurrent vein, 
c. Body almost entirely black. 
Biodontus tuberculifrons sp. nov. 
Female. — Length, 8.5 millimeters. Clypeus flat, with sepa- 
rate, distinct punctures, the apical margin straight, with two 
median teeth; face sculptured like the clypeus; facial protu- 
berance nearly as wide as face, rounded laterally and emarginate 
medially where the strong frontal carina joins it; frontal 
carina from anterior ocellus to between bases of antennae weak ;. 
frons, vertex, and posterior orbits smooth, shining, very sparsely 
punctured ; intraocellar area strongly raised, punctures distinct ; 
ocelli in an equilateral triangle, postocellar line subequal with 
the ocellocular line; on the frons opposite the top of the eye 
is an elongate convex tubercle; scape rather short, the outer 
