Pacific Species of Pulvilligera — MlLLlRON 
vated, with irregular carinae originating 
along anterior margin and directed postero- 
laterally, median ones strongest and forming 
an inverted V with arcuate sides, the posterior 
surface less strongly sculptured with trans- 
verse arcuate carinae; abdomen compressed, 
smooth and polished; ovipositor sheaths 
slender. 
Color, brown and black. Head brown, 
darker above, over vertex, temple, and occi- 
put; antenna black, scape and pedicel dark 
brown; thorax brown, with median longitu- 
dinal stripe darker (concolorous with abdo- 
men) and a dorso- lateral lighter and less dis- 
tinct longitudinal stripe most prominent over 
pronotum; legs brown, the middle pair some- 
what lighter. Propodeum and abdomen uni- 
formly dark brown; ovipositor sheath black. 
Vestiture mostly dark brown to black; 
some hairs on antenna suberect to erect, and 
those on thorax and abdomen somewhat 
longer and finer; wings nearly hyaline; vena- 
tion brown, approximate distal third of costal 
cell of front wing with short vestiture, denser 
and more noticeable anteriorly along margin; 
proximal two-thirds of submarginal vein with 
14 or 15 conspicuous bristles; stigma rather 
small, oval, directed toward outer wing mar- 
Fig. 4. Stigma of P. neo-caledonica female. 
gin and surrounded by a narrow infuscation 
(Fig. 4) , stigmal vein about as long as stig- 
mal width. 
Male: Length 9.5 mm.; abdomen 4.2 mm. 
Head similar to that of female, apparently 
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more sharply sculptured above; scape some- 
what wider and more strongly curved; pedi- 
cel oval, much narrower than scape but dis- 
tinctly wider than FI; all funicular segments 
long and slender, each not as markedly en- 
larged basally (and apically), with apparently 
somewhat fewer hairs (than in P. maxima ) ; 
form of thorax and propodeum similar to 
that of female though somewhat more 
sharply sculptured, and the mesoscutellum 
appears weakly longitudinally striate; basal 
segment of metatarsus slightly shorter than 
combined lengths of segments 2-4. Abdomen 
subdepressed with tergum III (apparent first), 
smooth, the others finely aciculate. 
Color similar to that of female except the 
scape is brownish-yellow and the remainder 
of the antenna black; abdominal tergum III 
dark brown; sterna, and remaining terga 
except amber posterior margin, are lighter 
brown. 
Body pubescence similar to that of female. 
Denser vestiture on anterior margin of the 
costal cell of the front wing does not extend 
quite to base of cell; proximal two-thirds of 
the submarginal vein with about 15 conspic- 
uous bristles; stigmal vein very short, the 
somewhat quadrate stigma subsessile, both 
bordered by an infuscated area which is most 
extensive below the stigma (Fig. 5). 
Fig. 5. Stigma of P. ne.o-caledonica male. 
types: Holotype, female, six miles east of 
Poindimie, New Caledonia, May 12, 1945 
(H. E. Milliron). Ex Pandanus seed, May 20, 
1945. U. S. National Museum catalogue 
