Pacific Species of Pulvilligera — MlLLlRON 
latter though somewhat paler) brownish- 
orange, except pale median longitudinal in- 
fuscation on mesopraescutum and mesoscutel- 
lum; base of abdomen with little brown, and 
somewhat deeper amber distally above, other- 
wise abdomen is concolorous with thorax; 
ovipositor sheath black. 
Vestiture throughout rather sparse and 
fine, that on head, body above, antenna, and 
ovipositor sheath black, elsewhere mostly 
pale. Wing subhyaline, its vestiture along 
the anterior margin of costal cell restricted 
to distal half; venation brown to dark brown; 
stigma rather small, more-or-less oval, and 
narrowly surrounded by infuscation (Fig. 6), 
the stigmal vein about as long as the greatest 
stigmal width. 
Fig. 6. Stigma of P. solomonensis female. 
Male: Length 7.5 mm.; abdomen 3.5 mm. 
Form of head like that of the female; scape 
distinctly the widest segment of the antenna, 
compressed, and evenly curved; pedicel little 
wider than the base of FI; funicular segments 
all several times longer than wide, FI about 
equal to FVI, shorter than FII-V inclusive 
but longer than FVII, each noticeably swollen 
at the base but less so distally, the pubescence 
not dense and appearing less "verticillate” 
than in P. maxima. Sculpture of thorax and 
propodeum similar to that of female, the 
basal segments of the metatarsus distinctly 
shorter than the combined lengths of seg- 
ments 2-5 inclusive. Abdomen depressed; 
tergum III (apparent first) smooth, those 
beyond very finely aciculate. 
Color brownish-yellow and dark brown to 
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black. Coloration of head similar to that of 
the female; scape and pedicel brown, the 
former somewhat paler basally; remainder of 
antenna black. Thorax and legs brownish- 
yellow (or brownish-orange), dorsally with 
three rather distinct longitudinal brownish 
stripes, the median one extending over pro- 
notum, mesopraescutum, and mesoscutellum 
approximately to the transverse line, and two 
dorso-lateral ones each extending over the 
pronotum and mesoscutum. Propodeum with 
some brownish color across the median area; 
abdomen dark brown to black above, median 
terga laterally and the sterna brownish- 
yellow. 
Vestiture similar to that of female. Wing 
subhyaline, with dark brown to black vena- 
tion; proximal two-thirds of submarginal vein 
with about 17-18 conspicuous bristles; dense 
vestiture along anterior margin of costal cell 
of front wing not extending quite to base of 
cell; stigma broadly oval (to subquadrate), 
nearly subsessile, and surrounded by distinct 
infuscated area (Fig. 7). 
Fig. 7. Stigma of P. solomonensis male. 
TYPES: Holotype, female, six miles from 
mouth of Tenaru River, Guadalcanal, August 
13, 1944 (H. E. Milliron). Ex seed of 
Pandanus, reared August 14, 1944. U. S. 
National Museum catalogue number 59290. 
Allotype, male, with the same data. Para- 
types: 44 females and 24 males, with same 
data as the type, all reared between August 
14-25, 1944. All of these are deposited in 
the collection of the U. S. National Museum, 
as are 38 females and 6 males in alcohol, 
with the same data as the type except that 
these were reared on August 15, 1944. 
