20 HYMENOPTEBA. 



7. Selandria coccinata. 



Selandria coccinata, Norton, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 85 x ; Cresson, /. c. viii. p. 42. 

 Hab. Mexico 1 . 



8. Selandria mutica. 



Nigra, ore pedibusque albis, taxsis posticis et tibiarum apice nigris, tegulis, pronoto mesonotoque mfis ; alia 



snbhyalinis, costa et stigmate nigris. 

 Long. 7 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Capetillo {Champion). 



In coloration this species resembles 8. crassa, except that the antennae are entirely 

 black, and the pleurae under the wings are not so broadly red, and it differs from it in 

 the body being longer and narrower compared with the breadth. The antennae are shorter 

 compared with the length of the body, and do not taper so much towards the apex ; they 

 are thicker, and the last four joints are more abruptly shorter. The frontal foveae are 

 larger, the middle especially, and it is not placed so much below the others. The 

 transverse radial nervure is received quite close to the third transverse cubital, and 

 the transverse median nearer the middle of the cellule. The third joint of the posterior 

 tarsi is double the length of the fourth, which is not the case with S. crassa ; and the 

 claws are simple, not cleft as in the latter. 



I thought at first that this was S. diversvpes, Kirby ; but Mr. Kirby has compared 

 the species I have referred to Strongylog aster with his type, and tells me that it 

 is undoubtedly his species. S. mutica is very like S. diversipes in colour ; but the shorter 

 third cubital cellule, the almost interstitial transverse radial nervure, simple spurs, 

 and smaller size sufficiently distinguish it. 



9. Selandria nigripes. 



Nigra, pilosa ; pro- mesothoraceque runs ; alis fuscis ; clypeo testaceo, truncato. 

 Long. 7 1 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba, Chiriqui, David (Champion). 



The antennae are densely pilose, nearly as long as the abdomen, slightly thickened 

 in the middle, attenuated towards the apex ; third joint longer than fourth ; sutures 

 on vertex absent ; frontal area flat in the middle, the suture interrupted there ; but 

 there is a deep suture surrounding the ocellus, and a less distinct shallower and broader 

 one at the apex ; at the apex of the ocellus is a large fovea. Lateral antennal foveae 

 large, flat ; central wider than long, deep in the centre. The transverse radial nervure 

 is received not far beyond the middle of cellule, the transverse median a little beyond 

 the middle; there is a bulla in the transverse radial and first transverse cubital 

 nervures ; a horny point in second cubital cellule. The accessory nervure in hinder 

 wing is interstitial ; the blotch is very large. 



