98 HYMENOPTEKA. 



formes and the Conurce smicriformes to Smicra, and Allocera to Halticella ; and with 

 this opinion I am inclined to agree. As, however, it is possible that an accession of 

 fresh material (and especially of males) may show that the elongation of the abdomen 

 into a tail may be after all of some generic value, I have retained in the meantime 

 Phasganophora, with Conura as a synonym. 



1. Phasganophora condahis. 



Phaaganophora condahis, Walker, Entomologist, i. p. 135 (1840) \ 

 Phasganophora thoracica, Sichel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Pr. (4) v. p. 361, t. 9. f. 5 3 . 



Eab. Mexico, Orizaba 2 ; Guatemala, Las Mercedes 3000 feet (Champion). — 

 Bkazil K 



The quantity of black on the thorax and abdomen varies a good deal. 



2. Phasganophora rufitarsis. (Tab. V. fig. 10,?; 10 a, apex of abdomen; 



10 b, posterior leg ; 10 c, labium ; 10 d, maxilla.) 



Nigra ; flagello antennarum, tarsis abdomineque rufis ; alis flavescenti-hyalinis, basi fumata, femoribus posticis 



8-dentatis. 

 Long. 9 millim. 



Eab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 4000 feet (Champion). 



Face covered with a silvery white sparse pubescence. Thorax with a close fuscous pile ; 

 apex of the abdomen with long reddish hairs. Head and thorax coarsely punctured ; 

 the hollow oblique space on the mesopleura transversely and coarsely striated. Between 

 the antennae the front projects, and there is a hollow space between their base and the 

 lower ocellus, this space having a raised border which goes round the ocellus. 

 Mandibles piceous. In front the pronotum is striated. The apex of the scutellum 

 projects in the middle ; this projection is emarginated in the middle, and is hollow in 

 the centre above. Metanotum reticulated ; its central field is lanceolate in shape. A 

 little below the wings and behind them is a blunt tooth. The apex of abdomen (cauda) 

 is about two thirds of the length of the abdomen and is curved. The teeth on the 

 posterior femora are large ; the latter are about the length of the coxae and trochanters. 

 At the base the abdomen is blackish, and there is in the centre above a triangular 

 depression. 



This species comes apparently nearest to P. conigastra, Perty, from South America ; 

 but that species has the abdomen black. From the Mexican P. rufiventris the red 

 antennae readily separate it. 



3. Phasganophora rufiventris. 



Phasganophora rufiventris, Sichel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) v. p. 360, t. 9. f. 4 \ 

 Eab. Mexico, Orizaba 1 . 



