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long rami. The scutellum ends in two long curved processes, which reach to the apex 

 of the abdomen. Petiole nearly as long as the abdomen. Metathorax without tubercles, 

 and reticulated. 



— — 1. Kapala flircata. (Tab. V. figg. 17 & 17 d, $ ; 17 «, antenna $ ; 17 b, head ; 

 17 c, antenna <? .) 



Eucharis furcata, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 158, ? . 



Eucharis flabellata, Fabr. /. c, ? ; Walker, Entomologist, t. P. fig. 2. 

 Chirocerm furcatus, Brulle, Nat. Hist, des Ins., Hym. iv. p. 571, t. 38. fig. 5. 



Hah. Costa Rica, Cache (Rogers) ; Guatemala, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet, 

 Coatepeque 1500 feet, San Isidro 1600 feet (Champion) ; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 

 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion).^-Sowm Ameeica. 



Apparently a common species. Walker (List of Chalcididse, p. 22) records it from 

 Sierra Leone, Africa ; but this is no doubt an error. 



LOPHYEOCEEA. 



In this genus the antennae in the female are serrated ; the joints are broader than long 

 and of nearly equal size; the third joint is not much longer than the following, and is 

 not so much produced above ; the scape is not longer than the third and fourth together. 

 In all, there are apparently ten joints ; but possibly there may be more, as the last 

 joint in the only specimen I have does not look like a terminal joint. The scutellum 

 is large, broad at the base, narrowing towards the apex, which ends in two blunt teeth, 

 and which are double as long as broad. The petiole is more than double as long as 

 broad, and is shorter than the short abdomen. The metathorax immediately below the 

 projecting scutellum projects into a blunt tooth-like process, which curves down to the 

 sternum, forming a rib-like border on either side. In the male the antennae are simple, 

 the joints longer than broad, the third joint one half longer than the fourth. 



The antennas in this genus are serrated, as in* Schizaspidia, but they are not quite 

 identical otherwise ; and in the males of the last genus they are flabellate. Schizas- 

 pidia had better be reserved for the Old- World species. 



1. LophyTOCera StramineipeS. (Tab. V. fig. 18, $ ; 18 a, antenna.) 

 Nigro-viridis ; seapo antennarum pedibusque pallide testaceis ; petiole abdomineque subtus et apice brunneo- 



testaeeis ; alls hyalinis, nervis albis. 

 Long. 4 millim. 



Hah. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet (Champion). 



The head is distinctly metallic bluish green, and bears below the antennae a few 

 waved transverse striations ; the vertex is also striated, but the striations there run 

 towards the mouth and are indistinct. Thorax covered with large deep punctures ; the 



