122 HTMENOPTEEA. 



Head bright green, except behind the ocelli and round the mouth. Thorax black, 

 variegated with green. The abdomen black, variegated with green and coppery tints, 

 especially on the back; the mesopleurae golden. Head covered with large round 

 punctures; the vertex behind the ocelli alutaceous. The thorax finely alutaceous; 

 abdomen smooth and shining ; the pleurae very finely punctured ; breast alutaceous and 

 with a minute irregular punctuation. The head, mesonotum, and breast covered with 

 short, white, glistening hairs; the sides and apex of abdomen have a few scattered 

 hairs. The antennas and ovipositor almost glabrous ; the scape of the antennae has a 

 greenish hue. The anterior tibiae are more or less fuscous green above and beneath ; 

 the anterior and middle tarsi fuscous for the most part ; the posterior coxae and basal 

 two thirds of the femora are green. The ovipositor is nearly as long as the abdo- 

 men and deep black. 



12. Eupelmus flavipes. 



Viridis ; abdomine antennisque nigris ; pedibus flavis, coxis femoribusque posticis fere totis nigris ; alis 



hyalinis. 

 Long. 3 millim. 



Hob. Guatemala, Mirandilla 1700 feet (Champion). 



Head above smooth and shining, front and oral region finely punctured ; face covered 

 with a white pubescence. The thorax has a fine, almost obsolete punctuation ; the 

 mesonotum shining ; pleurae semiopaque and glabrous ; the mesonotum and breast with 

 a white pubescence ; the base of the abdomen is shining, metallic, the apex opaque, 

 obsoletely punctured. The pronotum curves downwards from the top towards the head, 

 so that the centre is slightly hollow ; it is margined at the top. The sides of the meso- 

 notum are margined, but not very clearly ; the centre is hollowed to the scutellum, 

 where there is a distinct border ; in front there is the usual raised triangular part with 

 the keel behind. Abdomen longer than the head and thorax ; the apex broadly 

 rounded, but narrower than the middle ; the last segment shorter than the preceding. 

 The antennae are pilose, thin to the middle, from that becoming gradually thickened ; 

 the third joint a little longer than the fourth. The terebra is pilose and as long as the 

 last segment above. The face, pleurae, and the greater part of the abdomen are coppery 

 black. The base of abdomen is brassy and bluish, and the mesonotum has the green 

 more or less tinged with coppery tints. 



13. Eupelmus cingulatus. 



Niger; scapo antennarum, tarsis anterioribus femoribusque posterioribus apice testaceis; abdominis basi 



cingulo albo ; alis fuscis, albo maculatis. 

 Long. 4-5 millim. 



Hal. Guatemala, Pantaleon 1700 feet; Panama, Caldera 1200 feet (Champion). 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen (except at the base, which is smooth and shining) aluta- 



