APENESIA.— EPYRIS. 449 



2. Apenesia flavipes. (Tab. XIX. fig. 11, $ .) 



Fulva, nitida, antennis pedibusque flavis. $ . 

 Long. 6 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet {Champion). 



Differs from A. chontalica in being 3J millim. longer ; in having the abdomen as 

 long as the head and thorax united (in A. chontalica it is not much longer than the 

 thorax) ; in the base of the mesonotum being triangular and not curved laterally, the 

 sides being quite straight ; and in the metathorax being narrowed in the middle and 

 not at the base. The tips of the mandibles are black; the basal two joints of the 

 anterior tarsi are sharply produced at the apex. 



EPYEIS. 



Epyris, Westwood, Lond. & Edinb. Phil. Mag. i. p. 129 (1832) . 



Epyris is numerously represented in the Neotropical region, and contains some (for 

 the group) large and striking species. It is but poorly represented in the Old World. 



A. Prothorax short, the pronotum raised abruptly above the prosternum and broader 

 than long ; the lower discoidal cellule distinct ; head rugosely punctured. 



1. Epyris rugifrons. (Tab. XIX. fig. 12.) 



Niger, pilosus, capite prothoraceque rugosis, metanoto reticulato ; alis fascis. c? . 

 Long. 10 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Las Mercedes 3000 feet, Cerro Zunil 4000 to 5000 feet {Champion). 



Antennae as long as the thorax and abdomen united, densely covered with long white 

 hair; the basal joint as long as the third. Head strongly rugosely punctured, covered 

 with long fuscous hair ; a small depressed impunctate space in front of the ocelli ; 

 mandibles punctured. Prothorax rugosely punctured, covered with long fuscous hair ; 

 a broad transverse furrow at the apex of the pronotum. Mesonotum sparsely punctured 

 laterally, and bearing there some rather long fuscous hair ; parapsidal furrows complete. 

 Scutellum sparingly punctured, pilose. Metanotum irregularly keeled and reticulated ; 

 the top narrowed towards the apex (giving it a somewhat triangular shape) ; the apex 

 semiperpendicular, irregularly punctured or blistered. Abdomen elongate oval in 

 shape, shining, impunctate, the apex red and pilose. Legs densely covered with a 

 greyish pile, which is very close and stiff on the tibiae and tarsi. Claws bifid. 



biol. cente.-amer., Hymenopt., February 1888. 3 mm 



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