450 HYMENOPTEKA. 



2. Epyris coxalis. 



Niger, capite punctato, scapo antennarum, coxis, trochanteribus femorumque basi albis ; alis fuscis, apice 



violaceis. 3 . 

 Long, fere 9 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Antennae thick, densely pilose, the first joint a little longer than the third. Head 

 shining, covered with shallow widely separated punctures ; antennal depressions deep 

 and wide ; mandibles almost impunctate. Thorax sparsely punctured, the punctures 

 very shallow. Parapsidal furrows not reaching to the scutellum ; the transverse furrow 

 in front of the latter wide and deep. Scutellum almost without punctures. Meta- 

 notum irregularly punctured and blistered ; a stout keel runs down the centre and a 

 wide and deep furrow down either side ; the apex with a moderate slope ; the sides 

 transversely striated. Abdomen shining, the sides and ventral surface inclining to 

 piceous. Femora and tibiae sparsely, the tarsi densely, pilose. 



3. Epyris erythropoda. (Tab. XIX. fig. 14.) 



Niger, capite rugoso, antennis, ore, mandibulis, pedibus abdominisque apice rufis ; alis hyalinis, cum fascia 



medio fumata ; tegulis testaceis ; coxis nigris. c? . 

 Long. 10 millim. 



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



Antennae shorter than the thorax; the scape bare, shining, curved, longer than the 

 third joint ; the flagellum densely pilose, tapering perceptibly towards the apex ; the 

 third joint somewhat longer than the fourth. Head not much broader than the meso- 

 thorax, rather long, sparsely covered with long fuscous hairs, rugosely punctured ; a 

 shining furrow in the centre between the eyes; antennal tubercles large, reddish, a 

 sharp projecting keel between them ; mandibles with some large separated punctures, 

 shining, the teeth black ; palpi rather long, pilose, testaceous. Pro- and mesothorax 

 bearing large punctures ; the sternum and pleurae more strongly punctured than the 

 upper sides, except a shining impunctate space on the hinder part of the mesopleura ; 

 scutellum shining, finely but not closely punctured. The base of the metanotum bears 

 some stout longitudinal keels ; the rest of the flat posterior part is strongly transversely 

 striolated, the two hinder parts being separated by a stout curved keel ; the centre is 

 depressed ; the semiperpendicular apex is closely and strongly transversely punctured, 

 except at the extreme top, the latter being excavated and the centre hollowed ; the 

 deep oblique depression at the base of the metapleuree is shining and striated. Abdo- 

 men shining ; the apex blunt, depressed in the centre, and very pilose, the hairs being 

 fulvous. Legs densely pilose. Wings : radial nervure curved at the base ; the recur- 

 rent nervure very faint, almost obsolete. 



