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occiput ; mandibles finely punctured. Prothorax as long as the mesothorax, dilated 

 behind. Parapsidal furrows narrow, shallow, complete. Scutellar fovese large, deep. 

 Metanotum with seven stout keels down the centre ; the sides shining, impunctate ; 

 the apex almost perpendicular. Abdomen acute at the apex, shining ; the fourth and 

 following segments testaceous. 



8. Epyris bugabensis. (Tab. XIX. fig. 19.) 



Niger, basi antennarum rufa, tegulis pedibusque pallide testaceis, coxis fere albis ; alis hyalinis, apice fumatis, 



aervis stigmateque fusco-testaceis. 

 Long. 5 millim. 



Rah. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Antennae as long as the head and thorax united ; the flagellum somewhat densely 

 covered with long hairs; the first joint scarcely longer than the second and third joints 

 united ; the latter longer than the fourth and four times the length of the second. 

 Head shining, sparsely punctured ; eyes scarcely reaching to the base of the mandibles 

 nor to the ocelli ; mandibles finely punctured. Pro- and mesothorax shining, impunc- 

 tate, the former shorter than the latter. Paraspidal furrows moderately wide, not 

 reaching to the scutellum ; the latter is without distinct foveae and impunctate. Meta- 

 thorax longer than the mesothorax ; the metanotum is transversely striolated, and with 

 two stout keels down the centre ; the apex is strongly aciculated. Apex of the abdo- 

 men truncated, pilose. The femora (especially the anterior pair) are of a redder hue 

 than the tibiae ; the hinder pair are fuscous above and beneath. 



9. Epyris guatemalensis, (Tab. XIX. fig. 20.) 



Niger, sparse punctata, flagello antennarum testaceo, tibiis tarsisque piceis ; alis fere hyalinis, nervis stigma- 

 teque testaceis. $ . 

 Long. 4 millim. 



Hah. Guatemala, near the city (Champion). 



Antennae as long as the thorax; the first joint strongly curved, as long as the 

 following two joints united ; the second and third joints subequal. Head flat, narrower 

 than the thorax, obscurely alutaceous ; eyes oval, a little longer than the basal joint of 

 the antennae, situated close to the mandibles and before the middle. Pro- and meso- 

 notum shining, the former longer than the latter. Parapsidal furrows reaching to the 

 scutellum, but not to the base of the mesonotum. Scutellar foveae shallow, round. 

 Metanotum finely longitudinally rugose, the central part more strongly so than the 

 lateral, the more rugose central part narrowed towards the apex ; the apex semiper- 

 pendicular, finely rugose. Abdomen shorter than the thorax, shining, the apex 

 obscure piceous. 



