GORYTES. 73 



Hoplisus fuscus, Taschenberg, Zeitschr. f . Naturw. xlv. p. 368 '. 



Gorytes fuscus, Handl. Sitz. der k. Akad. der Wissensch. Wien, xcvii. p. 377 s . 



Hab. North America, Connecticut 3 . — Mexico, Cordova 3 , Orizaba 3 , Temax in 

 Northern Yucatan (Gaumer); Guatemala, San Joaquin in Vera Paz {Champion), — 

 Amazons, Ega 1 ; Brazil, Rio Janeiro 2 . 



J 

 4. Gorytes robustus. 



Gorytes robustus, Handl. Sitz. der k. Akad. der Wissensch. Wien, xcvii. p. 380 V. 

 Hal. Mexico, Tampico \ — South America, Brazil 1 , 



^5. Gorytes cayennensis. 



Hoplisus cayennensis, Spinola, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. p. 116 \ 



Gorytes cayennensis, Handl. Sitz. der k. Akad. der Wissensch. Wien, xcvii. p. 385 \ 



Gorytes sericatus, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. iv. p. 363 3 . 



Hoplisus anthracipennellus, Taschenberg, Zeitschr. f . Naturw. xlv. p. 366 *. 



Hob. Mexico, Orizaba (Bilimek 2 ), Cordova (Saussure 2 ).— South America, Colombia 2 4 » 

 Cayenne 1 J Brazil 3 4 . 



^ 6. Gorytes maculipennis. (Tab. V. figg. 12 ; 12 a, head from in front ; 12 b, 

 antenna.) 



Niger, nitidus ; thorace superne sparse punctato ; scapo antennarum, margine clypei, orbitis oculorum, margine 

 pronoti, scutello, fascia metanoti. maculis 2 in segmento mediali, tegulis fasciisque 4 abdominis, flavis ; 

 alis fere hyalinis, fasciis 3 fuscis. 



Long. 7 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Antenna? stout, subclavate ; the scape elongate, narrow, yellow beneath ; the basal 

 three-fourths of the flagellum brownish beneath ; the third joint distinctly longer than 

 the fourth. Head not much broader than the thorax, shining, impunctate, covered 

 with a close fuscous pile ; the clypeus with silvery hair ; eyes almost parallel ; hinder 

 ocelli separated by a little more than the distance which separates them from the eyes ; 

 front not depressed, and without keel or furrow beyond a very thin indistinct furrow 

 over the antennae ; clypeus short, broadly rounded, depressed at the base, fringed all 

 round with silvery hair ; mandibles piceous, blackish at the tips. Thorax above 

 sparsely covered with a fuscous pile, the metapleurse and sternum with a thicker and 

 longer dull silvery pile, shining ; the mesonotum and apex of the median segment 

 covered with shallow punctures ; the median area in the middle extends to near the 

 centre of the median segment ; the twelve keels gradually decrease from the centre to 

 the sides, and are not distinctly bordered ; the middle furrow is narrow, but distinct 

 and continuous; mesosternal furrow narrow, but distinct. Abdomen a little longer 

 and narrower than the thorax ; the petiole and first segment impunctate ; the other 



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