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practically only as follows: Scutellum distinctly elevated, the 
highest point before the middle; posterior portion of propodeum 
with lateral and transverse carine practically wanting (in 
E. cephalotes these carine are distinct, though weaker than the 
others); facial black spot shaped like a spade of a playing 
card, with point down and not reaching clypeus (in E. cepha- 
lotes this spot is oblong and in the type runs laterally along the 
clypeal margin; in both species the spot is connected by a 
narrow line between the antennz with the frontal black area) ; 
outer apical corner of tegule black; black of first tergite ex- 
tending more than halfway to base; hind trochanters largely 
yellow, femur broadly black at base and apex, with a yellow 
spot on the outside at apex, tibia 
largely black with a basal yel- 
lowish spot at base confluent 
\ with the apical spot of femur 
and a poorly defined yellowish 
annulus before the middle but 
b with no dorsal apical spot, tarsus 
Fic. 5. Elasmognathias albitarsis sp. nov., entirely whitish, calcaria black; 
head @ ventrocephalic view; ?, lateral wings with a distinct brownish 
stain. 
Type locality—Mount Banahao, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 
Type.—Catalogue No. 24044, United States National Museum. 
One specimen from C. F. Baker. 
Elasmognathias laminatus sp. nov. 
Distinct from any known species by the very high, laminate 
scutellar margins and the arrangement of the color pattern. 
Female.—Length, 8 millimeters; antenne, 8; front wing, 6.5. 
In structure and sculpture generally very similar to E. cepha- 
lotes and E. albitarsis but with scutellum more rugose and 
sloping from before the middle, very high and laminate. Color 
as in E. cephalotes except as follows: Facial black spot not 
connected with frontal; supraorbital spot confluent with post- 
orbital ; no mesoscutal spots; postscutellum entirely black ; spirac- 
ular and metapleural spots lacking; first tergite largely black; 
yellow of other tergites confined largely to apical angles, except 
on seventh, which has a large median spot; hind coxe black 
with a large yellow spot above; hind femur and tibia without 
yellow apical marks; hind tarsus and calcaria entirely fuscous. 
Type locality.—Illigan, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 
Other locality.—Butuan, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. © 
