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hoiosericeo-tomentose, head and thorax fulvous, abdomen more 



grayish." The specimen before us from 



~^*^y: Lower California has been dried from 



/ Z.ZZ^^:iC\ alcohol, and in consequence its coloration 



i ^i-vV^ is greatly altered from that of nature. 



Fig, 3.— G lap hyr opus In general it is cream-buff, darkening to 



americanus. Apex of ochraceous on the head, antennae, thorax 

 ovipositor. (Greatly , , ,. . , , , , , 



magnified.) an d base ol the abdomen, eyes dark 



slate-gray, ovipositor pale ochraceous with 



the apex tawny. The specimen in our possession from the state of 



Vera Cruz is cinnamon, darkening to vandyke-brown on the sides 



of the head, pronotum and dorsal surface of the abdomen, eyes 



vandyke-brown, underparts of body, palpi, cephalic and median 



limbs and caudal tarsi clay color, ovipositor russet. 



Distribution. — Only known from Cuba, the state of Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico, the extremity of Lower California (San Jose del Cabo) and 

 northern Venezuela. 24 It is possible that the Venezuelan material 

 may not be identical. 



Synonymy. — Saussure's erroneous association of this very distinct 

 generic group with Cycloptilum Scudder beclouded the characters 

 of true Cycloptilum, preventing some authors from recognizing the 

 latter, as Scudder failed to mention the character of the dorsal 

 margins of the caudal metatarsus. 



Remarks. — We have before us two females of this species from 

 Mexican territory, which show no character of difference from the 

 original description — in fact, agreeing in every particular. It is 

 interesting to find material from such widely separated and different 

 localities agreeing so thoroughly. 



Specimens Examined. — 2 females. 



San Rafael, Vera Cruz, Mexico; 1 9 . [Hebard Collection.] 

 San Jose del Cabo, Lower California; 1 9 . [Hebard Collection.] 



CKYPTOPTILUM-' new genus. 



1892. Ectatoderus Redtenbacher (not of Guerin, 1849), Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, 1892, p. 218. 

 1897. Liphoplus Saussure, Biol. Cent. Amer., Orth., I, p. 232 (in part). 

 1897. Mogosiplistus Scudder (not Mogoplistes Serville, 1839), Psyche, 



VIII, p. 55. 

 1897. Mogosiplistus Scudder (not Mogoplistes Serville, 1839), Guide to Gen. 



Class. N. Amer. Orth., p. 63. 

 1905. Mogisoplistus Morse (not Mogoplistes Serville, 1839), Psyche, XII, 



P-21. * 



24 Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anal. Camp. Univ. Torino, XII, Xo. 301, p. 6. 

 1897. 



5 From hpr-ror, hidden, and -ruov l wing; in allusion to the hidden tegmina. 



