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neath, prothorax on sides and above, except a lateral spot, broad cen- 

 tral and narrow lateral stripes on dorsulnm, greater portion of meso- 

 pleura?, scutellum and postscutellum, middle segment except sides at 

 base, large spot on coxa?, small one of fore trochanters, apex of fore 

 femora and their tibia? and tarsi entirely, first dorsal segment except 

 apex, second at base, two transverse basal spots on third, spot on 

 sixth and seventh and a spot on each side of second and third ven- 

 trals, bright yellow ; joints 1-5, or 6 of flagellum fulvous beneath ; 

 apex of mandibles testaceous ; clypeus about twice as broad as long ; 

 labrum about as long as clypeus is broad, incurved at apex ; antenna? 

 thick, about as long as head and thorax f eyes almost reaching base 

 of mandibles; front distinctly impressed; middle segment entire, 

 rounded behind ; legs feebly spinose, the longer spur of hind tibia? 

 somewhat more than half as long as first hind tarsal joint; wings 

 pale yellow, fuscous from apex of second submarginal cell, sub- 

 hyaline at apex, recurrent vein received by second submarginal cell 

 slightly beyond middle, cubital vein of hind wings originating far 

 before apex of submedian cell ; abdomen shorter than thorax, scarcely 

 compressed. Length 12-13 mm. 



Chapada (March). Two specimens. This is the Ceropales cras- 

 sicornis Smith (Ann. Mag. N. H. (8) xii, 1873). 



The following table will aid in separating the Brazilian species of 

 Notocyphus contained in the present collection. 1 



Entirely ferruginous ; abdomen obscurely fuscous at apex of 



segments; (wings yellowish, the anterior portion of superiors, 



particularly in submed. cell, fuscous), . . 9 ferrugineus n. sp. 



Otherwise colored, 2. 



2. Thorax and abdomen entirely black, 3. 



Thorax or abdomen, or both, maculated with white, red or 



yellowish, 9. 



3. Wings dark, 4. 



Wings more or less yellowish, 7. 



4. Inner orbits and each side of clypeus, yellowish-white (body with 



strong pale sericeous pile), $ abnormis Tasch. 



Head in front not maculated, 5. 



5. Antenna? with last seven or eight joints orange (wings faintly 



purplish ; inner spur of hind tibia? more than half the length 

 of first hind tarsal joint), 9 terminatus n. sp. 



1 The genus Notocyphus has just been monographed by R. Lucas. See 

 Entomologische Nachrichten, XXIII (1897), H. 5 and 6. 



