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terior margin of prothorax, tips of posterior coxae, their tro- 

 chanters, anterior femora behind, tips of four posterior femora, 

 tips of their tibiae, and their tarsi entirely blaclc ; palpi, four an- 

 terior coxae and trochanters white; wings fuliginous, iridescent, 

 nervures and stigma brown ; head transverse, pubescent, face 

 polished, clypeus flat, ocelli prominent ; antennae filiform, as long 

 as abdomen, thorax smooth and polished, mesothorax subtrilobed 

 in front ; metathorax perfectly smooth ; areolet of wings small, 

 triangular, subpetiolated ; legs short, rather slender, tibial spurs 

 short and robust, claws long, slender, simple; abdomen elongate- 

 ovate, sessile, depressed, shining, second and following segments 

 transverse, with a medial, subtriangular, blister-like elevation, the 

 apical margin also elevated ; first segment narrowed at base with 

 two sharply-defined carinae on the disk, base excavate. Length 

 3 lines. 

 Cordova. 



Genus GLYPTA, Grav. 



1. Glypta longula, n. sp. 



9 Black, shining; clypeus, mouth, upper margin of prothorax, 



and tips of scutellums white ; pleura and scutellum reddish ; meso- 

 thorax strongly tinged with reddish; wings hyaline, iridescent ; 

 legs white, posterior coxae within and at tips beneath, spot at base 

 of their trochanters, tips of four posterior femora and tibiae, spot 

 near base of the latter, their tarsi, except base of first three 

 joints, line on posterior femora beneath and tips of anterior tarsi, 

 black ; form long, subcylindrical, closely punctured ; antennae as 

 long as body and slender; mesothorax strongly trilobed ; meta- 

 thorax shining, with two sharply-defined transverse carina?; 

 abdomen closely and strongly punctured, the oblique lines deeply 

 impressed ; ovipositor half the length of abdomen. Length 3^ 

 lines. 



Orizaba. (Sumichrast, No. 88.) 



2. Glypta albopicta, n. sp. 



%. Black, shining; clypeus, mouth, scape beneath, collar, 

 margins of prothorax, pleura, except spot beneath wings and 

 sutures, tegulae. short line beneath, scutellum, flanks of metathorax, 

 an uneven longitudinal line on each side above, four anterior 

 coxae, all the trochanters, lateral margin of first abdominal seg- 

 ment, and two spots on the lateral margin of the second, third. 



