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Lycorina? apicalis, n. sp. 



9 . Lemon-yellow, clothed with a short, thin, fine, pale pubes- 

 cence ; spot inclosing ocelli, posterior margin of occiput, antennae 

 except base beneath, tliree stripes on mesothorax, the middle 

 one abbreviated behind, the others confluent behind, a sutural line 

 on each side of pleura anteriorly, dilated above and beneath, a 

 spot beneath posterior wing, a line at base of metathorax, dilated 

 on each side, large mark on outside of posterior coxae, their tro- 

 chanters, exteriorly, tips of their tarsi, an oblique spot on each 

 side of the first four segments of abdomen, almost confluent, those 

 on the first segment situate in the middle, the remainder at the 

 base, and the ovipositor black ; wings hyaline, iridescent, a fuscous 

 spot at tip of anterior pair ; legs and apex of abdomen tinged 

 with fulvous ; antennae as long as body; thorax and abdomen with 

 deep punctures ; ovipositor two-thirds the length of abdomen. 

 Length Splines. 



Cordova. A beautiful insect. Shorter and more robust than 

 Ghjpta, with the sculpture of the abdomen similar. 



Genus LAMPRONOTA, Curtis. 



1. Lampronota mexicana, n. sp. 



9. Head, antennae, pro-, meso-, and metathorax above black; 

 annulus on antennae white ; sides of face, mouth, anterior orbits, 

 cheeks, collar, two lines on mesothorax hooked anteriorly, tegulae, 

 spot beneath, scutellum, anterior coxae, and spot on pleura before 

 middle coxjie yellowish ; pleura, sides and tip of metathorax, legs, 

 and more or less of abdomen pale ferruginous or honey -yellow ; 

 posterior coxae with a black spot behind ; first and second seg- 

 ment of abdomen above, and narrow apical margins of third and 

 fourth segments, sometimes only the first, black; wings hyaline, 

 nervures brown. Opaque, areolet large, subtriangular ; claws pec- 

 tinate. Length 7^ lines. 



%. Antennae very long and slender, entirely black ; head, pro- 

 thorax, pleura, metathorax, and legs pale lemon-yellow; meta- 

 thorax with a black spot above ; posterior tarsi blackish; abdomen 

 subcylindrical, black, with base of second, third, and fourth seg- 

 ments pale. Length 8 lines. 



Orizaba. 



