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2. Lampronota azteca, n. sp. 



9. Dull luteous; head, antennae, pro- and raesothorax, scutellar 

 region, and most of abdomen above black ; face, mouth, orbits, line 

 on collar, discal spots on mesothora^, two spots in front, scu- 

 tellums, and base of first and second abdominal segments, soiled 

 white ; annulus on antennse and broad apical margins of abdominal 

 segments white; wings h3'aline; four anterior tarsi dusky, pos- 

 terior pair pale yellow ; shining, slender ; metathorax with a trans- 

 verse carina behind middle, prominent on each side ; abdomen 

 narrow, subpetiolate, subcylindrical ; areolet moderate, triangular, 

 subpetiolate ; claws pectinate. Length 5^ lines. 



Orizaba. 



3. Lampronota bella, n. ?p. 



Lemon-yellow (most of antennae and apical half of abdomen 

 wanting) ; spot covering ocelli and middle of occiput, antennae, 

 except scape beneath, three short broad stripes on mesothorax, the 

 middle one abbreviated behind, the lateral one before, scutellar 

 resion, two triangular marks at base of metathorax confluent on 

 basal middle and extending down on each side to middle coxj>?, 

 large spot on posterior coxa?, base of their trochanters, middle of 

 first abdominal segment, and broad basal margin of remaining 

 segments black ; posterior femora and tibiae tinged with honey- 

 yellow ; wings hj^aline, iridescent, nervures pale ; shining, slender; 

 areolet small, petiolate, triangular; claws pectinate. Length, say 

 3i-4 lines. 



Cordova. (Sumichrast, No. 143.) 



4. Lampronota orbitalis, n sp. 



9 . Head black ; orbits interrupted behind, face, except a central 

 stripe and lobed spot beneath each antenna, cl^^peus, and mouth 

 yellowish-white ;antennje black ; mesothorax hone3'-ycllow, polished, 

 a yellowish-white line on each side before tcguh\i, dilated anteriorlj'; 

 prothorax black, margined with 3'ellowish-white; scutellum honey- 

 yellow, a yellowish-white spot on each side, the lateral region 

 black; metathorax black, flanks yellowish-white; pleura hone3'- 

 yellow, a large mark on each side, tegulae, and a line beneath, 

 yellowish-white; wings hyaline, iridescent ; legs whitish, femora 

 and tibiffi tinged with luteous; stripe on outside of four posterior 

 coxae, posterior pair within, extreme base of the four posterior 

 trochanters and of their femora, tips of their tibiai, and of their 



