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LOPHYROCERA Cameron. 



(1) L. nigromaculata Cam. Biol. Centr. Am. Hym., p. 104, 

 pi. v., fig. 19. 



Hab. Nicaragua and Arizona. 



A single specimen of this species was recognized in the Collec 

 tion of the American Entomological Society collected in Arizona, 

 and is an interesting addition to our fauna. 



(2) L. floridana Ashm. Ent. Am., vol. iii, p. 187. 

 Hab. Florida. 



The type of this species is in my collection, although the 

 National Museum contains a second specimen collected by Mr. 

 E. A. Schwarz in Florida. 



To these I now add a third species collected by A. Koebele in 

 the Santa Cruz Mountains, in California. 



(3) L. apicalis sp. n. 



9- Length, 4 mm. ^Eneous black, coarsely rugose; frons with lon 

 gitudinal striae; face below antennae transversely striate ; scape, pedicel, 

 and two apical joints of antennae brownish-yellow; legs, except coxae, 

 pale brownish-yellow ; coxae black; femora toward base dusky. The 

 flagellar joints, after the first, widen out toward the apex, the 5 or 6 ter 

 minal joints being obliquely directed. Thorax very high, gibbous, the 

 scutellum terminating in two prongs that are scarcely one-third as long 

 as the scutellum, while the metathorax has a tooth like projection on 

 each side. Wings hyaline, the tegulae and venation pale ferruginous or 

 yellowish, the stigmal vein rather long, two-thirds the length of the post- 

 marginal. Abdomen oblong, very slightly compressed, with the petiole 

 moderately stout, nearly as long as the hind femur and coarsely rugoso- 

 punctate. 



Hab. Santa Cruz Mountains, Cal. 



Type in National Museum. 



Described from a single specimen. 



KAPALA Cameron. 



(i) K. floridana Ashm. Thoracantha floridana Ashm., Ent. 

 Am. i, p. 96, d\ Proc. Ent. Sec. Acad. Nat. Sc., Phila., 1885, 

 p. xi, c?9. 



Hab. Florida. 



The genus Thoracantha Latreille, as now restricted, will con 

 tain only T. latreilleiGu&r., and all the species described as such 

 must now be relegated to other genera. 



T. Jloridana belongs to the above genus. 



The opportunity is here taken advantage of to describe a Cuban 

 species in the Collection of the American Entomological Society, 

 which will probably be found to occur in South Florida. 



