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the basal member of the series of teeth on the hind femora is 

 not enlarged. In Mr. Crawford's opinion, this is not more 

 than a specific character. Mr. Crawford has also kindly as- 

 certained that it is different from the described species of 

 Eustypiura, and also has kindly searched Cameron (Biologia 

 Cent. Am.) and Cresson to see if it might have been described 

 under Smicra or Spilochalcis, but without result. It seems 

 certain that it is new, and I venture to call it after Mr. Rodri- 

 guez, who has collected so many new insects in Guatemala. 



Eustypiura rodriguezi sp. n. 



$ . Runs in Ashmead's tables (Classif. Chalcid Flies), p. 251-252, 

 to 16, and runs out because the hind femora have 12 small teeth. An- 

 tennae 13-jointed, (last two joints short), inserted about level with 

 upper end of lower third of eye; head broad, eyes extremely prominent; 

 clypeus extremely small ; front depressed in middle but with a slender 

 median carina on lower half ; ocelli large and prominent, in a low tri- 

 angle; scape long; prothorax large, with a vertical transparent keel 

 on each side anteriorly ; thorax rugose, middle of mesothorax with 

 transverse ridges ; parapsidal grooves entire, deep ; scutellum large, 

 briefly and obtusely pointed posteriorly, with on each side a hyaline 

 transverse keel ; pleura with a broad transversely ridged groove ; meta- 

 thorax posteriorly with four small teeth on each side ; wings large, 

 hairy, postmarginal vein long; anterior and middle legs slender; middle 

 tibia with one short but well-formed spur; hind coxae extremely long 

 about as long as their femora, with a small transverse projection above 

 near end ; hind femora much swollen though not subglobose, with 12 

 small black-tipped teeth on lower edge, but no large tooth ; hind tibiae 

 arcuate, sharply pointed at end ; abdomen with a very short petiole- 

 joint, deeper than long; remaining part elongate, compressed, with a 

 very long sparsely hairy ovipositor-sheath, from which the ovipositor 

 projects for a short distance. 



Length about 11^2 mm., of which nearly 9 is abdomen; head and 

 thorax! lemon-yellow marked with black ; eyes reddish ; face below 

 antennas all yellow, above with a thick rather H-shaped black mark ; 

 vertex and cheeks yellow, occiput black; scape yellow in front; flagel- 

 lum reddish, infuscated above; thorax with the sutures broadlv black, 

 the prothorax with a median dark mark and one on each side; the 

 mesothorax dark with a large yellow V, broken at apex (posteriorly) 

 and a yellow C on each side (marginal) ; scutellum with a black band 

 down middle; metathorax mainly black, with a pair of large yellow 

 marks; wings slightly stained with yellow, dusky gray apically, nervurcs 

 testaceous ; legs yellow suffused with reddish, hind femora with about 

 the basal two-thirds black on inner side; abdomen yellow, the seg- 

 ments with rather poorly denned broad ferruginous bands ; tip of ovi- 

 positor black. 



Hab. Guatemala City, Guatemala (IV. P. Cockcrell; J. 

 Rodriguez} . 



