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to sixth, on sixth covering segment except margin; tegulse bright 

 ferruginous; wings fuliginous; legs black, the anterior femora (ex- 

 cept basally) and tibiae red in front; a small, red tubercle below 

 each eye; scape yellow in front, otherwise red with a dusky shade; 

 base of flagellum (and under side more or less) red; ventral scopa 

 glittering white. Mesothorax densely and strongly punctured. 



Hab.— Mexico (Baker collection 2154). Easily known from 

 H. taboganum by the band on first abdominal segment. It is 

 allied to H. eciiadorinm. (Friese), but easily separated by the shape 

 of lateral face-marks, less projecting and much more narrowly- 

 margined scutcllum, very coarse punctures of thorax above (espe- 

 cialh- large on scutellum), entirely black tubercles, etc. 



Stelis veraecrucis, sp. n. 



?. — Length about 7 mm.; black, with yellow markings as 

 follows: clypeus except a very large semicircular area above (the 

 yellow area thus like two mountains with a valley between), 

 narrow lateral face-marks extending a little above level of antennae, 

 a small, elongate spot at inner upper side of each antennal socket, 

 a very narrow, occipital band, scutellum and axillae except anterior 

 border, (no other yellow on thorax), and entire bands on abdominal 

 segments 3 to 6; legs very dark reddish-brown, without markings; 

 tegulae black; wings fuliginous, the costal region darkest, second 

 recurrent nervure going far beyond end of second submarginal 

 cell; abdomen partly obscure reddish beneath at base; venter with 

 short, white hair. Antennae black, with red spot at -apex of scape, 

 and third joint red beneath ; head and thorax above with excessively 

 large, crowded punctures, on mesothorax so large that a line from 

 anterior to posterior end traverses only about a dozen; scutellum 

 prominent; base of metathorax with a transverse band of large 

 pits. 



i7a6.— Medellin, Vera Cruz, Mexico {H. H. Hyde; Baker 

 coll. 1785). For the interpretation of this Baker number see 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Feb. 1905, p. 201. Nearest to S. laticincta 

 Cress., but very distinct by the large punctures of thorax, first two 

 abdominal segments all black, etc. The insect has a close super- 

 ficial resemblance to the two species of Hypanthidium described 

 above. 



