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Hemiteles bicinctus, n. sp. 



Rufous; abdomen black, rufous at tip, two first segments banded with white: 

 orbits, collar, line on pleura and four anterior eoxre, white; metathorax with 

 two white tubercles ; wings fusco-hyaline. 



Female. — Rufous, opaque; orbits and mouth whitish; antennae nearly 

 as long as the body, black, basal joint beneath rufous. Thorax: collar, 

 and an oblique line on each side of the pleura, white; metathorax with 

 a slight, transverse carina near the base, and on each side posteriorly 

 a white, obtuse tubercle, well developed. Wings fusco-hyaline, with a 

 bright golden gloss ; posterior pair hyaline ; nervures and stigma 

 black. Legs rufous, the four anterior coxae white. Abdomen stout, 

 subovate, shining, very slender at base, strongly arcuated; first and se- 

 cond segments black, with a broad white band at the tip of each; third 

 segment also black, margined at tip with rufous; remaining segments 

 rufous; ovipositor rufous, more than half the length of the abdomen. 

 Length 21 lines; expanse of wings 4 lines. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Gundlach. One specimen. 



Hemiteles thoracicus, n. sp. 



Brown; head and thorax clay-yellow; abdomen with a purple iridescence: 

 wings banded with fuscous. 



Female. — Head rather large, clay-yellow ; antennae slender, as long 

 as the body, pale testaceous. Thorax: mesothorax clay-yellow, the 

 dorsal lines deeply impressed ; collar and tegulae clay-yellow ; pleura, 

 scutellum and metathorax brown, the latter with a slight white pube- 

 scence, and two subobsolete pale spots at base. Wings hyaline, with a 

 broad fuscous band towards the tip, covering the stigma, and a nar- 

 rower one at the base of the first submarginal cell; nervures and stigma 

 fuscous, the latter large. Legs brown, the four anterior pair paler ; 

 posterior tibiae whitish at base. Abdomen ovate, rather stout, arcuated, 

 brown, polished, with a slight purplish iridescence; apical margins of the 

 segments somewhat pale; ovipositor brown, scarcely half the length of 

 the abdomen. Length 2 lines ; expanse of wings 4 lines. 

 Collection. — Dr. J. (rundlach. One specimen. 



Hemiteles subflavescens. n. sp. 



Pale honey-yellow; abdomen black, banded with white; orbits, spots on tho- 

 rax, two spots on metathorax, and the four anterior coxce, white; wings hya- 

 line, iridescent. 



Male. — Pale honey-yellow, shining ; orbits, clypeus and palpi, whitish ; 

 antennae two-thirds the length of the body, black, yellowish at base. 

 Thorax: collar, tegulae, a line beneath the anterior wings, a spot behind 

 the posterior wings, and a spot on the pleura, white; scutellum with a 

 white spot, as well as another on the postscutellum; metathorax with a 



