186 FAMILY KVANIID>«. 



TABLE TO THE SPECIES OF HYPTIA OF THE NEOTROPICAL 

 REGION. 



1. Brazilian and Argentine siibregions (2). 



Central American subregioii (11)- 



Antillean subregion (16). 



2. Posterior tibise and tarsi without distinct spines (4). 



Posterior tarsi with distinct spines (3j. 



3. Mesonotum irregularly reticulate; tibiai with short spines. Black; dorsum 



except the scutellum red; forelegs partly brownish-red. Length i) 



mm liirsuta Taschenberg, Brazil. 



Mesonotum coarsely punctured, sparingly in front and laterally, more densely 

 posteriorly. Black; thorax and anterior legs reddish. Length 8-9 

 mm aiiiazonica Scliletterer, Brazil. 



4. Face impunctured, smooth and polished (5). 



Face punctured or rugose or both (6). 



5. Dorsum strongly punctured ; cheeks weakly longitudinally striate. Black ; 



base of the legs and antennae brown. Length 2.5 mm. 



parva Enderlein, Peru. 



Dorsum impunctate, smooth and [lolished. Yellowish-red and black. Length 



4.5 mm f estiva Tascheuberg, Brazil. 



6. Face finely punctured, or coarsely punctured with fine punctures be- 



tween (7). 



Face rugose or rugose-punctured (9). 



7. Petiole about twice as long as the distance from its insertion to the scutellum. 



Black; temples beneath and four anteiior legs reddish-brown. 



C'halcidides Enderlein, Peru. 

 Petiole but little longer than the distance from its insertion to the scutel- 

 lum (8). 



8. Furcula with parallel tynes. Head and antennge yellowish-red ; thorax red- 



dish. Length 3 mm I'ufict'ps Shuckard, Venezuela, Brazil. 



Furcula with divergent tynes. Black ; mesonotum and scutellum red ; ante- 

 rior legs yellowish-red, except the co.Nse and trochanters. 



rufo!«igiiata Kieffer, Argentina. 



9. Furcula with parallel tynes (10). 



Furcula with divergent tynes. Y'ellowish-red ; the flagellum and abdomen 



black; posterior tarsi brown. Length 5 mm. 



iiigriveiif ris Szepligeti. Brazil. 



10. Longer liind tibial spur shorter than one-half the metatarsus ; wings light 



brown. Shoulders more strongly angled ; propodeum coarsely wrink- 

 led, the truncature flat; petiole coarsely and somewhat obliquely 

 wrinkled. Black; scape and the fotir anterior legs red. Length 5 



mm siniiliw Szepligeti, Brazil. 



Longer hind tibial spur longer than one-half the metatarsus; wings hyaline. 

 Black and more or less rusty red. Jjcngth 6 mm. 



SOror Schletterer, Guiana, Brazil. 



11. Petiole striate (12). 



Petiole punctured (14). 



