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12. Thorax rugose-punctate. Red ; upii^al half of the aiiteiiiuie, two sjxits on the 



propodeuni above, alidomeu and i)osterior tarsi black; apex of the 



petiole pale. Length 3 mm craxisa Cameron. Panama. 



Tliorax with separated punctures (13). 



13. Face transversely rugo.se-puncturcd ; petiole smootli, except striate above. 



Black; face, tegulse, pronotum (^ mesonotum ?) and scutelluni red. 

 Length said to be 3-7 mm. This may be an error as Schletterer 

 points out, or two species may be heie confused. 



guateilialeiisiiii Cameron, (ruatemala. 



Face finely but not rugosely punctured ; petiole entirely distinctly strin- 



late. Entirely black, except scape and four anterior legs ])ale. Length 



2 mm bakei'i n. sp., Guatemala. 



14. Mesonotnm coarsely rugosely ])tiiictured 1 15). 



Mesonotuni coarsely and densely jiunctured. Black; thorax rusty reddish. 



Lengtii 4 mm- . . -ocellitrisi Schletterer, Mexico, St. Thomas, Cuba. 



15. Hind coxae punctured behind. Black; head, excei)t vertex, more or less of 



the thorax and the anterior legs red. I.,ength 5 mm, 



csiniei'oni Schletterer, Panama. 

 Hind coxffi impunctate. Black; pronotum and niesonotum red. Length G 



mm riigOMa Cameron, (Juatemala. 



1(1. Head at most rugose-punctate; thorax punctured (17). 



Head and thorax strongly rugose. Black; anterior legs brown. Length 7-8 

 mm - Sfrvillei Guerin, San Domingo, 



17. Forehead and niesonotum closely punctured; forehead sometimes thickly 



pubescent- • • 1 18). 



Head, niesonotum and scutelluni with a few regularly scattered punctures; 

 parapsidal grooves distinct except posteriorly. Velvety black, except 

 that the propodeuni is bright red. Length 5 mm. 



joIlUMoni Ashmead, Jamaica. 



18. Pronotnni not mesally emarginate above; petiole shallowly or wrinkly jiunc- 



tate (20), 



Pronotum mesally emarginate above; petiole very sparingly punctured or 

 the sculpture obscured by thick white vestiture (19;. 



19. .\ distinct patch of white iiairs near the base of the abdomen above ; cheeks 



very sparingly, face coarsely and closely punctured. Black ; the pio- 

 and mesonotuni and mesopleurje above red. Length 5 mm. 



weillii Ashmead, Haiti. 

 No patch of hairs on abdomen ; petiole with a few small scattered punctures, 

 cheeks with a few round punctures; face with an indistinct median 

 longitudinal protuberance, with larger irregular punctures over and 

 between which are close minute punctures, giving it a loughened 

 appearance; forehead with remarkably evenly placed, separated, 

 round punctures. Red ; antennse, legs, ex(!ept coxse more or less, ver- 

 tex and abdomen with petiole black poeyi Guerin. Cuba. 



20. Face immediately in front of the base of the antennae with a median longi- 



tudinal protuberance, and very fine wrinkly punctation; forehead 

 clothed with yellowish hairs; furcula truncate, not forked; the longer 

 tibial spur two-thirds as long as the metatarsus. Rusty red ; head in 

 l)art and the abdomen black. Length 4 mm, 



»>tiiuulata Schletterer, Cuba. 



TR.\NS. AM. ENT. SOC, XXXIV. JUNE, 1908. 



