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somewhat out of plane with it; both are strongly incurved; tiie claw of the 

 male is smaller; the longer tibial spur is a little less than one-half as long as the 

 metatarsus, this is as long as the remaining joints together; a few minute spines 

 on the tibise, flifficnlt of detection. 



Petiole on the sides obliquely coarsely wrinkled ; above coarsely punctured ; a 

 little longer than tlie distance from its base to the metanotum. Abdomen of the 

 female subtriangular, the pygidium produced into a point in which the ovipositor 

 is concealed. 



Hab. — Java, 3 males, 3 females. 



Type. — Male and female in the collection of Cornell University. 

 The type female shall take precedence over the type male as type 

 of the species. 



TABLE TO THE SPECIES OF EVANIA OF THE NEOTROPICAL 



REGION. 



1. Argentinian and Brazilean subregions (2). 



Central American subregion (29). 



2. Antennfe filiform or gradually thickened (3). 



AntennsB incrassate beyond the fifth joint; head and thorax reticulate-rugose. 



Black ; mesonotum and legs red. I^ength 7 mm. 



paraeiisis Spinola, Brazil. 



3. Furcula with more or less distinct tynes (4). 



Furcula truncate, without distinct tynes; head smooth, very finely striate in 



front; dorsum smooth, polished. Red; scape and femora darker; 

 abdomen brownish-red. Length 6 mm. 



rufa. Taschenberg, Argentine Republic. 



4. Furcula with divergent tynes (5). 



Furcula with parallel tynes (11). 



5. Petiole smooth and polished (6). 



Petiole rugose or striate (7). 



6. Forehead wrinkled ; face very finely punctured ; cheeks entirely smooth ; ver- 



tex with shallow punctures. Black; face and cheeks yellow; the 

 upper half of the thorax red ; antennae beneath and the four anterior 

 legs yellowish-red ; base of the posterior trochanters white. Length 



6 mm rulidorsuni Szepligeti, Brazil. 



Forehead in the middle and above the antennie finely rugulose. toward the 

 antennae and the eyes subcoarsely punctured; a distinct median 

 carina; face longitudinally cariuulate, shining, toward the antennae 

 finely longitudinally striate; cheeks polished with very fine punc- 

 tures; vertex moderately densely punctate. Black; middle of the 

 antennae and the legs more or less white. Length 7.5 mm. 



signata Schletterer, Colombia. 



7. Face not striate (8). 



Face with a few indistinct striie; two arcuate carina running from the base of 



the antennae to the mandibles; cheeks and temples smooth, polished, 

 with a few scattered punctures; forehead witii scattered rather coarse 

 punctures, among which fine punctures are thickly set; mesonotum 

 polished, with thickly set microscopic punctures; petiole coarsely, 

 rugosely punctured. Length 7 mm brevigeiia Kieffer, Brazil. 



