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setae, posterior metatarsus with a few aciculae on outer surface. Inner 

 posterior tibial spur twice as long as outer, one-half as long as posterior meta- 

 tarsus; posterior metatarsus not as long as remaining tarsal segments together; 

 tooth of claw longer and stouter than apical ray. Wings hyaline, front wings 

 with seven closed cells, subdiscoidal and cubital vein in distal portion of front 

 wing not chitinized and but faintly indicated. 



Petiole about twice as long as distance from point of articulation to ce[)halic 

 margin of propodeum, polished, with some minute punctures and light- 

 colored setae. Abdomen compressed, polished, first four segments beyond 

 petiole with whitish setae on dorsal portion, remaining segments with short 

 setae very abundant both on lateral and dorsal jiortions. 



One specimen, the holotype, collected July 15, 1919, at Igarape- 

 Assu, Brazil. 



TRANS. AM. ENT, SOC, XLVIII. 



