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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.96 
  

  

  with 
  only 
  the 
  tubercle 
  and 
  its 
  apex 
  yellow 
  ; 
  stripes 
  on 
  propodeum 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  basad 
  of 
  apophyses. 
  Front 
  coxa 
  behind 
  

   and 
  all 
  femora 
  behind 
  piceous, 
  this 
  color 
  reduced 
  on 
  hind 
  femur 
  to 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  stripe 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  and 
  the 
  apex; 
  front 
  legs 
  otherwise 
  yel- 
  

   lowish, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  middle 
  coxa, 
  tibia, 
  and 
  tarsus, 
  the 
  hind 
  tibia 
  

   except 
  at 
  apex, 
  and 
  a 
  stripe 
  on 
  inner 
  side, 
  which 
  are 
  blackish, 
  and 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tarsus. 
  Ovipositor 
  sheath 
  black, 
  

  

  Tyfe 
  locality. 
  — 
  St. 
  Laurent 
  du 
  Maroni, 
  French 
  Guiana. 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  A 
  holotype 
  and 
  a 
  paratype, 
  both 
  females, 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  above 
  

   locality 
  by 
  Audoit 
  in 
  1862. 
  The 
  type 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum 
  ^ 
  and 
  the 
  

   paratype 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  (No. 
  57080) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  paratype 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  type 
  but 
  is 
  otherwise 
  like 
  it. 
  

  

  2. 
  CRYPTANURA 
  DICOSTATA, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Apparently 
  related 
  to 
  shnilis 
  (Szepligeti) 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  same 
  

   but 
  having 
  the 
  apical 
  carina 
  of 
  the 
  propodeum 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  

   developed, 
  a 
  character 
  not 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Szepligeti. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  12 
  mm., 
  antennae 
  11 
  mm., 
  ovipositor 
  sheath 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Temples 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  strongly 
  receding, 
  flat; 
  occipital 
  carina 
  

   neither 
  especially 
  prominent 
  nor 
  sinuate 
  at 
  lower 
  extremity; 
  vertex 
  

   and 
  frons 
  deeply 
  concave, 
  ocelli 
  distinctly 
  below 
  level 
  of 
  superior 
  

   tangent 
  of 
  eyes, 
  frontal 
  horns 
  small; 
  face 
  nearly 
  flat, 
  transversely 
  

   rugulose 
  and 
  very 
  minutely 
  shagreened, 
  subopaque; 
  clypeus 
  strongly 
  

   convex, 
  with 
  very 
  narrow 
  reflexed 
  margin, 
  polished, 
  with 
  sparse 
  

   punctures; 
  malar 
  space 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  basal 
  width 
  of 
  

   mandible, 
  finely 
  opaque; 
  head 
  elsewhere 
  polished; 
  postocellar 
  line 
  

   and 
  diameter 
  of 
  an 
  ocellus 
  about 
  equal 
  and 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  ocel- 
  

   locular 
  line; 
  antenna 
  33-jointed, 
  slender, 
  only 
  slightly 
  thickened 
  and 
  

   flattened 
  beyond 
  middle. 
  Thorax 
  anteriorly 
  subopaquely 
  sculptured, 
  

   posteriorly 
  polished 
  and 
  almost 
  without 
  sculpture 
  ; 
  humeral 
  margin 
  of 
  

   pronotum 
  smooth, 
  anteriorly 
  angulate, 
  scrobe 
  striate; 
  mesoscutum 
  

   punctate, 
  prescutum 
  transversely 
  striate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  

   notaulices, 
  lobes 
  flattened; 
  scutellum 
  convex, 
  polished, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   punctures 
  ; 
  mesopleuron 
  striatopunctate 
  above, 
  punctate 
  below, 
  smooth 
  

   posteriorly; 
  sternum 
  punctate; 
  metapleuron 
  polished 
  and 
  sparsely 
  

   punctate, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  rugae 
  posteriorly; 
  propodeum 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   polished, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  roughened 
  medially 
  between 
  carinae; 
  apical 
  

   carina 
  distinct 
  and 
  straight 
  between 
  apophyses; 
  basal 
  carina 
  only 
  

   slightly 
  curved 
  medially 
  ; 
  basal 
  area 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  defined 
  ; 
  legs 
  long, 
  hind 
  

   femur 
  about 
  six 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  deep 
  and 
  reaching 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  

   apex 
  of 
  abdomen; 
  coxae 
  polished. 
  Abdomen 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  

   head 
  and 
  thorax, 
  polished, 
  unsculptured, 
  rather 
  slender 
  ; 
  first 
  segment 
  

   without 
  trace 
  of 
  dorsal 
  carinae, 
  petiole 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  deep, 
  

  

  1 
  All 
  specimens 
  indicated 
  as 
  being 
  in, 
  or 
  received 
  from, 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum 
  are 
  retained 
  

   In 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  for 
  the 
  duration 
  of 
  the 
  war. 
  

  

  