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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  96 
  

  

  narrow 
  lilies 
  on 
  disk 
  of 
  mesoscutum 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  anteriorly 
  on 
  meso- 
  

   pleuron 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  before 
  middle 
  coxa 
  ; 
  yellow 
  of 
  lower 
  division 
  

   of 
  metapleuron 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  its 
  upper 
  

   margin; 
  propodeal 
  spots 
  extending 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  anterior 
  to 
  

   apophyses 
  ; 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  legs 
  except 
  their 
  coxae 
  at 
  base 
  behind, 
  

   a 
  large 
  spot 
  on 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  hind 
  coxa, 
  hind 
  tibia 
  except 
  narrowly 
  at 
  

   base 
  and 
  broadly 
  at 
  apex, 
  and 
  probably 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  (though 
  these 
  are 
  

   missing) 
  yellow; 
  petiole 
  entirely 
  black; 
  wings 
  yellowish 
  hyaline, 
  

   venation 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Essentially 
  like 
  female, 
  but 
  more 
  highly 
  polished 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   podeum 
  with 
  striae 
  radiating 
  from 
  bases 
  of 
  apophyses, 
  which 
  are 
  

   somewhat 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  in 
  female; 
  postpetiole 
  fully 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   broad 
  and 
  second 
  tergite 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  their 
  junction 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  even 
  more 
  slender. 
  

  

  The 
  antennae, 
  though 
  not 
  entire, 
  exhibit 
  a 
  yellow 
  annulus 
  beginning 
  

   on 
  the 
  eleventh 
  flagellar 
  joint, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsus 
  is 
  entirely 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  Allotype 
  locality. 
  — 
  Huascaran, 
  Peru. 
  

  

  Types. 
  — 
  One 
  of 
  each 
  sex, 
  the 
  type 
  female, 
  having 
  no 
  further 
  data 
  ; 
  

   the 
  allotype 
  taken 
  September 
  21, 
  1911, 
  by 
  C. 
  H. 
  T. 
  Townsend. 
  Both 
  

   are 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  (No. 
  57069) 
  . 
  

  

  13. 
  CRYPTANURA 
  MEXICANA 
  (Cresson), 
  new 
  combination 
  

  

  Mesostenus 
  mexicanus 
  Cresson, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  1873, 
  p. 
  157, 
  

   female, 
  male 
  (part). 
  

  

  Cresson's 
  type 
  series 
  was 
  not 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species, 
  for 
  a 
  male 
  

   eotype 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  is 
  referable 
  to 
  orizdbensis 
  (Cam- 
  

   eron). 
  A 
  female 
  eotype 
  agrees 
  with 
  Cresson's 
  description, 
  and 
  ap- 
  

   parently 
  is 
  the 
  true 
  meooicana. 
  

  

  Three 
  additional 
  specimens 
  are 
  before 
  me 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Argas, 
  

   Panama, 
  April 
  28, 
  1911 
  (A. 
  Busck) 
  ; 
  Costa 
  Rica 
  and 
  Santa 
  Marta, 
  

   Colombia, 
  1852 
  (Fontanier), 
  the 
  last 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Paris 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  ^Length 
  14 
  mm., 
  antennae 
  14 
  mm., 
  sheath 
  5.5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Temples 
  flat 
  or 
  slightly 
  concave, 
  occipital 
  carina 
  high, 
  slightly 
  

   sinuate 
  below; 
  vertex 
  weakly 
  concave, 
  ocelli 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  superior 
  

   tangent 
  of 
  eyes 
  ; 
  postocellar 
  line 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  ocellocular 
  line 
  ; 
  

   frons 
  moderately 
  concave, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  rugae 
  radiating 
  fi'om 
  the 
  

   ocelli, 
  horns 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  not 
  on 
  a 
  common 
  base 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  bulg- 
  

   ing, 
  weakly 
  convergent 
  below; 
  face 
  convexly 
  elevated 
  medially, 
  pol- 
  

   ished 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctate, 
  with 
  a 
  transversely 
  striate 
  impres- 
  

   sion 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  middle; 
  clypeus 
  strongly 
  convex 
  but 
  not 
  subnasute, 
  

   polished 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctate; 
  malar 
  space 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  basal 
  

   width 
  of 
  mandible, 
  in 
  front 
  view 
  straight; 
  antenna 
  about 
  38- 
  jointed, 
  

   strongly 
  thickened 
  and 
  flattened 
  below 
  beyond 
  middle. 
  Thorax 
  

   stout; 
  humeral 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  transversely 
  striate, 
  carinately 
  

  

  