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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.98 
  

  

  moderately 
  convex, 
  polished, 
  with 
  scattered 
  punctures; 
  mesopleuron 
  

   striate 
  above, 
  polished 
  and 
  sparsely 
  punctate 
  below, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  

   sternum 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  metapleuron 
  ; 
  lower 
  division 
  of 
  

   metapleuron 
  coarsely, 
  obliquely 
  striatorugose 
  ; 
  propodeum 
  with 
  basal 
  

   median 
  area 
  defined, 
  lateral 
  areas 
  polished 
  and 
  coarsely, 
  sparsely 
  

   punctate 
  to 
  rugose, 
  area 
  behind 
  carina 
  irregularly 
  rugose, 
  posterior 
  

   face 
  transversely 
  striate, 
  apophyses 
  rather 
  long 
  and 
  slender. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  rather 
  stout, 
  minutely 
  alutaceous 
  subopaque, 
  petiole 
  not 
  depressed, 
  

   postpetiole 
  broader 
  than 
  long; 
  second 
  tergite 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  half 
  

   longer 
  than 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  its 
  sides 
  broadly 
  divergent; 
  ovipositor 
  

   sheath 
  hardly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  abdomen 
  beyond 
  first 
  segment, 
  ovipositor 
  

   slender, 
  of 
  uniform 
  depth 
  to 
  the 
  subsagittate 
  apex. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  thorax 
  black 
  and 
  yellow 
  (see 
  description 
  of 
  color 
  pattern, 
  

   p. 
  141) 
  ; 
  mesoscutum 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  median 
  spot; 
  propodeal 
  markings 
  

   obliquely 
  truncate 
  shortly 
  anterior 
  to 
  apophyses. 
  Front 
  and 
  middle 
  

   legs 
  yellow, 
  with 
  coxae, 
  trochanters, 
  and 
  femora 
  black 
  posteriorly; 
  

   hind 
  leg 
  ferruginous 
  with 
  femur 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  piceous 
  apically, 
  tibia 
  

   entirely 
  and 
  tarsus 
  except 
  the 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  blackish 
  apex 
  yellow. 
  Wings 
  

   slightly 
  infumate, 
  especially 
  around 
  apical 
  margin. 
  Abdomen 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous, 
  usually 
  with 
  apex 
  of 
  tergite 
  1 
  narrowly 
  yellow 
  and 
  postpetiole 
  

   piceous, 
  though 
  sometimes 
  entirely 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  examined 
  six 
  females 
  and 
  one 
  male 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  The 
  National 
  Museum 
  female 
  cotype 
  from 
  Mexico; 
  a 
  female 
  

   and 
  a 
  male 
  taken 
  by 
  August 
  Busck, 
  March 
  23 
  and 
  27, 
  1912, 
  at 
  Trinidad 
  

   Rio, 
  Panama; 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  Alhajuelo, 
  Panama, 
  April 
  7, 
  1911, 
  A. 
  

   Busck 
  ; 
  and 
  two 
  females 
  from 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  2,000-3,000 
  feet, 
  "Pinches 
  

   & 
  Perene 
  Vs," 
  Peru, 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Geographical 
  Society 
  of 
  Lima. 
  

  

  The 
  Peruvian 
  specimens 
  have 
  the 
  white 
  markings 
  somewhat 
  less 
  

   extensive, 
  with 
  mandibles 
  and 
  sternum 
  entirely 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  

   tergite 
  entirely 
  red. 
  

  

  33. 
  CRYPTANURA 
  MACULIFRONS, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  11.5 
  mm., 
  antennae 
  (gone), 
  ovipositor 
  sheath 
  4 
  

   mm. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  incerta, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  virtually 
  only 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   Mesopleuron 
  obliquely 
  striate 
  over 
  most 
  of 
  its 
  surface; 
  face 
  white 
  

   only 
  medially 
  and 
  in 
  orbits, 
  mandibles 
  entirely 
  black; 
  propodeum 
  dor- 
  

   sally, 
  metapleuron 
  below, 
  and 
  metasternum 
  entirely 
  reddish 
  piceous 
  to 
  

   ferruginous; 
  white 
  markings 
  of 
  thorax 
  as 
  in 
  incerta 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  

   mesosternum 
  is 
  entirely 
  black; 
  legs 
  as 
  in 
  incerta 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  front 
  

   coxa 
  is 
  very 
  largely 
  piceous 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  coxa 
  is 
  entirely 
  ferrugi- 
  

   nous, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Misiones, 
  "Env. 
  de 
  San 
  Ignacio, 
  Villa 
  Lutecia," 
  

   Argentina. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  One 
  female 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  (No. 
  57082) 
  la- 
  

   beled 
  "E. 
  R. 
  Wagner, 
  1900." 
  

  

  