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are yellow. The fascia on the third tergite is broken into lateral and 

 discal spots. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Brazil: Ihering, Rio Gi'ande (Det. Handlirsch). 



Handlirsch reports this species also from Montevideo and cites 

 Burmeister as reporting it from Uruguay and from Mercedes, Argen- 

 tina. 



STICTIA VIVIDA (Handlirsch) 



Monedula viv-ida Handlirsch, Sitz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Math.-Nat. CI., vol. 

 99, 1890, p. 101.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., vol. 8, 1891, p. 501. 



I have at hand seven females from Mexico that I have referred to 

 this species. The labrum is wholly yellow and the clypeus also, 

 except for a large basal mark that is almost divided into two by a 

 wide median yellow stripe. The scutum bears a pair of lateral yellow 

 lines and a pair of long, narrow, rufous discal lines. There is a con- 

 spicuous fascia on the anterior border of the scutellum narrowed 

 medially and partially or wholly interrupted at the median line. The 

 metanotum is almost wholly yellow and the broad, curved fascia on 

 the propodeum covers much of the posterior surface. There is a 

 fascia on the posterior border of the pronotum that includes the 

 tubercles. There are large maculations on the sides of the mesothorax 

 and metathorax and the sides of the propodeudi are almost entirely 

 yellow. The fasciae on the tergites are unusually well developed, re- 

 sembling both in size and color those of decorata. They are inter- 

 rupted at midline, the posterior ones somewhat more widely than 

 the anterior ones, but in no case is any fascia broken into discal and 

 lateral spots. Three of the seven specimens have the sixth tergite 

 with a pair of small yellow spots. This tergite is closely punctured, 

 the punctures near the apex being coarser than those toward the base, 

 and practically all the punctures subtend stiff spinelike hairs which 

 are very conspicuous along the lateral borders of the tergite. This 

 tergite bears a distinct median carina as does also the sixth sternite. 

 The legs, which are covered with a fine silvery pubescence, are black 

 with some reduced yellow markings. The wings are hyaline. It is 

 a large, brightly-colored, handsome species. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Mkxico: Alta Mira, Tampa (June 30, 1903). 



STICTIA PROSERPINA (Handlirsch) 



Monedula proserpina Handlirsch, Sitz. Akad. Wissensch. Wien, Math.-Nat. CI., 

 vol. 99, 1890, p. 99.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., vol. 8, 1891, p. 499. 



I have at hand a single specimen, a female from Bolivia. It agrees 

 quite closely with Handlirsch 's description of the species. The macu- 



