174 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.75 



BICYRTES ANNULATA Parker 



Figure 221 



Bicyrtes annulata Parker, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 52, 1917, p. 67. 



This species stands close to capnoptera Handlirsch, the female hav- 

 ing the sixth tergite provided with a well-developed pygidial area 

 set off by distinct lateral ridges. It differs from capnoptera in having 

 mesopleural maculations, in the greater clearness of the wings, and 

 in the more extensive development of the abdominal fasciae. The 

 type of this species is a female in the collection of the University of 

 Kansas. In a paragraph following the original description of this 

 species the type is referred to as a male. This was an error that I 

 take the opportunity here to correct. 



specimens examined 

 Arizona. 



California: Bard (June 15, 1920, H. R. Reed). 

 New Mexico: Albuquerque (Ashmead) ; Mesilla Park (September 18, 1899, 



Cockerell ) . 

 Tbjxas: Chisos Mountains, Brewster County (June 10-12, 1908, Mitchell and 



Cushman) ; Columbus; El Paso (August 21, 1908, F. C. Pratt). 



BICYRTES VARIEGATA (DUvier) 



Figure 45 



Benihex variegata Olivier, Enc. Meth., vol. 4, 1789, p. 292. 



BeinMdula variegata Handlirsch, Sitz. Akad. Wissensch, Wien, Math.-Nat. CL, 

 vol. 98, 1889, p. 488.— Daixa Torre, Cat. Hym., vol. 8, 1897, p. 496. 



As has been pointed out above, this species is closely related to 

 quadrifasciata. The characters, by means of which the two species 

 may be distinguished, are set forth in the discussion of that species. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 



Bolivia: Rurrenabaque, Rio Beni (October, Lopez). 



Brazil: Chapada (March) ; Peruambuco (December 8, 1882) ; Manaos (Miss 



H. B. Merrill). 

 British Guiana: Bartica (May 10, 1901). 

 Chile: Santiago (1923, Father Claude Joseph). 

 Ecuador : Guayaquil ; Posoria. 



Guatemala: Livingston (April 18, 1923, E. G. Smyth). 

 Mexico : Jicaltepec ; Mazatlan ; San Juan Bantista. ^ 



Paraguay: Sapucay (December 17, 1902). 



Venezuela: Rio Moto, Cuara District (October, 1909, M. A. Carricker). 

 "West Indies : St. Vincent. 



Handlirsch reports this species also from Cayenne and Peru. 



