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femora rather whitish, rest of legs rather j^ale whitish stramineous; 

 propodeum finely sculptured, with the third lateral area and with a 

 petiolarea from which latter a median longitudinal carina extends to 

 the base of the propodeum; first dorsal segment finely sculptured, 

 nearly parallel sided, apparently at least three times as long as wide 

 at base; second dorsal segment laterally chitinized like the first, 

 rest of abdomen rather membranous, much paler than the first seg- 

 ment; ovij^ositor hardly exserted. 



Type-locality. — Department of Piura, Peru. 



Type.— Cat. No. 14709, U.S.N.M. 



Reared by Mr. C. H. T. Townsend, who wiites that this species is 

 evidently from the square-weevil, Antlwnomus vestitus. 



CHELONUS (CHELONELLA) BUSCKI, new species. 



Female. — ^Length, 3.5 mm.; mandibles blackish at base, dark 

 stramineous tipped with castaneous, scape dark stramineous; pedicel 

 more or less concolorous with the scape; flagel 14-jointed, all joints 

 distinctly longer than wide, the first joint largely brownish stra- 

 mineous, the remaining joints dark brownish to black or blackish; 

 fore and mid coxsg and trochanters mostly stramineous, rest of fore 

 legs dark stramineous, with the tarsi more or less dark bro^vn, rest 

 of mid legs mostly blackish; hand coxae black, their trochanters mth 

 the proximal joint stramineous, their distal joint stramineous beneath, 

 brownish above; hind femora black, hind tibiae with the basal fifth 

 blackish, as are the apical three-fifths, the remaining fifth whitish, 

 spurs yellowish, tarsi dark brown; basal half of wings with the mem- 

 braneous portion mostly colorless, the membraneous portion of the 

 apical hall brownish, veins brownish except the costa and media, 

 which are wliitish at base, the submedia, somewhat more than the 

 basal half of wliich is whitish and the apices of which are pale yellowish 

 or whitish, stigma blacldsh, tegulse black; propodeum with its apical 

 transverse carina slightly quadrangulate; basal fifth of carapace 

 with a median longitudinal carina in addition to the lateral carinas, 

 the second fifth mostly stramineous with a brownish band down the 

 middle, remainder of the carapace black. 



Type-locality. — ^Montserrat, Trinidad. 



Type.— Cat. No. 14710, U.S.N.M. 



Judging from one paratopotype, this is a fairly constant species. 

 The above-mentioned specimens were collected by Mr. August 

 Busck, June 29, 1905. 



Named for Mr. August Busck. 



CHELONUS (CHELONELLA) RUFICOLLIS, new species. 



Female. — Length, 3.5 mm.; head typical, black and sculptured, 

 the malor space not separated from the face by a difference in sculp- 



