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coarse punctures which on its central part are somewhat confluent; pro- 

 podeal carinae as in female. 



Colored like the female, except that fulvous tinges on head are 

 indistinct. 



Female: Front wing 8.0 to 11.7 mm. long; temple at midheight 

 about 0.65 as long as eye, weakly convex; occipital carina very high; 

 second segment of flagellum about 3.3 as long as wide; widest sub- 

 apical segments of flagellum about 0.65 as long as wide; mcsopleurum 

 medially with moderately coarse, irregular rugulosity resulting from 

 confluence of coarse punctures, marginally with very close or somewhat 

 confluent medium-sized punctures; basal carina of propodeum strong 

 and complete; apical carina complete or weak or absent medially and 

 laterall}'^, sublaterally developed as a broad weak tooth; hind femur 

 about 5.5 as long as deep; second tergite covered with small, very dense 

 punctures and dense short hairs; ovipositor sheath about 0.67 as long 

 as front wing; ovipositor about 6.3 as long from nodus to apex as it is 

 deep at nodus. 



Head, body, and \v4ngs blacldsh blue. Head with some fulvous 

 tinges; antenna yellow, its apical third fuscous; wings each with a 

 broad transverse orange-yellow band, as in figure 357. 



Specimens (75 cf, 449): From Florida (Biscayne Bay, Florida City 

 in Dade Co., Homestead, Key Largo, Key Vaca, Key West, Larkins in 

 Dade Co., Marathon, Matecumbe Key, Mathcson Hammock in 

 Miami, Miami, Paradise Key in Everglades National Park, "Racoon 

 Key," Royal Palm State Park, and Sugarloaf Key); and Cuba (Banos, 

 Paso Real, and Soledad in Cienfuegos). 



Dates of collection are from December to April, most of them from 

 December 28 to April 12. The only records outside of this restricted 

 period arc December 5 at Marathon, Fla.; and April 19, 20, and 25 at 

 Paso Real, Cuba. 



This species occurs in Cuba and the tropical part of Florida. 



2. Compsocryptus lexensis, new species 



Figure 358 



Male: Front wing 7.0 to 12.5 mm. long; temple at midheight 

 about 0.97 as long as eye, weakly convex, a little less strongly con- 

 vex than in C. calipterus; punctures on mcsopleurum rather close, 

 separated on the average by about 0.33 their diameter; basal transverse 

 carina of propodeum complete and sharp; apical carina of propodeum 

 absent or represented by sublateral vestiges. 



Colored like the male of C. calipterus calipterus except that basal 

 0.65 of flagellum is fulvous with sometimes a weak infuscation on 

 upper side of basal segment, liind femur is fulvous with sometimes 



