THE FAMILY EUCHARIDAE — GAHAN 447 



of Cuba, in the same collection. The latter specimens were collected 

 in association with Wasmannia auropunctafa Koget by W. M. Mann 

 in 1917. 



ORASEMA SMITHI Howard 



Orasema smithi Howaed, Journ. Linn. Soe. London, Zool., vol. 26 (1896), p. 

 134, 1897. 

 Seven specimens believed to be this species were taken by C. P. 

 Clausen in July 1931 at Hoyo Colorado, Cuba, and bear his note num- 

 ber 2452. One specimen of the same species is in the National col- 

 lection, taken on the island of St. Vincent, West Indies, by H. H. 

 Smith, and one other specimen that appears to be identical was col- 

 lected at Virginia Beach, Va., by E. S. G. Titus. The type of the 

 species, which was from the island of Grenada, is in the British 

 Museum and has not been seen, this identification being based 

 entirely upon the description. 



The sculpture of the thorax in this species is a mixture of alveolate 

 punctures and fine irregular rugulae, which gives to the surface a 

 somewhat less distinctly alveolate appearance than have the following 

 species. The clypeus is more weakly sculptured than the rest of face, 

 somewhat shining, and its anterior margin is not straight but slightly 

 convex. The flagellar joints are all longer than broad and not 

 thicker than the pedicel. The scutellum in most of the specimens has 

 a very slight depression medially and in all of them the usual longi- 

 tudinal grooves on the sides are absent. The transverse fold on 

 scutellum is present but weak. Tlie dorsal half of mesepimeron is 

 smooth. The abdominal petiole is more than twice as long as broad 

 and about as long as the hind coxa. The stigmal vein is longer than 

 broad, the postmarginal less than half as long as the marginal, and 

 the costal cell is about as strongly ciliated as is the disk of the wing. 



ORASEMA BEAMERI, new species 



Female.— hengtli 2.75 mm. Agreeing with the description of 

 aureoviridis except in the following particulars: A little duller 

 metallic green, with the strong brassy tints more uniform on head 

 and thorax; basal half to two-thirds of all femora dark fuscous with 

 a metallic-green tint; apical tergite polished; flagellum very little 

 thicker toward apex than at base; clypeus nearly uniformly finely 

 sculptured, usually not entirely smooth anteriorly ; supraclypeal area 

 a little longer than broad, as long as clypeus; propodeum usually 

 with some irregular rugae medially overlying the alveolate sculpture 

 but without a median carina or, if with a semblance of one, this is not 

 flanked by rows of pits or f oveae ; costal cell with about 20 to 25 

 discal cilia; postmarginal vein more than twice as long as stigmal 

 vein. 



