NEW SPIDER WASPS — DREISBACH 193 



16. All trochanters rufous, forepair coxae rufous, rest black except middle pair 



has tip yellow; clypeus white on apical quarter and with a wide trans- 

 parent rim; white on sides of face does not reach half way to antennae 

 ending in a rounded point just opposite antennae, all femora and tibiae 

 yellowish and all tarsal joints deep rufous; antennae yellow; basal two 

 segments of abdomen suffused with yellowish. Paraguay, Brazil. Figs. 



44, 45 65. puniceus, new species 



Trochanters black, except first pair may be yellowish; clypeus white across 

 apical 0.25 or less and if clypeus has a broad transparent rim the white 

 of face almost touches antennae 17 



17. Thorax a very dark green on sides except mesonotum which is bright green; 



clypeus with a broad transparent rim; face and clypeus almost entirely 

 white, the face just below antennae darkish, the blotch extending to 

 apical 0.3 of clypeus as a brown cloud; antennae bright yellow beneath, 

 dull yellow above; forecoxae beneath and foretrochanters rufous; posterior 

 tibiae darker than the others; last two pairs tarsi deep rufous. Surinam. 



Figs. 56, 57 72. Stagei, new species 



Thorax a brighter green on sides, mesonotum may be a dull green; a well- 

 defined black stripe below antennae to the preapical white rim of clypeus; 

 forecoxae black or green 18 



18. Antennae deep yellow; forecoxae strongly green the last two pairs with less 



green color; foretrochanters yellow, last two pairs dark; ventral part of 

 thorax deep-green; face, clypeus and sides of thorax strongly, appressed, 

 silvery pubescent; last two pairs tarsal joints only slightly darker than 

 the rest of legs. British Guiana. Figs. 54, 55 . . 71. schausi, new species 

 Antennae dull yellow below, black above; all coxae black, not green; ventral 

 part of thorax black like coxae 19 



19. Foretrochanters mostly black suffused with yellow; last pair tibiae and tarsi 



darker than the rest; clypeus slightly sericeous, but no silvery pubescence 

 on thorax; pronotum and sides of thorax green or bluish; mesonotum dark 

 like ventral part of thorax; a few long hairs on sides of volsellae. Brazil. 



Figs. 66, 67 73. malinus, new species 



Foretrochanters mostly black; last pair tibiae rufous, last pair tarsi dark, 

 sides of thorax dull green, sides of pronotum bluish; mesonotum a strong 

 dull metallic green; hairs on sides of volsellae very short hardly noticeable. 

 Brazil. Figs. 70, 71 78. pratentis, new species 



57. Auplopus cyaneiis, new species 



Figure 3 



Holotype male. Head and thorax green, in certain light bluish 

 with a tinge of violet; abdomen black, in reflected light just a trace 

 of bluish; head and thorax very hairy, with both upright and pros- 

 trate white hairs, abdomen much less hairy and with light, very fine 

 white pubsecence on both dorsal and central surface; coxae and femora 

 with some long hairs; forefemora rufous on front and on apical 0.25 

 on posterior side; middle and posterior femora rufous but black on 

 basal 0.25 of second pair and black on basal 0.2 and knees of last pair; 

 foretibiae rufous, last two pairs black; all tarsi black; clypeus with 

 hardly a rim, almost truncate in front and with a bulge in center; 

 clypeus 2.7 as wide as long; antennae exceedingly slender; first seven 



