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Very similar to A. heUus (cr) except in the latter the lower interocular 

 distance at vertex is less than the upper, the lateral ocelli are 2.0 as 

 far from eyes as each other, the striae on propodeum are much weaker 

 and color is different; the last paratype is smaller than the other two 

 specimens, the striae on propodeum not so strong, and the color is 

 slightly different. It may be a different species. 



68. Auplopus eriodes, new species 



Holotype female : Clypeus bluish black with the apical half slightly 

 fuscous; head dull green, with the scutellum and postscutellum a 

 bright shining green; pronotum a bluish green, mesonotum a duller 

 bluish green, the propodeum a dull bluish green; sides of thorax 

 about like the pronotum; abdomen with a bluish to violet shining 

 color reflecting through the rather copious dense bloom; the very fine, 

 dense, whitish pubescence causing the bloom forming broad spots 

 on the sides of tergites from the second through the fifth; antennae 

 dull yellowish; forecoxae bluish with apex underneath yellowish, 

 the last two pairs bluish violet with the ventral surface a dull yellow ; 

 trochanters, femora, and tibiae of all legs light yellowish; the tibiae 

 of forelegs yellow, the last two pau-s yellow with the last three joints 

 slightly darkened; the clypeus face, pronotum, sides of thorax, and 

 all propodeum except a small space in center densly white pubescent; 

 considerable longer hair scattered over the body, giving the body a 

 woolly appearance (hence the name); ch^peus rounded in front 2.2 

 as wide as long; head 1.25 times as wide as long; middle interocular 

 distance 0.6 the transfacial distance; the upper interocular distance 

 (85) very slightly larger than the lower (80); the ratio of length of 

 jBrst four antenna! joints is 35:15:60:50, thus the second plus third 

 antennal joint not quite equal to the width at vertex; lateral ocelli 

 2.0 as far from eyes as from each other; the head and dorsum of thorax 

 very finely and densely punctured, the punctures becoming stronger 

 beyond the mesonotum ; the propodeum wdth a few fine striae on 

 central hairless dorsal surface, any on haired portion hidden by the 

 pubescence ; pronotum transverse behind ; pygidium smooth and shin- 

 ing; wings hyaline with a yellowish tint. 



Length head and thorax 4.33 mm., abdomen 3.3 mm., forewing 7.6 

 mm., rear wing 5.9 mm. 



Holotype female: Dept. Piura, Peru, Jan. 30, 1911, C. H. T. Town- 

 send (USNM). 



69. Auplopus brasiliensis, new species 



Figures 62, 63 



Holotype male. A white spot on outer edge of clypeus which con- 

 tinues on sides of face and inner orbits to a little above antennae; the 



