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Parat.ype male: Volcan, Colima, Mexico, 1918, Joh. Lane (Munich 

 Mus.). 



55. Auplopus hispidus, new species 



Holotype female. Clypeus and abdomen black, except that clypeus 

 has a slight bluish tint; head (except clypeus), and all of thorax bluish 

 green; coxae about same color as thorax, trochanters black; clypeus, 

 face and inner orbits silvery sericeous, the thorax also covered with 

 appressed silvery pubescence but it does not obscure the integument 

 as does that on clypeus and face; head and thorax (and ventral seg- 

 ments to a lesser degree) with long, shaggy, whitish pubescence; 

 mandibles black except for a preapical yellowish spot; antennae 

 jj^ellow beneath, brown above; clypeus of usual shape, thin in front 

 and not quite 2.0 as broad as long; ratio of length of third and fourth 

 antenna! joints is 14:11; ratio of length of upper interocular distance 

 to the lower is 15:16; middle interocular distance a little less than 

 0.6 the transfacial distance; head 1.1 as broad as long; lateral ocelli 

 not quite 2.0 as far from eyes as each other; wings hj^aline, veins 

 and stigma yellomsh; first recurrent vein in fore wings meets the 

 second cubital cell in middle, the second recurrent meets third cubital 

 cell about basal third; in certain reflected light the wings have a 

 brilliant greenish iridescence; all femora and first two pairs tibiae 

 reddish, last pair tibiae and all tarsi dark. 



Length of head and thorax 6.3 mm., abdomen 4.6 mm., forewing 

 7.6 mm., rear wing 5.4 mm. 



Holotype female: El Salto, Escuintla, Guatemala, June 28, 1934, 

 F. X. Wilhams (MCZ). 



56. Auplopus bcrmudensis, new species 



Holotype female. Completely black, except apex of mandibles 

 are slightly reddish; numerous whitish hairs on body, especially under 

 head, coxae, apical half of propodeum, underside of coxae, thorax, 

 and ventral part of abdomen; clypeus strongly rounded in front, 

 bulging when seen from the side, extending under eyes slightly, 

 about 2.0 as broad as long; middle interocular distance 0.57 the trans- 

 facial; lower interocular distance (80) is slightly less than the upper 

 (90); head very broad, 1.2 as wide as long; ratio of lengths of first 

 four antenna! joints is 40:15:55:50; lateral ocelli not quite 2.0 as 

 far from eyes as from each other; pronotum slightly angulate behind; 

 wings fuscous; the first and second recurrent veins meet the second 

 and third cubital cells respectively at middle and basal third. 



Length head and thorax 4.0 mm., abdomen 2.70 mm., forewing 6.6 

 mm., rear wing 5.1 mm. 



Holotype female: Bermuda Biol. Sta., Mar. 13, 1935, H. Osborn 

 (USNM). 



