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marginal yellow bands, the lateral black areas strongly punctured all 

 over; scutellum yellow; mesopleura with a broad black band; meta- 

 thorax with a broad median black band, in the middle of which is a 

 deep narrow sulcus; at anterior corners of metathorax is a quadrate 

 black patch; anterior and middle legs light ferruginous; hind legs 

 peculiarly colored, their trochanters with femora having the basal half 

 black, interrupted by a cream-colored annulus, which becomes an 

 elongated stripe beneath its apical part on the femur; beyond the 

 black the femora are swollen, with chestnut red, with a black subapical 

 saddle and the apex cream color; the single tooth is below the begin- 

 ning of the subapical black; hind tibiae black with a broad yellowish 

 white aimulus; hind tarsi black; abdomen ferruginous, strongly 

 blackened dorsally; apex of second segment above broadly fer- 

 ruginous. 



Habitat. — ^linatitlan, Mexico, February 1, 1892 (H. Osborn). 



Type.— C^t. No. 15679, U.S.N.M. 



EIPHOSOMA MOTAGUENSE, new species. 



Male. — Length about 17 mm. Anterior Aving about 8 mm.; struc- 

 ture and markings ordinary, but mesopleura clear yellow without dark 

 markings; head and antennae colored as in E. lacteum; ground color 

 of head and thorax lemon yellow; mesothorax with three broad black 

 bands, the lateral ones rather sparsely punctured and nearly reaching 

 the anterior border; scutellum yellow; metathorax with a median 

 black band, and the suture anteriorly boundmg it black; areolet peti- 

 oled, but rather large; apex of the anterior wings with a very faint 

 dusky tint, hardly noticeable ; anterior and middle legs pale ferrugi- 

 nous, yellow basally; hind legs with first trochanters ferruginous, sec- 

 ond cream colored, each blackened or darkened above; hind femora 

 rich chestnut red, broadly black above near base and with a large 

 black subapical saddle, beyond which, on upper side, is a pallid patch; 

 the single spine formed as usual, well developed; hind tibiae black 

 with the middle broadly ferruginous, especially beneath, their tarsi 

 black; abdomen deep ferruginous, segments 4 to 7 without black 

 patches. 



Habitat. — Quirigua, Motagua Valley, Guatemala, 1912 (Wilmatte P. 

 Cockerell). 



Type.—CU. No. 15680, U.S.N.M. 



EIPHOSOMA FORTE, new species. 



Male. — Length about 28 mm., anterior wing about 15 mm.; struc- 

 ture and markings ordinary, but size very large and black on thorax 

 gi-eatly developed; ground color of head and thorax reddish-yellow; 

 teeth of the bidentate mandibles black; flagellum of antennae black; 

 mesothorax black with yellow subdorsal and lateral stripes, the 



