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Pronotum elongate, testaceous, finely punctate, sparingly pubescent ; dorsal 

 line regularly arcuate on anterior half, slightly depressed at base of posterior 

 process ; a strong, curved, dark brown ridge extending above the humeral 

 angles on each side of the median ridge but not quite reaching the median 

 ridge in front or the lateral margin of the pronotum behind ; below these 

 lateral ridges are two or three fainter carinse on each side ; metopidium 

 broadly convex, marked with an irregular dark brown spot on each side just 

 above the lateral margins of the head ; median carina strongly percurrent and 

 edged with brown ; humeral angles not prominent, obtuse and blunt ; posterior 

 process short, tectiform, gradually acute, extending slightly beyond internal 

 angles of tegmina but not reaching end of abdomen. 



Tegmina subopaque, wrinkled ; base coriaceous and punctate ; two broad 

 dark brown fasciae extending oliquely across center with areas between them 

 testaceous ; tip pointed and wrinkled ; five apical and three discoidal cells ; 

 hind wings with four apical cells. 



Under surface of body dark brown in front, shading to testaceous behind ; 

 legs uniformly luteous ; hind tarsi very much shorter than other two pairs. 



Length from front of head to tips of tegmina 5.7 mm. ; width between 

 extremities of humeral angles 3 mm. 



Type : female. 



Locality: Para, Brazil. July 7, 1919 (Parish). 



Small, testaceous, a prominent brown carina on each side of median 

 carina and indistinct ridges below these; body elongate; posterior 

 process reaching just beyond internal angles of tegmina, but not to 

 end of abdomen; tegmina mottled testaceous and brown; under surface 

 of body brown ; legs luteous. 



Subfamily Darninae. 

 Stictopelta squarus Fairmaire. 



1846. Daniis squarus Fairm. Rev. Memb., 4S2, 15. • 

 1851. Darnis squarus Walker. List Hom. Brit. Mus., 578, 17. 

 1 85 1. Darnis robusta Walker. List. Hom. Brit. Mus., 579, 25. 

 1858. Darnis squarus Walker. List. Hom. Brit. Mus., Suppl., 147. 

 1878. Stictopelta squarus Butler. Cist. Ent., 341, 10. 



One female from Flores, Manaos, Brazil, Nov. 7, 1919 (Parish). 

 A rare species remarkable for its size, being one of the largest mem- 

 bracids known. 



Combophora maculata Guerin. 



1838. Combophora maculata Guer. Icon, du Reg. Anim. 

 1846. Combophora maculata Fairm. Rev. Memb., 505, 4. 



