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HELORUS ANOMALIPES. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Proctotrupidse. 



Type of the Genus, Sphex anomalipes Patiz. 



Helorus Lat., Jur., C?(rf.— Sphex Panz. 



Antenncc inserted between the eyes, not approximating, shorter 

 than the body, filiform and clothed with very short pubescence, 

 composed of IG joints, basal joint the stoutest, ovate-truncate, 

 2nd globose, 3rd ring-shaped, 4th longer than the following 

 which decrease slightly in length to the apical joint which is 

 ovate (1). 



Labrum ? long narrow, spear-shaped and ciliated with long 

 bristles (2). 



Mandibles porrected, strong, curved and slightly hairy, the apex 

 forming a large tooth with 2 large ones below on the inside (3) ; 

 the superior the smallest in one mandible. 

 Maxillcje terminated by a rounded hairy coriaceous lobe, with a 

 large but thinner one on the inside. Palpi long hairy and 

 5-jointed, 1st and 2nd joints of equal length, the former very 

 slender at the base, the others very long, the 3rd and 4th being 

 stout and subclavate, 5th the longest and slenderest (4). 

 Mentum oblong, hairy, emarginate on each side near the apex, 

 where the Palpi are attached ; they are rather long hairy and 

 triarticulate ; basal joint slightly clavate, 2nd shorter, subovate, 

 3rd a little longer than the 1st subclavate (.5). 

 Head rather large and transverse. Eyes lateral and oval. Ocelli 3. 

 Thorax obovate, the postscuiellum rugose. Wings iridescent and 

 pubescent superior rather broad, the stigma rather large with a small 

 angulated marginal cell, and a minute looped one on the disc. Ab- 

 domen attached by a long peduncle, stoutest at the base, the body 

 ovate-conic, with the apex hiflected, the greater portion covered by 

 the basal joint (6). Legs simple. Tibiae; anterior with a curved 

 spine at the apex, the others with small spurs. Tarsi as long as the 

 tibicB, 5-jointed, basal joint long, 4th small. Claws distinct. 



Anomalipes Panz. 52. 23. and 100. 18 var. — Curt. Guide, Gen.574.2. 

 Black shining and punctured, clothed with very minute yellowish 

 hairs. Trophi ferruginous, the head with 2 large fovese in front 

 where the antennse are inserted, postscutellum rugose : peduncle 

 urn-shaped, channelled and carinated at the base. Legs ochre- 

 ous, the base of the anterior and the whole of the other thighs, 

 excepting the tips, black, the apex of the; tarsi fuscous. Wings 

 slightly stained with yellowish brown, the stigma and nervures 

 piceous. 



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