404 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Cyrloxi phus gundlaclii Savssvre, Mem. Soc. Geneve, XXV (1878), p. 480; Bolivar, 

 Mem. Soc. Zool. France, I (1888), p. 158. 



Habitat. — Originally described from the West Indies, and especially 

 the Island of Cuba, and since recognized among material from the 

 southern part of the United States and from northern South American 

 countries. A specimen from Para, Brazil (H. H. Smith), is referred 

 to this species. 



73. Cyrtoxipha cayennensis Saussure? 



Cyrloxi phus azteciis var. cayennensis Saussure, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., I (1897), 

 P- 235. 



Habitat. — \^'hile the original specimens were taken in Guiana, there 

 are two female specimens of a rather small, dusky Cyrtoxipha before 

 me, which I am inclined to refer to this species. They were taken at 

 Santarem, Brazil, by H. H. Smith. Owing to the considerably smaller 

 size, these specimens may be distinct. The female of C. azteca 

 measures 9.3 mm. to tip of their wings, while ours are only 8 mm. long, 

 including the wings. 



74. Cyrtoxipha variagata Chopard. 



Cyrtoxipha variegata Chopard, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, LXXXI (1912), p. 497, 3 figs. 



Habitat. — Although the collections which were submitted to me for 

 study contained no specimens of this insect, some are contained in 

 the writer's collection. They were collected some years ago in British 

 Guiana. Both sexes are represented. 



75. Cyrtoxipha nitida Chopard. 

 Cyrtoxipha nitida Chopard, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, LXXXI (1912), p. 408, 2 figs. 



Habitat. — Like the preceding this slender little insect is not repre- 

 sented in the Carnegie collections, except by a single imperfect male 

 specimen, which comes from Chapada, Brazil, where it was taken 

 during the month of October (H. H. Smith). A pair in the writer's 

 collection were collected in British Guiana by H. D. Chipman. 



Both C. nitida and C. variegata have been labeled as new species 

 in my collection for several years. Now it is a relief to know that 

 Chopard has named and figured them so carefully that no further 

 difficultv- should arise as to their identity. 



