254 p. CAMERON. 



Cryptaiinra niaculipes sp. nov. 

 Black; the face, clypeus. iiiaudihies, except at apex, a broad line round the 

 inner and upper eye orbits, a short, broader one on the lower part of the outer, 

 the raalar space, palpi, base of pronotum, tegulfe, tubercles, the greater part of 

 the scutellura, the lower half of the mesopleurge, the mark broadest in front, a 

 large mark, rounded behind, on the upper part of the base of the metapleura;, a 

 smaller oblicpie one in the middle and the tubercles, whitish yellow ; the apices of 

 the basal 3 abdominal segments yellow, tinged with rufous. Four fiont femora 

 and tibite rufo-testaceous, the coxae and trochanters pale yellow, the tarsi fuscous ; 

 the hind coxae rufous, marked with black at the base, trochanters black, femora 

 dark rufous, black above; the tibiae black, with a small white band near the 

 base; the tarsi black, the middle 3 joints white. Wings hyaline, the nervuie and 

 stigma black. Pro- and mesothorax smooth, the base of the mesopleurae closely 

 longitudinally striated. The metanotum behind the keel smooth; the middle 

 transversely striated, the strise curved ; the apical slope longitudinally, irregu- 

 larly striated, almost reticulated ; the tubercles rounded, short, stout. Hind 

 legs, as usual, much longer than the others; the coxte 3 times longer than thick. 

 Length 6 mm. 



Hah. — Mexico. 



PHYGADEUONINI. 



Oxytseiiia rufb-liiieata sp. nov. 



Black ; the raised central part of the face, a large mark, roundly dilated in the 

 middle, on the lower inner orbits, clypeus, mandibles, except at apex, malar 

 space, palpi, tegulae and scutellums yellow; the apices of the abdominal seg- 

 ments narrowly rufo-testaceous; the 4 front legs fulvo-testaceous, their coxae and 

 trochanters yellow; hind coxae black; the trochanters and underside of the 

 femora rufous; the tibiae dark fuscous, the tarsi black; calcaria white. Wings 

 hyaline, the stigma fuscous; the nervures black. % . Length fully 6 mm. 



Antennae as long as the body, slender, pilose ; the basal joints of flagellum elon- 

 gate. Clypeus roundly convex, separated from the face by a deep furrow, the 

 sides bounded by a deep oblique one. Apex of clypeus broadly rounded, mar- 

 gined. Head sparsely covered with short silvery pul)escence. Thorax shining; 

 the mesonotum sparsely, the pleurae closely and distinctly punctured. The 

 areola is open at the base, longer than wide, dilated in the middle; the apex 

 with 3 areae, the central large, the lateral smaller and somewhat triangular. Ab- 

 domen smooth and shining, longer than the head and thorax united ; the petiole 

 long and slender. Areolet large, 5-angled, it being dilated in the middle behind, 

 where the recurrent nervure is received. Parapsidal furrows deep on the basal 

 slope. Scutellar depression large, deep, au obscure keel in the centre. Metano- 

 tal spiracles oval. 



Hab. — Mexico. 



I only know the $ of this .species. It fits fairly well the descrip- 

 tion of Oxytcenia. The temples are wide ; the base of pronoluin 

 lined with yellow. Mesopleural furrow deep. 



TRYPHONINI. 

 !$copesis flavolineatus sp. nov. 

 Black ; a mark, roundly dilated al)()ve, on the toj) of the inner eye orbit.s, opi)o- 



