ASHMEAD: CLASSIiacATIOX OK TIIK CHAlA'II) Fl-IKS ^66 



abdomen conic-ovate, the basal half pale ferruginous, the apical half black ; hind 

 legs mostly black, the hind coxic reddish at base aljove, the hind femora with three 

 large whitish spots, the til)iie black or brown-black, the tarsi white. 

 Brazil': Corumba, in May. One specimen. 



Sph.ochalci.s .f ANTAREMA, sp. IIOV. 



Female. — Length 4 mm. Head mostly yellow, the occiput black, the vertex 

 brownish at the middle ; flagellum black ; thorax black beneath and at apex, the 

 pronotum yellow, the mesonotum reddish or reddish -brown, the lobes margined 

 with yellow, the middle lobe blackish down the center, the scutellum black mar- 

 gined with yellow ; body of abdomen ovate, ferruginous, the petiole yellow and 

 about thrice as long as thick, the sheaths of the ovipositor black ; the front and 

 middle legs are entirely yellow, the hind legs are mostly black, their femora with a 

 large yellow spot at the upper outer angle and a small spot beneath it, their tibia; 

 narrowly black or dark fuscous at base and at apical tliird, while the tarsi are yel- 

 low. Wings hyaline, the veins brown-black. 



Brazil : Santarem. One specimen. 



Spilochalcis ERYTHKOGASTEK, sp. IIOV. 



Female. — Length 5.5 mm. Black, coarsely punctate ; orbits, face l»elow insertion 

 of antenntB, the dorsum of pronotum, the margins of the middle mesothoracic lobe, 

 the lateral lobes outwardly, the tegulfe, two large spots on the scutellum, a spot en- 

 closing the metathoracic spiracles, the short abdominal petiole, and th'e front and 

 middle legs, yellow ; the hind legs are mostly black, the tarsi, a spot at base of coxiie 

 above and three spots on hind femora, yellow ; body of abdomen ovate, rufous, the 

 sheaths of the ovipositor black. Wings hyaline, the veins l)rown-black. 



Brazil : Chapada and Santarem. Two specimens. 



Spu-ochalcis flavoaxillaris, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 7.5 mm. Black, coarsely punctate ; orbits a A-shaped mark 

 on the face below the insertion of the antennae, the clypeus, the dorsum of the pro- 

 notum, except a line at the sides, the margins of the middle mesothoracic lobe, the 

 outer margins of the lateral loljes, a line acro.ss the base of the scutellum and the 

 axil he, yellow ; the al)domen, except the petiole, the base of the second segment, a 

 band at the base of the third and fourth segments which are black, is mostly yellow ; 

 the front and middle legs are yellowish and ferruginous marked with black, the 

 hind legs black and yellow; the hind coxa' are black with a small yellow spot at 

 apex and a yellow stripe above, the hind femora are yellow with a black line at 



