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Trtbe V^. Dirldnim. 



Genus HONTALIA Cameron. 



HONTALIA CAMERONI, sp. nov. 

 (Plate XXXII., Fig. 4.) 



Female. — Length 6.1 mm.; ovipositor 3.5 mm. Blue, with a shght greenish tinge 

 the head and thorax coarsely punctate, the metanotum and the metapleura metalUc 

 green ; abdomen aineous black, the petiole longitudinallj^ striate, the second segment 

 very large, smooth, impunctate, the following segments united not longer than the 

 second and microscopically shagreened ; eyes light brown ; ocelli pale ; antenna? 

 brown ; front and middle legs, except coxie, ferruginous, the tarsi paler, more of a 

 yellowish-white ; hind legs seneous black, except the long coxa? which are bluish 

 and the tarsi which are yellowish-white. Wings hyaline, tinged with yellowish, the 

 veins light brown. 



Brazil : Santarem. One .specimen. 



Named in honor of Mr. Peter ( "anieron. 



HONTALIA KIRBYI, Sp. DOV. 



(Plate XXXII., Fig. 5.) 



Mah'. — Length 3.5 mm. .Eneous black, reticulately punctate, the mesopleura 

 with an opaque, shagreened depression that extends from the teguke to the middle 

 coxte, the metanotum with several carinae ; the hind tarsi, the front and middle legs, 

 except coxse, the thickened portion of the femora, and a large part of the tibiae basally 

 are honey-yellow or testaceous ; the abdominal petiole is longitudinally striate, the 

 second abdominal segment, except apically, being smooth and polished, the apex of 

 the second segment and the following segments are finely microscopically punctate. 



Brazil : Santarem. Two specimens. 



Family LXIII. EURYTOMID^. 



Tribe I. Axhuini. 



Genus AXIMA. Walker. 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 



1. Males o 



Females. 



Wings hyaline, without a blackisli hand at base, 2 



Wings hyaline, with a broad blaekish band at base. 



Front legs, except tips of the tibiie, red A. spinifrons Walker. 



