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transversely striateil. The head is coarsel}' shagreened, with some irregular elevated 

 lines. The antennse are short, the first joint bfeing very long, clavate, about the 

 length of the scape, or nearly as long as all remaining joints united, the second fun- 

 icle joint only a little longer than thick, the following transverse. 



The male differs from the female only slightly in the antennte. Tlio hrst joint 

 of the flagellum is a little shorter about the length of the flagellum, tlie funicle 

 joints two to four being much wider, subdentate above. 



Brazil : Santarem. Two specimens. 



Genus DILOCANTHA Shipp. 

 DiLOCANTHA FLAVICORNIS (Walker). 



Tlwracantha flavicomis Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 382.— 

 Westwood, Thesaur. ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 153 ; PI. 28, f 3. 



Dilocimtha fiavicornis Shipp, The Entom., XXVII., 1894, p. 184. — Dal la Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 366. 

 Brazil : Villa Nova (Bates). 



Genus ISOMERALIA Shipp. 



ISOMERALIA CORONATA (Wcstwood). 



Thordcantha coramiUi Westwood, Thesaur. ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 154; PI. 28, f 10. 

 IsomemUa coninata)Sh\Y>])., The Entom., XXVII., 1894, p. 188. — Dalla Torre, Cat. 

 Hym., v., 1898, p. 366. 

 Brazil : Bonito Provence, Periiambuco (Alliert Koebele). 



Genus LIRATA Cameron. 



LiRATA BATESELLA (WestwOOd). 



Thnracanfha batescUa Westwood, Thesaur. ent. Oxon., 1874, p. 154 ; PI. 28, f 8, c?. 

 —Dalla Torre, C-at. Hym., V., 1898, p. 365. 

 Brazil : Santarem. One male specimen. 



LiRATA PALLESCENS (Walker). 



ritomcantha paUc.sccns Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3), I., 1862, p. 380, J'. 

 Limta pallens Shipp, The Entom., XXVII., 1894, p. 188.— Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., 

 v., 1898, p. 367. 



Brazil : Villa Nova (Bates) ; ( 'hapada, in March and November. Four speci- 

 mens, two males. 



The female has not been described. It may be easily recognized by the differ- 

 ence in the antenna; ; the first joint .of the funicle is very long, as long or a little 

 longer than the scape, or nearly as long as all the remaining joints united, acute 

 at apex above, joints two to four of funicle short but also acute at apex above. 



