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middle and hind tibise fuscous. The front wings are very similar to those in L. 

 halidayi, only the fuscous spot at the apex extends all across the wing and leaving 

 a whitish band between it and the apex of the stignial vein. The face, pronotum 

 and scutellum are coarsely striate. 

 Brazil : P. Branca, in April. 



Lelaps bimaculata, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 3-4 mm. Head and thorax aeneous black, the thorax above 

 more or less bronzy green, the abdomen polished black ; scape, pedicel, basal two or 

 three joints of the flagellura and most of the legs pale yellowish, the coxpe basally 

 and the femora, especially the front and hind femora, eeneous black or brown, the 

 tips of the coxae, base of tibise and the tarsi basally, whitish. The front wings are 

 hyaline, with a fuscous spot at apex and another beneath and including the stigmal 

 vein. The abdomen, with its long stylus, is longer than the head and thorax 

 united, the stylus alone being about two thirds the length of the body of the 

 abdomen. The head is shining, with the face delicately longitudinally striate ; the 

 thorax is sculptured, the base of the mesonotum, the axillae and the apex of the 

 scutellum being striate. The antennae are long, the flagellum being subclavate and 

 more than three times the length of the scape, the funicle joints all longer than 

 thick, the basal joints the longest. 



Brazil : Chapada, in April ; Santarem ; and P. Branca. 



Lelaps stylata, sp. nov. 



Female. — Length 5.5-6 mm. Head and thorax seneous black, the thorax 

 above sometimes bronzed green, the alidomen polished black, ending in a long 

 stylus, which is as long as or a little longer than the body of the abdomen ; scape, 

 base of flagellum and sometimes the tip, and most of the legs, except as noted, pale 

 yellowish, the front and middle coxse basally, and the front femora, brown or black, 

 the hind femora, except basally and at tips, subfuscous, the tips of hind tibiae dusky, 

 the hind coxae, trochanters, all tibiae more or less and especially basally, and all tarsi 

 basally, more or less white or tinged with white ; the stylus is sometimes testaceous 

 basally or with only the apex black, more rarely wholly Idack. 



Brazil : Chapada, in April ; Santarem. 



