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reddish spot basally both above and beneath, the petiole shagreened. The joints of 

 the funicle are long, the last joint being fully thrice as long as thick. 

 Brazil : Porto Branca, in April. One specimen. 



EUPLECTRUS CORUMB^, Sp. nOV. 



Fnnalc— Length 1.5 nun. ^Eneous black, the. clypcus black ; first three joints 

 of antenme and the legs, including all coxaj, pale honey yellow or yellowish-white ; 

 rest of antennte brown ; basal half of abdomen beneath and above testaceous ; other- 

 wise hardly distinguishable from E. hrasiliensis, except that the last three joints of 

 the funicle are much shorter than in that species, being only a little longer than 

 thick. 



Brazil: Corumlia, in May. One specimen. 



EuPLECTRUS SOLITARIU.S, Sp. IIOV. 



3Iale. — Length 2 mm. /Eneous black, the clypeus testaceous; antennae and 

 legs, including coxtB, yellowish-white ; body of abdomen rufous at basal half above 

 and with a small spot of the same color beneath ; the ])etiole is more than twice as 

 long as thick, shagreened. 



Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, in November. One specimen. 



KUFLECTRUS CHAPADiE, sp. IIOV. 



Male. — Length 1.6 mm. ^Eneous black, the clypeus and the cheeks testaceous ; 

 flagellum, including the pedicel brown ; scape of antennteand the legs, including all 

 coxte, yellowish-white ; body of abdomen, except apically and a streak along the 

 sides, rufous or testaceous. 



Brazil : Chapada, in April. Two specimens (one badly broken). 



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Genus ARDALUS Howard. 

 Ardalus HowARDir, sp. nov. 

 Male. — Length 1.3 mm. Black; the mandibles and tlie flagellum are testa- 

 ceous ; the trochanters, base and tips of femora, base of hind tibite, and rest of the 

 legs pale yellowish, the femora, except as noted, and the apical two thirds of the 

 hind tibite being brown or brown black. The head is smooth, impunctate, the ej'es 

 grayish-brown, pubescent, the ocelli red ; flagellum tiliform, tapering off towards 

 apex, the funicle joints loosely joined, the last fully twice longer than thick, the pre- 

 ceding joints a little longer. The thorax is rather coarsely rugulose, the metathorax 

 polished, with two median cariiiic and some wrinkles on each side. Wings hyaline, 



