﻿1897. Entomol. Nachrichten. No. 5 u. 6. 93 



coxae with a silvery sericeous pile, more obvious in certain 

 lights; wiiigs blackish, with a beautiful violet iridescence; 

 abdomen narrow, subfusiform. Length. .60— .73 inch. 



Four specimens. (Belfiage). Allied to albopidus Smith. 



21, Notocyphus apicalis P. Cameron 



Notocyphus apicalis P. Cameron, Biol. Centr.-Amer. Hymenopt. 

 Vol. II. Sept. 1893. p. 212. ^ ^ 



Niger, abdominis apice rufo; alis fuliginosis. Long 

 fere 9 mm. ° 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet 

 (Champion). 



Eyes very slightly converging beneath; the ocelli in a 

 triangle, the hinder ones separated from each other by 

 about the same distance they are from the eyes; apex of 

 the clypeus aimost transverse; a furrow, widest at the top, 

 above the antennae. Antenuae stout, involute, the third 

 Joint distinctly longer than the fourth. Prothorax as long 

 as the head, subquadrate, rounded in front at the sides; the 

 apex bluntly angled; scutellum narrowed towards the apex; 

 the median Segment nearly as long as the mesothorax, 

 üattish above, the apex rounded. Abdomen shorter than 

 the thorax; sessile, the apex acute, shining beneath sparsely 

 haired. Legs elongate, stout, the base of the fore tarsi 

 acutely incised, the tibiae with a few minute spines; the 

 long spur of the bind tibiae not reaching the middle of the 

 metatarsus; the claws stout, bifid; the tarsi sparsely spined. 

 Head and thorax opaque, alutaceous, the abdomen shining. 



Very distinct from the preceding species (N. albo- 

 pidus etc.). N. plagiatus having blood-red colour on the 

 thorax; and JV. albopictus white. 



22. Notocyphus maculifrons F. Sm. 



Notocyphus maculifrons Smith, Annais and Magazine of Natural 

 History 4 Ser. XII 1873. p. 49. 



Female. Length l^j^ lines (17,25 mm.). Head, thorax, 

 and base of the abdomen black, the following Segments fer- 

 ruginous ; wings fusco-hyaline, with the apex of the anterior 

 pair dark fuscous. Head as wide as the thorax; a narrow 

 abbreviated line at the inner orbits of the eyes, above the 

 Insertion of the antennae; a small yellow angulated spot on 

 each side of the clypeus; an obscure fulvous line on the 



