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quite dense microscopical punctures; mandibles pale reddish testaceous, with a 

 black basal tubercle, the margin dentate only at the inner corner; scape pale 

 ferruginous, with the apical part darkened; flagellum dark with the apical margins of 

 the joints ferruginous beneath; mesothorax moderately shining, with rather coarse 

 and abundant hair, which is red on the red parts, but mainly fuscous on the back; 

 middle third of mesothorax (broader behind) clear ferruginous, lateral third black, 

 but the lateral margins narrowly ferruginous; scutellum ferruginous with a dark 

 basal spot; pleura and metathorax black, with partly reddish and partly fuscous 

 hair (fuscous in front and beneath); prothorax orange-ferruginous with a black 

 stripe on each side; tubercles ferruginous; tegulse large, pale yellowish red; wings 

 hyaline, yellowish basally, stigma and nevures light orange-ferruginous; legs 

 reddish-black, with the following parts red or yellowish-red, anterior femora in 

 front, and apically behind, with more or less of a stripe down lower side, anterior 

 tibiae in front and a broad stripe down outer side, apices of the tarsi, middle and hind 

 trochanters above, and spot at apex of middle femora ; hairs of the not greatly broad- 

 ened hind tibiae black; abdomen rather short and narrow, shining clear orange- 

 ferruginous, the apical segments with coarse hair, which appears black in some 

 lights and reddish in others, but that of last segment always appears red; hair on 

 inner side of basitarsi red, shining, brilliant red-golden. 



Hab. — Escuintla, Guatemala, three taken Dec. 30, 1911. (W. M. 

 Wheeler, 30). Not very close to any species known to me by 

 specimens or descriptions, but it may be compared with T. tat air a 

 Smith (coccofago H. Miiller; cacafago F. Miiller), from which it 

 differs by the much broader face, much longer scape, color of the 

 legs, etc., (a cotype of tataira compared). Since writing the above, 

 I have been informed that Dr. Friese considers this to be his 

 T. flaveola. As however flaveola was described as "ut cacafago, 

 sed thorace ferrugineo, femoribus ferrugineis; alis hyalinis, basi 

 fuscata, pterostigmate flavido, cellula radiali hyalina." I think I 

 am justified in considering our insect at least subspecifically 

 distinct. 



The following table will facilitate the separation of the species 

 discussed above: 



Mesothorax and scutellum densely rugosopunctate; axilla? pale, as also the 



bidentate apex of scutellum perilampoides Cress. 



Not thus sculptured and marked 1 



1. Wings blackish, with the apex white; small black species cressoni (D.T.) 



Wings not thus colored 2 



2. Minute, length 4 mm. or less 3 



Larger, over 4 mm 4 



3. Larger; face with white markings frontalis Friese 



Smaller; face all black townsendi Ckll 



