52 Psyche [February 



cf. Length, 4. 8 mm.; wing, 4.6-4.8 mm.; rostrum, 3.7 mm. 

 Fore leg, femur, 3-3.25 mm.; tibia, 3.85-4 mm. 

 Middle leg, " 3.2-3.4 mm; tibia, 3.5-3.6 mm. 

 Hind leg, " 3.5-4 mm.; " 3.8 mm. 



9 . Length, 6 mm.; wing, 5.1 mm.; rostrum, 4.2 mm. 

 Fore leg, femur, 3.2 mm.; tibia, 4.1 mm. 



Hind leg, " 3.5 mm.; " 3.6 mm. 



Upper valve of 9 ovipositor, 1.3 mm. 



Head: rostrum brown; antennae dark brownish-black, including the basal 

 segments. Front, vertex and occiput greyish, with two indistinct brown lines on 

 the sides of the vertex. 



Thorax: cervical sclerites dark brown; mesonotum, prsescutuni, dark brown 

 darkest medially, paler, almost yellow, before the pseudosuture and along the 

 margins of the sclerite; in some, the median stripe is separated from the lateral by 

 paler; near the suture, with the appearance of two narrow, dark brown lines; 

 scutum, lobes dark brown, the depression between them greyish; scutellum and 

 post-notum brown with a sparse grey bloom. Pleurae dark brown with a sparse 

 greyish bloom, the extreme dorsal portions of the pleura? are darker, producing an 

 indistinct dorsal pleural stripe. Halteres brown, extreme base of stem rather 

 paler. Legs: coxa? and trochanters, brown; femora, tibiae and tarsi dark brown, 

 not darker at the tips. 



Wings: subhyaline, veins brown: Venation (See fig. g.): Sci ending opposite 

 the origin of Rs; deflection of Mi +2 a little shorter than that segment of Mi +2 be- 

 tween cross- veins r-m and m; basal deflection of Cui situated far before the fork 

 of M; basal approximation of Cu and 1st A rather extensive, about two-fifths the 

 length of Cu beyond the arculus. 



Abdomen : segments dark brown without distinct darker markings on the incis- 

 ures. Ovipositor of the 9 , upper valve, base not strong, the tip slender but rela- 

 tively short; lower valve, very broad, almost as wide as the base of the upper valve. 

 Holoiypc, cf Igarape-assu, Para, Brazil; Jan. 26, 1912 (H. S. Parish). Allo- 

 type, 9, Igarape-assu, Para, Brazil, Feb. 1, 1912 (H. S. Parish). Paraiype 1; 

 c? Igarape-assu, Para, Brazil; Feb. 4, 1912 (H. S. Parish). Paraiype 2; cf 

 Igarape-assu, Para, Brazil; Feb. 4, 1912 (H. S. Parish). 



Types in Cornell University, except paratype No. 2, in author's collection. 



Toxorrhina centralis sp. nov. 



Brown; antennae uniform in color; abdomen with base and tip of each sclerite 

 dark; 9 ovipositor with long slender valves; basal approximation of Cu and 1st 

 A moderate. 



cf Length, 6.6-7.2 mm.; wing, 6.2 mm.; rostrum, 5.1 mm. 



Fore leg, femur, 4.8 mm.; tibia, 5.3 mm. 

 9 Length, 7.2-8 mm.; wing, 5.1-6.3 mm. 

 Middle leg, femur, 4.1 mm.; tibia, 4.6 mm. 

 Hind leg, femur, 3.8-4.7 mm.; tibia, 4.2-4.5 mm. 

 Upper valve of 9 ovipositor, 2.0 mm. 



