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XKW HYiMEXOPTERA MOSTLY FROM NICARAGUA 



p. CAMERON 



The HyiPenoptera of Xiearao'ua and the adjacent States 

 are practically unknown. The followino- are the first of a lot 

 of new species^ and genera collected by Prof. C. F. Baker. 



K'HNEUMONIDAE. 



1462 Pristomeridia? microdonta sp. nov. 



Eufo-testaceous; the face, clypeus, inner orbits, mandibles except at 

 apex, and palpi yellow; the occiput with a large black mark incised above 

 in the center; the sides of mesonotum, metanotum and the basal three 

 segments of abdomen above, black, the other segments of abdomen above 

 pale yellow. Legs nifo-testaceons, the coxae and trochanters yellowish, 

 the hind tibiae broadly black at the base and apex; the hind tarsi black, 

 testaceous at the base. Wings clear hyaline, the nervures and stigma 

 black, as are also the apex of the prosternum and the whole of the me- 

 sosternum. Antennae black, the scape testaceous. Female. Length 4 mm; 

 ovipositor 2 mm. Chinandega, Nicaragua. 



Smooth and shining; the metanotum minutely punctured, thickly 

 covered with white pubescence; the areae are ail clearly defined; the 

 apical slope in part rufous. Face distinctly raised iii the center, clypeus 

 roundly convex, distinctly separated from it; on either side of it above is 

 a large fovea, its apex broadly rounded; labrum projecting. Femoral 

 tooth minute, indistinct. 



This may not be a Pristomeridia, the femoral tooth being small and 

 indistinct, not "strong", but is posseses the other characters of the 

 genus and tribe. 



BEACONIDAE 



14()9 Bracon Managuae sp. nov. 



Luteous, the abdomen and legs paler, the head with the front, vertex, 

 occiput, upper half of outer orbits, flagellum of antennae and hind tarsi, 

 black; wings hyaline, highly iridescent, the nervures and stigma fuscous. 

 Length of male 2.5 mm. Managua, Nicaragua. 



Head smooth, shining, the face aciculated. Palpi pale yellow. Median 

 segment with some longitudinal striae on the basal half. Second abdomi- 

 nal segment strongly aciculated, without a basal area, the first longitu- 

 dinally striated. Third abscissa of radius longer than the basal two 

 united. 

 1467 Bracon Chinandegaensis sp. nov. 



Black, the face below the antennae, the inner orbits narrowly, the 

 upper more broadly, the malar space, mandibles, the apex of abdomen and 



