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femora suffiisod with dark fulvous, the hinder femora black to shortly 

 beyond the middle; hind tibiae dark rufo-testaceous, black below; hind 

 tarsi yellowish. Female. Length nearly 5 mm. Chinandega, Nicaragua. 



Face smooth, shining, and projecting in the centre, dilated above 

 and below and with a wide depression on either side of its middle. The 

 apex of the pro- and of the niesonotum with large, scattered punctures, 

 the base of the mesonotum with smaller ones. Scutellum more sparsely 

 and less strongly punctured. Side of metanotum bordered with a stout 

 keel, .forming with the central keel a large area narrowed behind. The 

 apical area has a central keel and a shorter keel on either side. The 

 mesopleural depression strongly closely striated; the rest rugosely punc- 

 tured. Metapleurae bearing closely set large deep round punctures, which 

 are smaller above. The pleurae sparsely covered with white hair. 



Flagellum of antennae brownish below, thickly covered with stiff 

 pubescence. 



1434 Megastigmus fulvus sp. nov. 



Fulvous, tinged with yellow; the head metallic green tinged with 

 golden, the face and clypeus, except along the sides golden; legs pale 

 yellow, the hind tibiae blackish, except at the apex; the antennae with 

 the scape yellow, the flagellum blackish, fuscous below; wings clear 

 hyaline, the nervures fuscous. Female. Length slightly over 2 mm.; the 

 ovipositor 2 mm. San Marcos, Nicaragua. 



Head closely and strongly punctured, the outer orbits sparsely, in- 

 distinctly punctured, sparsely covered with short white glistening pu- 

 bescence. Thorax smooth and shining; the pleure more yellowish in tint 

 than the mesonotum; the sternum metallic green as is also the base of 

 the metanotum. The second abdominal segment has two large black 

 marks on the back. 



1446 Syntomaspis purpureomaculata sp. nov. 



Metallic green, largely marked with blue and to a less extent with 

 brassy tints; the antennal scape, the four front tibiae and tarsi testa- 

 ceous; the hind tibiae dark fuscous except at the base, the outerside 

 dark blue; the hind tibiae white; wings clear hyaline, the nervures fus- 

 cous. Female. Length 2 mm., terebra 2.5 mm. Chinandega, Nicaragua. 



The head in front and the upper part of the thorax covered with 

 deep, round, clearly separated punctures, as is also the basal division of 

 the scutellum; its hinder part closely punctured. The central part of the 

 pronotum is dark coppery, finely, closely, minutely, transversely striated. 

 The centre of mesopleurae finely, closely striated and with a dark purple 

 stripe down its apex. Metapleurae smooth and shining, dark purple be- 

 low; the upper part of the propleurae punctured, but less strongly, like 

 the mesonotum; the lower part finely, closely striated. The base of ab- 

 domen brown as are also the eyes. Tegulae fuscous. 



1451 Torymus Bakeri sp. nov. 



Dark green, variegated with blue and brassy tints; scape of an- 



