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Shining. There is a stout keel down the middle of the front, with 

 short irregular oues on eitlier side of it close to the ocelli. Pace an, I 

 clypeus vrith son e scattered punctures, the former with some irregular 

 striae on the dilated centre above. Pronotum dilated near the bas'^. 

 Mesonotiun strongly, but not very closely punctured, the base of the 

 three lobes almost smooth, the sides of the central striated near the 

 base. Base of seutelium strongly, but not closely punctured, the apex 

 almost smooth; the centre, between the spines, irregularly obliquely 

 striated, the apical slope more strongly transversely striated. Upper part 

 of n.etapleurae strongly, closely, obliquely striated, the striae interlac- 

 ing in the middle; the lower part punctured and striate<l. Apex of 

 propleurae above the middle rather strongly striated, the to]> punctured. 

 Mesopleurae punctured below, the base striated; the apex below strong- 

 ly, obliquely striated, ahnost reticulated. Abdomen smooth. Tarsi closely 

 spiuose. 



MESOLEPTINI. 



3ir,7 Neleothymus (?) rufo-ornatus sp. nov. 



Black; face, clypeus, the eye orbits (more broadly before than behind), 

 mandibles except at the apex, palpi, two lines obliquely dilated on the 

 outerside on the basal half of the mesonotum, tegulae, seutelium and 

 tubercles, lemon-yellow; the apices of the third, fourth, and fifth ab- 

 dominal segments rufo-tcstaceous; the upper half of the propleurae and 

 the apical half of the middle lobe of the mesonotum sanguineous. The 

 four front legs testaceous, paler, more yellowish in front, their coxae 

 and trochanters lemon-yellow; the hind coxae and trochanters black, 

 yellow at the apex; the femora red, their tibiae blackish, broadly yellow 

 in the middle above, the tarsi blackish, Wings hyaline, the costa fuscous, 

 the nervures and stigma darker colored; the recurrent nervure is received 

 shortly beyond the only transverse cubital nervure, there being no 

 areolet. Male. Length 8.9 mm. Chinandega. 



Face and cheeks punctured, thickly covered with silvery pile, the 

 clypeus more shining, obscurely punctured only above, clearly separated 

 from the face. Thorax closely, distinctly punctured, thickly covered 

 with a silvery pile. Seutelium flat, punctured, keeled laterally at the 

 base. Median segment regularly areolated, the areola longer than wide, 

 five-angled, the base sharply pointed, the apex transverse; the spiracles 

 minute, oval. The metafternum bordered by a stout keel. Fore tibiae 

 very long, the basal two joints united being longer than the tibiae. 

 Wings short, the stigma 'arge, the radius leaving it shortly beyond its 

 middle; the transverse ; ledian nervure interstitial. Antennae shorter 

 then the abdomen, black, the basal two joints yellowish below. Fifth 

 tarsal joint longer tl'an t'le fourth. 



In the absence of n fe iiale I am not quite certain as to the generic 

 position of this species in the Foersterian-Ashmeadian system. 



