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strongly deeply punctured; there is an aciculated smooth line down 

 the apical two-thirds; the sides are furrowed and bordered by stout 

 keels. The second recurrent nervure is received shortly below the mid- 

 dle and is roundly curved backwards from shortly above the middle. 

 Male. Granada, Nicaragua (Baker). 



Comes near to P. iridvpennis Cam. (Tnver. Pacific. I, 69). 



5419 Paratiphia fortistriolata sp. nov. 



Black, densely covered with long white pubescence; the clypeus and 

 basal half of mandibles whitish yellow; the fore tarsi rufo-fulvous; 

 wings clear hyaline, the stigma and nervures black, the first abscissa 

 of the radius not much more than half the length of second, the apical 

 ifl almost straight below, roundly sloped above. Basal region of meta- 

 notum very strongly reticulated, the apical row shorter and broader 

 than the basal, the two central basal areae irregular, widened outwardly 

 at the base, the apical two longer than wide, narrowed from the outer 

 ■ide at the base, the apical slope finely reticulated above, closely 

 rugose below; the metapleurae stoutly widely striated except at the 

 base below, the striation there being close and at the apex running 

 into retieu'lations. Propleurae closely punctured above, the rest closely 

 reticulated. Mesopleurae strongly closely and regularly punctured. 

 Pronotum closely, almost rugosely punctured. Mesonotum closely reg- 

 ularly punctured the sides more widely strongly and irregularly, as 

 is also the apex; the center smooth with a row of punctures down the 

 middle and a few on the sides. Center of pygidiaim .smooth, the smooth 

 space widest in the middle, from where it becomes gradually narrowed 

 to the apex. Male. Length 11 mm. Ormsby county, Nevada, July. 

 (Baker). 



Tibial spines black, the calcaria and tarsal spines white. This species 

 is larger than any of the southwestern males known to me; in size 

 it comes next to rohasta Cam., known only in the female sex. 



5425, 5429 Paratiphia varipunctata Cam. Invert. Paeifica, I, lOG. 



There are two specimen.s, taken at the same place and date as the 

 type (Ormsby county, Nevada) which differ in the structure of the 

 metanotal area. In one its central keel is irregular, .smooth, and dilated 

 in the middle, the sides of the area being irregularly wrinkled and 

 aciculated; in the other there is a distinct narrow central keel which 

 reaches to the apex and is bordered bj a narrower keel not reaching 

 to the apex, the lateral part bearing a few oblique striae. In all of 

 the specimens the lateral striae vary; they become stronger toAvards 

 the apex. 



