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Front and vertex closely strongly puncturerl, a large smooth bare 

 shining space in front; the space between and at the sides of the 

 ocelli ismooth bare and shining, v'lllypiens as strongly but not so closely 

 punctured as the front; h is gradually narrowed to a bluntly rounded 

 point which is depressed and fulvous in color; the clypeus and mandi- 

 bles are covered, but not thickly, with long white hair. Central areae 

 on metanotum smooth and deep; the lateral basal part irregularly 

 strongly punctured at the base, the apical half smooth; the middle of 

 the apical area has the longitudinal keels indistinct except the central 

 one; the outer area stronger. Proplexirae punctured distinctly above 

 below with curved stout striae at the base, the apex with finer closer 

 oblique striae; the mesonotum more closely and strongly and more 

 regularly punctured than the mesonotum which is only widely punctur- 

 ed in the middle. The last ventral segment has a smooth line down 

 the middle; the ba:sal half is raised and strongly punctured, the apical 

 strongly aciculated. The four anterior tarsli are bright fulvous red, the 

 basail joint of the middle broadly black; the posterior tarsi are of a 

 duller red towards the apex. 



5411 Paratiphia intermedia sp. nov. 



Black, the apical half of the clypeus yellowish white, the tips of 

 the mandibles rufous; basal abscissa of the radius two-thirds the 

 length of the second, the apicajl angled in the middle, the upper and 

 lower branches of equal length, straight, oblique; the fourth tranverse 

 cubital nervure has almost the front three-fourths obliquely sloped, 

 the lower part straight. Central area of metanotum of equal width 

 throughout, those bordering it are as wide at the base, but are narrowed 

 at the apex; the outer areae are regular, slightly narrowed at the apex, 

 all longer than wide; the .second row are shorter and wider; there is 

 a similar but smaller apical row. Pygidium at the base and sides 

 strongly, closely and deeply punctured; there is a smooth keel in the 

 center of the apical two-thirds. Pronotum, except at the apex, stronglv 

 closely punctured; the puncturation on the mesonotum is stronger except 

 at the base and sparser especially in the middle. 



Scutellum" smooth in the middle, the smooth part widest in the mid- 

 dle. Postscutelkim clloisely rugosoly piincturedt Metaplourae stronglv 

 and widely striated above, more closely and finely below. Male. 

 Length 6 mm. Claremont, California (Baker). 



Should be known by the black upper half of clvpous, by the black 

 mandibles, and by tlie apical slope of the metanotuiu being reticulated. 



r)4'22 Paratiphia parvula sp. nov. 



Black, the ;\pex of Mu' clypfus white, of the ni-nnlibles red; the fla- 

 gellum of autemiiic inclining to fuscous below; wings hyaline, the 



