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notched plate, the outer apical angles of which are acute. The color 

 of the abdomen is black above except the anal segment, which is red- 

 dish yellow, beneath paler. Elytra black, twice as long as broad, 

 together much l)roader than the pronotum, posteriori}" obliquely 

 roundly truncate. Projecting portion of the wings similar to the 

 elytra in texture and color and nearly as long but somewhat narrower, 

 being noticeably more than twice as long as broad, posteriorly rounded. 

 Legs reddish brown, the femora stout and somewhat infuscated basally. 

 Forceps blackish with a reddish tinge at the extreme base inwardly, 

 long and stout, straight, the tips incurving, armed inwardly about the 

 middle with a minute sharp tooth and at the base on the inner inferior 

 margin with a larger triangular tooth. Pygidium nearly quadrate, 

 the posterior margin slightly projecting mesially and the lateral 

 margins very little rounded. 



Length. — Body, without the forceps, 5 mm.; forceps, I.. 5 mm. 



Type-specimen.— Q,^i. No. 103(37, U.S.N.M. 



This small species seems distinct from any of the described members 

 of the genus. It does not appear to be found among the species 

 recently described by Rehn and Borelli, nor does it appear to be any 

 of the older established species. In color it is something like the 8. 

 dentifera of Rehn, but is much smaller. 



"Under bark of Cecropia wood taken onto the steamer from the left l)ank of the 

 Polochic River below the mouth of the Cahabon." 



SPARATTA FLAVIPENNULA Rehn. 



Four innnature specimens. Cacao. Trece Aguas. Alta Vera Paz, 

 April 2. 21, and 2(5. 



LABIA ARCUATA Fabricius. 



Twelve males, 1(5 females, o immature specimens, Cacao, Trece 

 Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, March 24 to April 26. 



"A few individuals found singly under various circumstances, but the species was 

 found in abundance in and under a pile of old corn husks lying on the ground beside 

 the trail and also on the ground under and in a rotting banana plant." 



LABIA BILINEATA Scudder. 



One male. Cacao. Trece Aguas. Alta Vera Paz. April 20. 



LABIA SCHWARZI, new species. 



Two males, 2 females, Cacao, Trece Aguas, Alta Vera Paz, April 11. 



Descrij)tton. — Head broader than the pronotum, shining black; eyes 

 prominent; antennae 14 jointed, light brown in color, the basal three seg- 

 ments paler. Pronotum noticeably longer than broad, a little narrower 

 anteriorly, the posterior margin rounded, the disk posteriorly trans- 

 versely depressed. Elytra dark brown with a lateral yellowish line, 



