NO. 2105. NEW SPECIES OF HYMENOPTEBA—ROHWER. 217 



Genus LAGAROTIS Forster. 

 LAGAROTIS DIPRIONI, new species. 



Female. — Length 11 mm. Clypeus shining, practically impunc- 

 tate, the apical margins very sUghtly emarginate medianly; head 

 below the antennae opaque, the surface finely granular and in addi- 

 tion with distinct, well-defined, separate punctures; a small, dark, 

 shining tubercle on the level of the lower margin of the antennal 

 sockets; head above the antennae to the level of the anterior ocellus 

 punctured like the face; the vertex, the intraocellar area and pos- 

 terior orbits opaque with the large punctures widely separated; 

 ocellocular line but little longer than the interocular fine; third 

 antennal joint subequal with the two following; anterior face of the 

 pronotum longitudinally striate, laterally and dorsaUy the striae 

 are replaced by punctures similar to those of the scutum; meso- 

 scutum shining, with distinct, well-defined punctures which are a 

 little denser anteriorly; mesepisternum similarly sculptured; scutel- 

 lum shining, with a few widely scattered, small punctures; propodeum 

 punctured Uke the scutum, the areola and basal areas defined very indis- 

 tinctly by irregular short carinae, the carinae defining the spiracular 

 area well defined ; first tergite with rather large, distinct punctures ; the 

 second with punctures more widely separated; the third and followmg 

 without large punctures; all of the tergites, when magnified 35 diame- 

 ters, with fine reticulations. Black with many yellow markings ; head 

 black; clypeus, lab rum, mandibles except piceous apices, palpi, head 

 below the supraorbital fine, except intraocellar area, posterior orbits 

 to near the top, pronotum except a median band, proepisternum, 

 mesosternum and lower part of mesepisternum, two spots on the 

 anterior margin of the mesoscutum which project posteriorly the 

 median ones connected by a transverse spot, tegulae, scutellum, me- 

 tanotum, and posterior part of the propodeum, yellow; abdomen 

 rufous; the sides and apical margin of the first tergite, apical margin 

 of the second tergite yellow; antennae fulvous; the scape and the 

 first three flagellar joints above, piceous; legs ferruginous; the coxae, 

 trochanters, four anterior femora and tibiae beneath, the base of the 

 posterior tibiae yellow; the apical half of the posterior tibiae and 

 their entire tarsi black; wings hyaline, iridescent; venation black. 



Male. — Length 10 mm. The description for the female should 

 answer well for the male. The antennae are darker and the first ter- 

 gite is black; otherwise it is colored the same. 



Paratypes indicate that this species may vary shghtly as to the 

 extent of the yellow on the propodeum and the yellow on the 

 mesepisternum and mesosternum may be separated by a black line; 

 the flagellum may be completely dusky except the four apical joints. 



